Posted in Nutrition on Oct 26, 2011
A latest study is suggesting that taking in generous quantities of vegetables and fruits can actually counter the causes of a “bad gene” associated with heart disease. So there is really a reason behind mom’s eagerness in making kids eat the vegetables and fruits she had prepared.
According to the reported study, earlier studies presented that the risk of heart …
Posted in Nutrition on Oct 25, 2011
A new study has been released suggesting that eating chocolates can actually lessen the risk of stroke among women.
Before this new study, eating chocolates has been associated to a reduced risk of heart disease and lower blood pressure.
Researchers from Sweden found out that the women who indulge more chocolates, the lower their risk of stroke. For the results, …
Posted in Nutrition on Sep 22, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration declared on Thursday that they will ban papaya imports which are grown in Mexico due to the ongoing and widespread of salmonella contamination.
There was an investigation conducted by the agency between the dates May 12 and August 18. The investigation found over fifteen percent of fresh papayas from Mexico coming in to U.S. was …
Posted in Nutrition on Sep 19, 2011
According to a newly released report, almost half of the adults in United States will become obese by the year 2030. This is due to the current trends that are persisting. By then, these obese people will be prone to heart disease, diabetes and other weight-related problems.
The figure shows that out of three adults, there is one of them …
Posted in Nutrition on Aug 31, 2011
According to a researcher from Florida State University, eating dried plums could help in preventing osteoporosis and fractures, claiming to have a positive result on the health of bones.
The research was conducted by Bahram H. Arjmandi, a group of researchers from Oklahoma State University and Florida State, and Margaret A. Sitton, Professor and chairman …
Posted in Nutrition on Aug 24, 2011
The officials of the University of Tennessee have informed their 44 employees who are managing the programs of nutrition education throughout the state, saying that their jobs will be removed on the 3oth day of September due to the grant funding of the fed was cut.
There were also an additional twelve unoccupied positions removed. …
Posted in Nutrition on Aug 20, 2011
APS or Albuquerque Public Schools will be coming back to meetings in not less than a week. The district will now be serving more than 75,000 meals a day to every student in between breakfast and lunch.
For this year, APS has increased the prices of their lunch meals by ten cents. This suggests that for every middle and high …
Posted in Nutrition on Aug 13, 2011
Dagmar von Cramm, an author and dietician from Freiburg, Germany say that it is the parents’ responsibility to make certain that their children are consuming a reasonable level of sugar foods. A child’s menu would be very sugary in breakfast with chocolate cereals, lunch with pancakes and prosperity of lemonade if they would be the ones to decide on their …
Posted in Nutrition on Aug 13, 2011
A very effective study that may help people manage their weight has been found out. It is through chewing their food more take in calories less.
Results printed in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that when you chew your food 25 times more than 15 usual times, correspondents resulted to eat twelve percent less calories.
A research was …
Posted in Nutrition on Aug 11, 2011
According to the Washington Post, the food chain McDonald’s has declared that there will be some changes to their happy meals, including an obligatory smaller orders of fries and apple slices. This is after a lot of parents and grandparents thought of the rising childhood obesity epidemic.
The fast food giant is widely recognized in showing their apple slices as …
