Science Based Nutrition

Probable Mechanism Underlying Resveratrol Activity Revealed By NIH Study

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present evidence that resveratrol does not directly activate sirtuin 1, a protein associated with aging…

Memory Function – Decaffeinated Coffee May Help

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Drinking decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with diabetes type 2, according to a study published in Nutritional Neuroscience and carried out by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Brain energy metabolism is a dysfunction with a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease…

Regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon cancer, study suggests

ScienceDaily: Vitamin News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:15:15 +0000

Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk of developing colon cancer when they were exposed to carcinogens.

Lower levels of sunlight exposure link to allergy and eczema in children, study suggests

ScienceDaily: Dietary Supplement News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:33 +0000

Increased exposure to sunlight may reduce the risk of both food allergies and eczema in children, according to a new scientific study.

Preference for fatty foods may have genetic roots

ScienceDaily: Nutrition News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:33 +0000

A preference for fatty foods has a genetic basis, according to researchers, who discovered that people with certain forms of the CD36 gene may like high-fat foods more than those who have other forms of this gene.

Sugar Should Be Regulated Like Alcohol And Tobacco Say Scientists

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), argue that added sweeteners pose dangers to public health, and the government should regulate sugar in the same way as it regulates alcohol and tobacco. They set out their reasons for viewing sugar as “toxic” in a comment article published in Nature this week. First author Robert H…

Potatoes Lower Blood Pressure In Those With Obesity And Hypertension Without Increasing Weight

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

The first study to check the effects of eating potatoes on blood pressure in humans has concluded that two small helpings of purple potatoes (Purple Majesty) a day decreases blood pressure by about 4 percent without causing weight gain…

IFT and FAO Form Partnership to Address Global Food System Needs

Content Keyword RSS — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:44:55 +0000

With mutual efforts towards achieving a safe, sufficient, and accessible food supply, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) have signed a "Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)".

How Red Wine’s Resveratrol Confers Health Benefits

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Scientists have found out why resveratrol, a chemical naturally found in red wine, grapes, and some other fruit and vegetables, has health benefits, according to an article published in the journal Cell, February 3rd issue…

Women Copy Each Others’ Eating Patterns

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

When two women are eating together, one is more likely to put food in her mouth when the other one is doing so too – while one’s food-filled fork is coming towards her mouth, the other one is more likely to do the same within five seconds, researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, reported in PLoS One (The Public Library of Science 1)…