Children's packed lunches: Are they even worse than Turkey Twizzlers?
... ideally contain a starchy food, a protein food, a dairy item, a vegetable/salad and a fruit. Only 3.5% of packed lunches did contain them all and almost half (44.3%) included 2 or less. Packets of crisps and chocolate biscuits were the most commonly eaten foods after white bread with some type of fat spre...FSU study: Can prunes reverse bone loss after menopause?
... study to-date on the efficacy of calcium through dairy products, supplements or both for weight reduction and bone preservation in overweight or obese postmenopausal Caucasian women....New report reveals African-Americans may lack key nutrients for optimal health
...esium and phosphorus and consume fewer servings of dairy foods than non African Americans. African America... remind African Americans to consume nutrient-rich dairy foods everyday as part of a healthy diet. In fact, studies show dairy intake improves overall diet q...Highlights from the February 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...ing their daily recommendations for consumption of dairy products, according to researchers at the National...eeting standards for calcium and magnesium and the dairy recommendations from the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The researchers conclude: "Dietar...Updated guidelines advise focusing on women's lifetime heart risk
...sis on eating fresh fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products. Besides advising women to quit smoking, the 2007 guidelines recommend counseling, nicotine replacement or other forms of smoking cessation therapy. Physical activity recommendations for women who need to lose weight or sustain weight loss...Lung cancer risk reduced in female textile workers exposed to endotoxin
... occupations with high endotoxin exposure, such as dairy farmers, have reduced lung cancer risks as well. Although many researchers thought endotoxin might be associated with reduced risk of lung cancer, no previous studies had quantified the relationship between endotoxin exposure and lung cancer risk. Ge...Poor diet puts teenagers' health at risk
...med food group. These were followed by vegetables, dairy foods, meat/eggs/nuts/legumes with fruit the least consumed. Teenagers in regional areas tended to eat more vegetables and less fast foods than their metropolitan counterparts. Girls diets included more fruit and less fast food and sweetened drinks...Mayo Clinic solves painful puzzle of UT ligament split tear in wrist
...ter surgery. "We've seen sheet metal workers and dairy farmers return to work," he says. "We've also had athletes restored: bowlers hurling a 16-pound ball, golfers, and even a major league baseball player. They seem good as new, and we haven't seen a risk of reinjury. "The split tear of the UT ligamen...Bovine tuberculosis could spread by human-human contact
...ication of M bovis in cattle and pasteurisation of dairy products are the cornerstones of prevention of human disease. Standard public-health measures used to manage patients with contagious M tuberculosis should be applied to those with contagious M bovis to stop airborne person-to-person spread. Finally,...National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine report calls for more dairy foods at school
...hich promote the consumption of nonfat and low-fat dairy products, fruits, vegetables and whole grains and ...ased that the report recognizes the important role dairy foods play in contributing valuable nutrients to the diet of children and adolescents," said Ann Mar...Higher calcium and vitamin D intakes positively associated with brain lesions in older men and women
... found that individuals who consumed more high-fat dairy products had more brain lesions than those who did...he researchers asked, what was it about a high fat dairy diet that accounts for the positive correlation with brain lesions? This new study points the finger...Drinking farm milk reduces childhood asthma and allergies but raw consumption remains unsafe
...ed asthma were also observed for all farm-produced dairy products and eating farm eggs also provided protec...asteurised farm milk and eating other farm-related dairy products showed the same level of protection against asthma and allergies, regardless of whether the...New treatments needed for irritable bowel syndrome
...systematic exclusion of certain foods (e.g. wheat, dairy products) helped around half the patients in an uncontrolled trial, but how much of this was placebo response was unclear. Psychological treatments have helped patients cope with IBS but generally without improving their bowel symptoms. Hypnosis ha...Eating apples and fish during pregnancy may protect against childhood asthma and allergies
...trus or kiwi fruit, whole grain products, fat from dairy products or margarine or other low-fat spreads. The researchers studied 1212 children born to women who had filled out food questionnaires during their pregnancy. When the children were 5 years old, the mothers filled out a questionnaire about the c...Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout
...ohol use, and a diet high in red meat and high-fat dairy foods among them on the association between coffee consumption and gout among the study participants. Most significantly, the data revealed that the risk for developing gout decreased with increasing coffee consu...Diets high in choline may increase risk for colorectal polyps
...es of choline include red meat, eggs, poultry, and dairy products. Choline is involved in a biochemical process known as one-carbon metabolism. Studies have shown that people with increased intake of other nutrients required for one-carbon metabolism, such as folate, are at a decreased risk for colorectal ...Where's the beef? Not enough of it is on elders' plates, muscle-metabolism study suggests
...otein-rich food such as beef, fish, pork, chicken, dairy or nuts may help slow the deterioration of elderly peoples muscles. Reducing the decline in muscle mass among the elderly is crucial to maintaining their health and independence, these researchers say. And they add that consuming adequate protein ...