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Nutrition Headlines
This is a resource for those who want evidence-based information on clinical nutrition, the whole food philosophy in clinical practice, and research on Standard Process ingredients.
As we watch the breathtaking feats of athleticism on display at the Olympics in Canada, keep in mind that a consortium of dietary groups and the American College of Sports Medicine say those athletes' dietary needs aren't much different from ours. Riiiiight…
Omega-3/Fish oil supplements jump ahead of multivitamins according to a ConsumerLab survey
And as a follow on, recent research on at-risk kids suggests tuna oil can mitigate development of psychotic illness.
Snacks, they're what's for dinner:
Depression, is it linked to your eating habits?
An amusing resource for determining which fast food choice is right for you:
High levels of vitamin A as retinol can have negative health consequences. This study explains why.
Hey! What do you know? We do read nutrition information after all. Well-informed coffee drinkers show that more information changes the food choices we make.
And speaking of labels (since we're all reading them): Are we men or are we mice? Some serving sizes suggest food makers think we're mice, or at least eat like them.
Another reason to eat local: Food fraud
In terms of cardiovascular disease risk, a meta-analysis in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that reducing a dietary risk factor (like saturated fat) only seems to work if you substitute a different type of oil (like mono- or poly-unsaturated fats).
If you replace the saturated fat in your diet with carbohydrates, your biomarkers associated with cardiovascular disease get worse.
Organic has gone main stream as you can see in this nifty chart from the Cornucopia Institute
According to a recent study, exercise has immediate benefits on insulin processing:
All you have to do is look at a blueberry and it's clear that you've got something special. It's blue!
And now researchers have shown that these little blue pearls helped a group of 70 year olds with memory problems improve their score on memory and learning tests.
And while we're on a fruit kick, It's time to eat that apple on your desktop: the pectin in apples appeared to improve the balance of good intestinal bacteria (at least in rats). Neat.
Oh food journaling, how boring you are! And how embarrassing in some cases. But you work. You work. Melissa at MedPage had some surprising results when she looked at her 2 week results:
Not that you should smoke, you absolutely shouldn't. But one (only one) recent study suggests that if you light up, dietary intervention could support your cells against the onslaught of smoking-related damage.