“Children with the highest levels of total omega-3s and DHA were three and four times, respectively, more likely to pass at least one condition of the DCCS test of executive […]
Category: Nutrition
Scientists find that common dietary elements cure lethal infections
“Salk Institute researchers report that giving mice dietary iron supplements enabled them to survive a normally lethal bacterial infection and resulted in later generations of those bacteria being less virulent.”
Association of Micronutrient Supplementation With Adolescent Intellectual Development
“micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy was associated with a significant increase in intellectual development for teenaged children compared with folic acid or folic acid plus iron supplements.”
Walnuts impact gut microbiome and improve health
“…when you consume walnuts it increases microbes that produce butyrate, a beneficial metabolite for colonic health”
Intermittent dietary restriction may boost physical endurance
“Mice fed a standard diet but deprived of food every other day developed more efficient energy metabolism and improved running endurance.” Read more here.
Forage-based diets on dairy farms produce nutritionally enhanced milk
“researchers have found that cows fed a 100% organic grass and legume-based diet produce milk with elevated levels of omega-3 and CLA, and thus provides a markedly healthier balance of […]
Researchers find low magnesium levels make vitamin D ineffective
“A review published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association found Vitamin D can’t be metabolized without sufficient magnesium levels, meaning Vitamin D remains stored and inactive for as […]
Dietary sugar linked to bacterial epidemics
The increasing frequency and severity of healthcare-associated outbreaks caused by bacterium Clostridium difficile have been linked to the widely used food additive trehalose. A team of researchers discovered that in […]
Canola oil linked to worsened memory and learning ability in Alzheimer’s
“a new study published online December 7 in the journal Scientific Reports by researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) associates the consumption of canola […]
Breast milk found to protect against food allergy
“Eating allergenic foods during pregnancy can protect your child from food allergies, especially if you breastfeed, suggests new research from Boston Children’s Hospital.”