Your metabolism slows down as you age. As a result, your health, diet and hygiene will be affected. As such, you should take some time to learn a little about how you increase your metabolism level to ensure your body continue functioning normally.Metabolism refers to your body’s ability to process food and convert it into […]
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Performing systematic reviews of nutrition related topics raises unique challenges not often encountered in the field of medicine. In a new article, a team of researchers use specific examples to describe the steps, strengths, and limitations of systematic reviews relevant to nutrition and discuss the factors that impact the results.
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Health Professions Council and British Dietetic Association launch joint media awareness campaign. The Health Professions Council (HPC) and the British Dietetic Association (BDA) have launched a joint campaign to raise awareness of the role of ‘dietitians’ and warn consumers against seeking advice from unregulated and inappropriately qualified sources.
The relationship between Prozac and memory loss is a little complicated. Manufacturers, Eli Lilly and Company state that unlike other anti-depressants, Prozac does not cause memory loss as one of its side effects. It is a new generation of SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) which implies that it works by changing the neurotransmitter, serotonin’s action. […]
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Researchers have discovered one potential mechanism by which briefly cutting off, then restoring, blood flow to arteries prior to a heart attack lessens the damage caused, according to a study published in the journal Cardiovascular Research. The new mechanism points to how future drugs could provide protection ahead of heart attacks and strokes for those at highest risk. In the nearer term, the work may help to prevent damage caused as U.S.
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Is that gourmet tea your drinking or just regular tea? Find out the top 3 things that make a tea gourmet.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has received a four-year, $10 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to establish the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health, on its George H. Cook Campus. Rutgers President Richard L. McCormick announced his intention to establish the new institute during his Annual Address to the University Community on Sept. 19.
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A new study shows that children whose families move frequently or live in overcrowded conditions are more likely to suffer from hunger and poor health than those in stable housing. The study was carried out by the Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program (C-SNAP) which has the largest clinical data base on poor children under age three in America. C-SNAP has been reporting on the impact of economic conditions and public policies on children’s health since 1998.
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Tea is an important ingredient of different culture across globe. Gourmet tea leaf make candid refreshment drink and adds flavor in different connoisseurs to energize mind and spirit of its consumer.
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After you eat a burger and fries or other fat-filled meal, a protein produced by the liver may send a signal that fat is on the way, suggests a report in the December issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. Researchers have found in mice that the liver produces a protein called adropin, which rises in response to high-fat foods and falls after fasting.
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