Megavitamins may help treat many genetic diseases, could tune up everyone's metabolism
...about a milligram. It never made much sense to the nutrition community, and yet the public is buying these pills. Why? "Maybe somebody just feels better when they take these high B-vitamins. All the neurotransmitters in the brain, such as serotonin, use vitamin B-6. So maybe when you take high levels it raise...Monsanto to share technologies with Danforth Center to support global cassava research
...ariety of discoveries to enhance food security and nutrition throughout the developing world. We look forward to continuing our support of the cassava research program as it develops, said Fraley. Monsanto also is supporting the Danforth Centers efforts to develop virus-resistant cassava through a multi-year g...More good news on the health benefits of almonds
...tually eating fewer calories than are shown on the nutrition facts label for almonds?...New study finds need for improved nutrition for low-income African American females
...gy intake. Based on the findings from this study, nutrition education should aim to increase folate, iron, calcium and vitamin D intakes, and lower total fat, saturated fat, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, ad cholesterol intakes and alleviate large positive energy balances. The authors suggest that...UB study finds early nutritional modification programs metabolism, predisposes to obesity
...lts, led to the public health emphasis on adequate nutrition during pregnancy. Several animal studies on maternal protein malnourishment or caloric restriction have shown that pre- and immediate postnatal nutritional modifications have long-term consequences on adult-onset diseases. "Metabolic signals are re...Virginia Tech study documents hypertension association with obesity and heavy alcohol consumption
...enter that studies food safety, biotechnology, and nutrition policy issues. Its mission is to advance rational, science-based food and nutrition policy, and it is recognized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization as a center of ...Genistein-containing supplements may stop tamoxifen
.... Helferich, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In a pre-clinical study, researchers divided 66 mice, with their ovaries removed, into six groups to monitor the effects of estrogen and various amounts of tamoxifen and genistein, an estrogen-like c...UT Southwestern researchers identify gene responsible for a rare body-fat disorder
... Garg, professor of internal medicine and chief of nutrition and metabolic diseases at UT Southwestern and senior author of the study. Even though this is a rare disease affecting approximately one in 12.5 million people, our findings may have implications to the understanding of insulin-resistance disorders a...Study: Higher energy intake, obesity affects all age groups, not just youths
...sity Research, a professional journal. Authors are nutrition doctoral student Samara Joy Nielsen, and Drs. Anna...sistant professor of maternal and child health and nutrition and professor of nutrition, respectively, in the UNC schools of public health and medicine. Dietary...Vitamin D may be crucial in preventing colon cancer
...ngs suggest a new look at the relationship between nutrition and cancer, particularly how vitamin D protects against colon cancer, he said. One problem with using vitamin D as a protective drug has always been that it produces hypercalcemia. But now we know that theres another endogenous compound, LCA, that ca...Happy 80th birthday, vitamin E!
...or potato chips, almonds clearly deliver much more nutrition bang for the same buck." Trailing farther behind...this way we have concentrated energy with powerful nutrition benefits, along with great t aste, a roma, c olor and t exture which I call T.A.C.T. We literal...Research shows older children, adolescents grew heavier in Brazil, China, U.S. over past 30 years
...den -- both obesity and poor nutrition. We believe nutrition programs for children and adolescents around the w...go, authors are Drs. Carlos Monteiro, professor of nutrition at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Barry Popkin, professor of nutrition at the UNC School o...Mechanism that enables fetus to survive in mother under study
...n addition to supplying a developing baby with the nutrition and oxygen he needs to thrive, was also helping suppress the mother's immune system so the fetus could survive. "There is the problem about how pregnant mothers tolerate the placenta and the fetus even though the genetic makeup of the placenta is par...Extended-release niacin effective in low doses for diabetics, say UT Southwestern researchers
...es," said Dr. Gloria Vega, a professor of clinical nutrition and a study co-author. "In this study we evaluated the tolerance and effectiveness of niacin at low doses. This extended-release form is designed to circumvent the bothersome side effects of regular niacin, such as flushing of the skin." During the t...NIH funds botanical center in Iowa to study health effects of Echinacea and St. John's wort
...ition at Iowa State University and is an expert in nutrition and its relation to disease. Other Center scientists have expertise in toxicology, medicinal pharmacology, clinical medicine, epidemiology, nutrition, chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, botany, horticulture and statistics. "The new center j...Transplantation Society Congress
...nts develop liver failure from chronic intravenous nutrition ...Not drinking cows' milk blamed for children's fractures
...suffered one or more fractures. Postgraduate human nutrition student Ruth Black, under the direction of Professorial Research Fellow Ailsa Goulding, carried out the study which was funded by the Health Research Council and New Zealand Milk. "We were surprised by the severity of the low density in the children ......ubly unsaturated fatty acid, which is essential in nutrition in mammals. It cannot be produced in animals, the sources of this needed nutrient are vegetable seed oils, such as: safflower, sunflower, and hemp seed. The Study The objectives of the current investigation were to assess the effects of linoleic aci...Nutritional supplements may combat muscle loss
... for survival," said Ferrando, a member of NSBRI's nutrition and fitness research team. "However, this process also causes muscle atrophy." To study the supplement's effects on muscle loss due to elevated levels of cortisol, researchers infused the stress hormone into the participants' blood during the stable......l test have been astounding. By demanding greater nutrition through increased blood supply, abnormally reproducing cells generate higher concentrations of heat minute though it might be. Thermal breast scanning has been popular for a number of years, but its use has been limited to a single band, using a si...