US schools failing in nutrition: study
By Last Updated: 2003-01-13 13:00:11 -0400 (Reuters Health) Source: SOURCE: Preventive Medicine 2002;35:376-382.
US schools failing in nutrition: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When it comes to offering healthy meals, US middle schools are not making the grade, a study suggests.
The report found that stude...
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All About Magnesium
By Dr. Vickie Goldapske
MAGNESIUM
Magnesium is a co-factor for at least 300 enzymes that are involved with metabolizing and converting the components of food. It is necessary for the synthesis of fatty acids, activation o...
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Calcium and vitamin D supplements effective in preventing osteoporotic fractures
Source: Public Health Nutr 2001;4(2B):547-59
Osteoporosis, which literally means "porous bone," is a disease of the skeleton in which the bones gradually lose density and begin to deteriorate. People with osteoporosis have brittle bones and an i...
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Eating fish helps keep older people's brains sharp
By Dr. Robert Rakowski Source: SOURCE: Archives of Neurology, December 2005
Eating fish helps keep older people's brains sharp
Last Updated: 2005-12-13 10:51:21 -0400 (Reuters Health)
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating fish appears to knock a few years o...
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Prenatal omega-3 may boost baby's brainpower
Source: SOURCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, June 2007.
June 22, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children whose mothers get enough omega-3 fatty acid during pregnancy may have sharper problem-solving skills in infancy, a small study suggests.
Researche...
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Omega-3 fatty acids slow eye disease progression
Source: SOURCE: Nature Medicine, June 24, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dietary supplements of omega-3-polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), the healthy fatty acid found in certain fish or fish oils, nuts, seeds, vegetable oils and other foods, r...
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Too much on your plate? US food portions balloon
By Last Updated: 2003-01-21 16:48:33 -0400 (Reuters Health Source: .SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association 2003;289:450-453.
Too much on your plate? US food portions balloon
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The super-sizing of the American waistline over the past 30 years has coincided with a sharp increase in food portion s...
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Vegetables may help keep the brain young
By By Amy Norton Source: SOURCE: Neurology, October 24, 2006.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who eat their vegetables may help keep their minds sharp into old age, a study published Monday suggests. Fruit, on the other hand, seems to have less of a bene...
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Exercise and healthy diet slow memory loss
By By Paul Hoskins Source: Last Updated: 2005-09-07 13:48:55 -0400 (Reuters Health)
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An active lifestyle and a healthy, fish-rich diet are not only good for your heart, they may also help tackle the memory loss associated with old age, two leading neuroscientists sa...
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