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Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Multitudes of people worldwide begin each day with a cup of steaming hot coffee. Although it is sometimes referred to as "the devil's brew," coffee contains several nutrients (eg, calcium) as well as hundreds of potentially biologically active compounds (eg, polyphenols) that may promote health...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Preventing and treating heart disease in some patients could be as simple as supplementing their diet with extra vitamin D, according to two new studies at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, Utah. Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute last fall demonstrated the link between vitamin D deficiency and increased risk for coronary artery disease...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Experts To Discuss Food Security In East Africa The Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) meeting this week in Kigali, Rwanda "will provide a forum for experts, government ministers, regional economic communities and other stakeholders to discuss how best to handle the food security issue in" East Africa, New Times/allAfrica.com reports. The U.N...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Researchers looking at whether using a drug that lowers blood pressure (Valsartan) or a drug that lowers blood glucose levels (Nateglinide) could prevent Type 2 diabetes from developing found no great difference in the number of people who went on to develop the condition when prescribed either drug compared with the people who were prescribed a dummy pill...
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Functional Technologies Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FEB), a world leader in yeast research and development, announced today that it has developed, tested and filed patent applications for yeast technology that reduces the formation of acrylamide, a carcinogen formed when starchy foods are baked, fried or toasted...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, announced today that it has successfully completed the first commercial production of SONOVA? 400 High GLA Safflower Oil...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Increasing calcium intake is a common - yet not always successful - strategy for reducing bone fractures. But a study supported in part by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) underscores the importance of vitamin D and its ability to help the body utilize calcium. The study also may explain why increasing calcium alone isn't always successful in dealing with this problem...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
At a meeting this week in Nigeria to address African agriculture production, "African leaders and donor agencies have endorsed an ambitious plan to generate employment, income and food security in Africa by developing agribusiness and agro-industries," Punch reports...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
More than half of Britons would rather shift excess weight through drastic surgery than diet or exercise, a new poll has suggested. Women see weight-loss operations as the key to quick results while some men regard it as the "lazy option", it found. The survey was carried out among 1,305 members of the public on behalf of the Good Surgeon Guide website...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has agreed to the implementation of a single approach to front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling that it says will best help consumers make healthier choices when they buy food...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
A $6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has funded the creation of ORBIT: Obesity Related Behavioral Intervention Trials to focus on reducing obesity and obesity-related deaths in New York City's African-American and Latino communities...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Diabetics, under the gun to better manage their disease by controlling their food intake and weight, may find themselves in the sticky wicket of needing treatment that makes them hungry, researchers said. Attempts to maintain healthy blood sugar levels and prevent weight gain may suggest an eating disorder when the disease and its treatment are to blame, said Dr...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Seaweed extract may eventually emerge as a lymphoma treatment, according to laboratory research presented at the second AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research: From the Laboratory to the Clinic, held here March 7-10, 2010...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Families with food-allergic children face a life of constant vigilance and the looming fear of life-threatening allergic reactions. This fear can have a huge impact on an entire family's life, from heightened anxiety to severe limits on their daily activities. Some families cope well with this situation, while others find it extremely stressful and difficult to manage...
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Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:2264), the second-largest dairy company in Japan, today announced it has received a no objection letter from FDA in response to its GRAS notification for the proprietary probiotic strain Bifidobacterium longum BB536. The official FDA affirmation that the ingredient is GRAS paves the way for the highly researched probiotic to be included in functional foods...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Scientists in the US who undertook a large study to investigate what biological mechanisms might be behind the already established link between colorectal cancer and consumption of red and processed meat, confirmed that such a link exists and suggested the main players are three compounds: heme iron, nitrate/nitrite, and heterocyclic amines...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
A recent Kansas State University study found that the availability of supermarkets -- rather than the lack of them -- increased the risk of obesity for low-income women living in small cities. This suggests that policies to increase healthful eating behaviors might need to be tailored based on geographic location...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generations. University of Florida researcher Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in Japan have documented papaya's dramatic anticancer effect against a broad range of lab-grown tumors, including cancers of the cervix, breast, liver, lung and pancreas...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
No work is known in the literature to date which provides a long-term and generalised evaluation of the health of children fed intravenously in their own home...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Americans recognize things need to change in the grocery aisle, and they support Uncle Sam's efforts to overhaul what is included in their food and on the packages. The majority also believe they are individually responsible for making the right food choices to avoid obesity, but will readily accept the government's help to be successful, according to a new survey by FoodMinds...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
The Society for Nutrition Education (SNE) has partnered with the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and American Society for Nutrition (ASN) to publish a position paper, "Position of the American Dietetic Association, American Society for Nutrition, and Society for Nutrition Education: Food and Nutrition Programs for Community-Residing Older Adults," focusing on access to safe...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Prostate-specific dietary supplements should not be taken during radiation therapy treatments because they have been shown to increase the radiosensitivity of normal prostate cell lines, leading to normal tissue complications, according to a study in the March issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society ...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Children with serious intestinal problems have to be fed intravenously. Systems exist that enable intravenous feeding to be carried out at home. Mr Inaki Irastorza, paediatrician at the Cruces hospital in Bilbao, spent some 15 years analysing how serious intestinal problems in children were treated at the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a new syndrome affecting potentially thousands of hospital inpatients...
Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today
A new study from the US found that normal weight women in their 40s and older who drank a light to moderate amount of alcohol gained less weight and had a lower risk of becoming obese and overweight compared to their non-drinking counterparts...
PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Less is more with only three pure, natural and simple ingredients. (PRWeb Mar 16, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Research being conducted at Children's Memorial Hospital may be able to identify infants at high risk of developing childhood-onset obesity by measuring a newborn baby’s body fat within the first 48 hours after birth. The medical device making this possible is called the Pea Pod® Infant Body Composition System. Located at Prentice Women’s Hospital, Pea Pod is a fast, non-invasive mechanism to measure newborn body fat. (PRWeb Mar 16, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

www.stem-kine.com is a knowledge base regarding Stem-Kine and circulating stem cells (PRWeb Mar 16, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

For busy cooks looking for savory dishes with a little adventure, it’s easy to create distinct southwestern fare by featuring a hot new trend – Chile-fired sauces that use your favorite peppers and easy-to-make salsas from Mrs. Wages. (PRWeb Mar 15, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

The company bought 400 domain names in the “health” sector further expanding its share on this high profile market. (PRWeb Mar 15, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

ReNew Life Formulas is helping to familiarize consumers with the company’s newly redesigned website by hosting an online scavenger hunt featuring a Grand Prize package valued at over $2,000. (PRWeb Mar 15, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

The revolutionary Viitals Specialty Bakery of Tampa FL, has partnered with the well-known Gourmet Pizza Company restaurant to serve vegan, gluten-free pizza to their vegan, gluten-intolerant and health conscious customers. (PRWeb Mar 15, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

iQ Advanced, an information marketing company whose mission is to raise awareness through intelligent information, announces the release of a free online consumer guide to harmful and toxic food additives. This Free online guide is the consumers’ resource to finding out what hazardous by-products and additives are present into everyday foods. (PRWeb Mar 14, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Organic Kombucha and Mate Lines to Expand with Exotic Maqui Berry from Patagonia (PRWeb Mar 13, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Reflex Nutrition is proud to announce a new variety of their world famous Instant Whey product. The brand new product range is called Instant Whey Deluxe and has been specifically designed to be the world’s best tasting whey protein powder. (PRWeb Mar 13, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Downloadable training transcript features free tools to help weight loss center staff develop the art of communicating with dieters via telephone. (PRWeb Mar 13, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Remarkable public interest in the stem cell phenomenon made a science book an overnight Amazon Best Seller and catapulted engaging author-scientist Christian Drapeau (http://www.christiandrapeau.com/) onto the world stage. (PRWeb Mar 13, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

The new Twinlab® Resveratrol Max DOTS™ provides healthy antioxidants found in red wine in a convenient, quick-dissolve micro tablet. (PRWeb Mar 13, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

The new formula combines a focus on health and wellness and weight management for a new take on the brand’s two-stage product program. (PRWeb Mar 13, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

The new Twinlab® Marine Friends™ Children’s Omega-3 Powder helps support normal brain, eye and heart health.* (PRWeb Mar 13, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

North American Seminars Inc. introduces a new physical therapy continuing education course. Running Injuries - Examination, Differential Diagnosis and Treatment Interventions will be instructed by Jeff Taylor-Haas, PT, MPT, OCS, CSCSM (PRWeb Mar 13, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Dr. Barry Sears, bestselling author of The Zone, leads the 11th annual Zone Cruise to beautiful Caribbean vacation spots, and hosts seminars, private conferences and banquets featuring revolutionary new Zone foods prepared according to standard Zone recipes. (PRWeb Mar 13, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

The newest product from MenScience Androceuticals features a complete profile of nutrients to help support men's daily nutritional needs. (PRWeb Mar 13, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Krinsky Fitness Inspires Teens to Become "Fitter, Faster, Stronger" (PRWeb Mar 12, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Knowing where to start with a vitamin and supplement regimen can be intimidating. Swanson Health Products takes the guess work out of getting started with Vitamin D Plus the 7 Basic Supplements for Good Health. (PRWeb Mar 12, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Healthy Indulgence offers women new decadent delivery of their daily supplements. Hero Nutritionals announces the launch of the first-ever premium dark chocolate vitamin, Healthy Indulgence. The product will launch with four varieties to help achieve daily wellness, bone health, weight management and stress relief. (PRWeb Mar 12, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

When 'in balance,' the human body is a self-healing biochemical organism. Unfortunately, modern lifestyles and nutritional realities are causing many people to be 'out of balance.' NutriLuxe Solaris tests the body's biochemical and electrical balance by using saliva and urine to analyze key health indicators--pH, antioxidant level and electrical conductivity, as well as other health factors. Once Solaris identifies the nature of an individual's biochemical condition, nutritional supplements can be used to restore and maintain biochemical balance. (PRWeb Mar 11, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

49-year-old Bill Heaner will attempt a world record stunt. Heaner will jump out of a hot air balloon with a paraglider. The balloon will descend several thousand feet, and Heaner will attempt to land back into the same balloon on the same flight. (PRWeb Mar 11, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Jarrow Formulas®, Inc recently partnered with Bioenergy Life Sciences, an integrated life science company whose core technology is centered on the five-carbon carbohydrate D-ribose , to produce a high-energy, 26-second video featuring short-track speed skater Katherine Reutter. The video, which features both action and cameo shots of Reutter with up-tempo music and graphics, was posted on the Jarrow Formulas' YouTube channel before the start of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. When Reutter won 2 medals - a Silver and Bronze - it created the perfect viral storm. (PRWeb Mar 11, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Vermont's gourmet chocolatier Lake Champlain Chocolates introduces a new Granola Breakfast Egg and Peanut Butter Breakfast Egg, perfect for cracking open Easter morning. No frying, scrambling, poaching or boiling -- these chocolate Easter eggs are ready to eat right out of the package. (PRWeb Mar 11, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

The benefits of Paleolithic living are sending shockwaves through the food and health industry. Never before has a diet been capable of curing existing health problems and tackling weight gain so quickly. Evidence that Paleolithic living can cure migraines, sleep problems, high blood pressure and obesity is steering people away from quick fix Hollywood diets and back toward the diet nature intended humans to follow. (PRWeb Mar 11, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Enjoy Life Foods, a leader in allergy-friendly and gluten-free foods, appointed a new President, industry veteran Federico Meade. Meade, carrying over 15 years of experience, will lead the team through their 2010 milestones including a new product launch for later this year. (PRWeb Mar 11, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Attendees Will Enjoy Samples of Fabe’s Naturally Sweetened Desserts Choosing from a Variety of Gluten-Free Desserts, Dairy-Free Desserts, Vegan Desserts, 100% Whole Grain Muffins, Organic Brownies & Macaroons, and More. (PRWeb Mar 11, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

MirugaiLife® is a new nutritional supplement that the Fujisawa Bristol Corporation research development team believes has the potential to help curb the effects of aging and increase longevity in its users. The product is now available for purchase at www.mirugailife.com. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Spring is in the air, and it's time to shake off winter doldrums, lace up the running shoes and get moving. While many older people tend to slow down in winter, experts at the VA Maryland Health Care System's Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) say that keeping active all year is the key to good health, particulary for senior citizens. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Nationwide study finds number of overweight dogs and cats increasing; owners of larger dogs and cats less aware of problem. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

In celebration of National Registered Dietitian Day on March 10, the team behind Skinny in the City (www.skinnyinthecity.com), the popular daily newsletter and website combining the best diet and nutrition information with the latest fashion and beauty news, today launched The Skinny on Dietitians (www.theskinnyondietitians.com) online directory. Spearheaded by celebrity dietitian Tanya Zuckerbrot, M.S., R.D., the Skinny on Dietitians is an innovative, super user-friendly website and search engine that helps men and women across the country find a qualified Registered Dietitian (RD) to meet their unique needs, budget and location. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Charity sled hockey game scheduled for March 28 at the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Bay Area House Call Dentists gain recognition and gratitude for helping special needs and senior communities. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

The Skinny Gene Project is an #influenceSD 2010 nominee for non-profit of the year. To support diabetes prevention and promote the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, the public can vote the Skinny Gene Project up the nomination list until March 24th. The top 5 nominees in the non-profit category will advance to the final judging round. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Forrest's Natural Remedies to debut at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

St. Patrick’s Day Party will benefit Colorado’s Food Bank of the Rockies and feature a performance by U2 tribute band “Under a Blood Red Sky” (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Lena Akerman, Founder of Generations of Health (GOH) US, LLC, announces availability of Proprietary Amino Acid Formula, MAP™ for those who seek optimal performance and appearance, including professional and amateur athletes. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

Unique anti-nausea product to be launched at the 2010 Natural Products Expo West on March 12th (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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PRWeb: Health Nutrition

The Infrex Plus Unit, on Interferential mode, is reducing the severity, duration and frequency of pain for many patients who have suffered for years or decades. The "Carryover Pain Relief" is lasting for weeks between treatments. (PRWeb Mar 9, 2010)

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