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14 April 2015 - EurekAlert - Five days of eating fatty foods can alter how your body's muscle processes food
You might think that you can get away with eating fatty foods for a few days without it making any significant changes to your body. Think again.
14 April 2015 - MNT - Vitamin E deficiency could damage brain
Scientists have discovered how a lack of vitamin E could cause damage to the brain - by disrupting the supply of nutrients to the brain that are crucial to neuronal health.
14 April 2015 - MedicalXpress - Lifelong health begins before birth
We've long known that a pregnant mother's alcohol and tobacco use can harm a developing fetus, but we're now learning much more about how a baby's first nine months before birth can affect its health into adulthood.
13 April 2015 - ScienceDaily - New evidence for how green tea, apples could protect health
A new study adds more to the growing body of evidence that certain compounds found naturally in foods have specific effects that help prevent chronic diseases
10 April 2015 - Cambridge Journals Blog - Sweetened fruit drinks could be linked to childhood asthma
A new landmark epidemiology study further implicates high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in chronic disease. Researchers report for the first time that children who regularly consume beverages high in excess free fructose (EFF) including apple juice (AJ), and HFCS sweetened fruit drinks and sodas have higher rates of asthma.
09 April 2015 - Nutraingredients - Omega-3 supplementation could offer MCI benefits: Pilot study
Supplementation with a drink containing 2000 mg of omega-3 and mixed botanicals could have ‘significant’ immune and biochemical effects in people that have minor cognitive impairment (MCI), new research suggests.
08 April 2015 - Eurekalert - Mental disorders and physical diseases co-occur in teenagers
Every third teenager has suffered from one mental disorder and one physical disease. These co-occurrences come in specific associations
08 April 2015 - MNT - Critical windows to turn away junk food craving
University of Adelaide researchers have shown there are two critical windows during the developmental pathway to adulthood when exposure to junk food is most harmful, particularly for female offspring.
07 April 2015 - MedicalXpress - Are current dietary guidelines for sodium and potassium reasonable?
To reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, the World Health Organization recommends we consume no more than 2000 mg of sodium a day—less than a teaspoon of salt. At the same time, the WHO recommends we consume at least 3510 mg of potassium daily, again to lower our odds of heart disease and stroke.
07 April 2015 - Nutraingredients - Dietary curcumin may boost brain DHA: Study
Increased intake of curcumin could boost levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in the brain by enhancing its conversion from other omega-3 precursors in the liver, say researchers.
06 April 2015 - GuardianLV - Depression: Malnutrition Plays a Surprising Role
Despite well-documented research implicating nutritional deficiency as a frequent catalyst for depression, few physicians will analyze the nutritional status of their patient, prior to prescribing antidepressants.
02 April 2015 - DHA supplements for lactating women may offer breast milk and baby benefits
Supplementation with DHA omega-3 in lactating women increases breast milk levels of the essential fatty acid, and could help infants achieve a better omega 3:6 ratio, finds new research from Abbot Nutrition.
01 April 2015 - ScienceDaily - Dangers of adolescent energy drink consumption for the heart: Cardiologists urge physicians, parents, educators to monitor adolescents' energy drink consumption more closely
The rapid rise in popularity of energy drinks (EDs), particularly among adolescents (aged 10-19 years) and young adults, has serious implications for cardiac health, scientists say.
31 March 2015 - The Science Times - Poorer Children Have Smaller Brains Researchers Say
Children with richer parents have larger brains compared to children with poorer parents, according to a new study. The differences in the brain were most marked in the areas that control language, reading, decision making and memory, the study found.
31 March 2015 - MedicalXpress - Understanding fish oil benefits during pregnancy
A study by University of Western Australia has advanced understanding of why children whose mothers take fish oil supplements during pregnancy have greater health benefits.
30 March 2015 - The Conversation - Eight sneaky tricks to get your children to eat healthy food
A child’s diet should be high in fruit and vegetables, high in complex carbohydrates such as brown bread, brown pasta and brown rice and relatively low in fat and sugary foods. It should also be low in salt. But as many of us know, getting children to eat what is good for them can be easier said than done.
29 March 2015 - Sydney Morning Herald - Jamie Oliver whips up support for junk food tax and right recipe for education
The revolution is coming, and it will be armed with a wooden spoon.
28 March 2015 - BBC News - More pupils have mental health issues, say school staff
More children have mental health issues than two years ago, a survey of school teachers suggests.
26 March 2015 - MNT - Evidence many young children with autism show gut symptoms
Mothers of infants aged up to 3 years who have autism are more likely to report the children have gastrointestinal symptoms of constipation, diarrhea and food allergy or intolerance, finds a study collecting 10 years of prospective data.
25 March 2015 - BBC News - The myths about food and pregnancy
All over the world, pregnant women are bombarded with opinions about what to eat and what to avoid. All too often, sound advice gets lost in a stew of badly-reported science and old wives' tales.
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