Latest Nutrition News - Archive 7
Heart Disease Risk for Passive Smoking
Published: 09/02/07
Latest research by the University of Nottingham UK has shown that people who are subjected to passive smoking (either at work, home or elsewhere) are at a higher risk for getting cardiovascular disease. This study proves that low level exposure to second-hand cigarette smoke has an important effect on the person's susceptibility to getting heart disease... full story
FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Certain Peanut Butters due to Salmonella Contamination
Published: 14/02/07
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to eat certain jars of Peter Pan peanut butter or Great Value peanut butter due to risk of contamination with Salmonella Tennessee (a bacterium that causes food-borne illness). The affected jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter have a product code located on the lid of the jar that begins with the number "2111." Both the Peter Pan and Great Value brands are manufactured in a single facility in Georgia by ConAgra. Great Value peanut butter made by other manufacturers is not affected.... full story
Folate And B12 May Influence Cognition In Seniors
Published: 12/02/07
A new epidemiological study from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) has found a strong relationship between high blood folate levels and good cognitive function among people 60 and older who also had adequate levels of vitamin B12. The study also showed that those people over 60 who had low blood levels of vitamin B12 also had decreased levels of cognition. This study has shown that folate and vitamin B12, both of which ensure a healthy nervous system and blood cells, may work together to protect the cognition of seniors... full story
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Two New Studies Back Vitamin D for Cancer Prevention
Published: 07/02/07
A core team of cancer prevention specialists at the Moore's Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have discovered that up to half of the cases of breast cancer and two-thirds of the cases of colorectal cancer in the United States could be prevented through the addition of more Vitamin D in the diet. The researchers found that those people with the highest levels of vitamin D in their blood, had the lowest risk for breast and colorectal cancers... full story
Major Link In Brain-obesity Puzzle Found
Published: 29/01/07
Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that a single protein in the brain plays a key role in controlling weight, the body's response to insulin, as well controlling how energy is used from food that is eaten. The protein also controlled leptin, the substance used by the body to determine when it is full. The protein even moderated the impact of a high-fat diet on body weight. . ... full story
Newborns with Low Blood Sodium Have Higher Sodium Intake Later in Life
Published: 19/01/07
A new study by researchers at Haifa University in Israel have found that low birth weight babies who also had low blood levels of sodium, went on to have diets high in sodium later in life. The study also found that the babies with the lowest blood levels of sodium, later in life consumed a lot more sodium (almost double the normal amount) and also weighed 30% more than their contemporaries... full story
Eastern Philosophy Promises Hope for Western Women with Eating Disorders
Published: 14/01/07
Researchers at Griffith University, Australia have shown that a psychological technique based on Buddhist philosophy and practice may provide a solution for women who struggle with binge eating and bulimia. The technique known as ‘mindfulness’ is being taught to Queensland women to help them understand and deal with the emotions that trigger their binges.... full story
Higher Folate Levels Linked To Reduced Risk For Alzheimer's Disease
Published: 08/01/07
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center, New York examined, interviewed and assessed the diets of 965 people without dementia and tracked their health for around six years to see if they developed Alzheimer’s disease. The results from this study showed that the people whose diet was higher in folate-rich foods (or took folate supplements) were less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.... full story
Dietary fatty acid intakes and the risk of infertility
Published: 01/01/07
A study by the Harvard School of Public Health looked at the fertility of 18,555 women who were trying to get pregnant and had no history of infertility. The study found that those women who ate the foods with the most trans-fats had a higher risk of infertility than those women who ate foods high in monounsaturated fats. Even obtaining 2% of energy from trans-fats rather than from monounsaturated fats was associated with a more than doubled risk of infertility ... full story
Men With High Blood Pressure Who Drink Moderate Amounts of Alcohol May Have a Lower Risk of Heart Attack
Published: 01/01/07
Press Release: High blood pressure (hypertension) affects around 65 million people in the United States, making it a massive public health burden. It is associated with a twofold increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and total mortality. Studies have shown that moderate consumption of alcohol, up to a limit of one to two drinks a day, may decrease the risk of CVD and total mortality. Drinking more than two drinks a day, however, may increase the risk of high blood pressure (hypertension). A new study by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Dutch research institute TNO Quality of Life and Wageningen University, the Netherlands found that moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a decreased risk of fatal and non-fatal heart attack in men with high blood pressure .... full story
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