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Considerations On Nutritional Studies

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Recording nutritional intake is useful because it allows associations between particular food components and health effects to be found. Metabolic studies in laboratories allow accurate recording of nutritional intake from subjects, but they do not reflect people in their natural … Continue reading →

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Calcium Deficiency: High Blood Pressure

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Robert Barrington

  Sodium chloride is often blamed as a causative factor in cases of high blood pressure. However, the evidence does not support a role for salt in causing high blood pressure in healthy individuals. Excess salt consumption tends to result … Continue reading →

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Licorice: Is It A Superfood?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Robert Barrington

  Licorice is the common name for the Glycyrrhiza genus of plants that includes over 30 species including Glycyrrhiza Glabra. Licorice grows native to the Mediterranean area, Central Russia, Asia and parts of the Middle East. Licorice root has a … Continue reading →

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Deiodinases And Weight Loss

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Robert Barrington

  Deiodinases are enzymes responsible for the metabolism of thyroid hormones. Three categories of deiodinases exist, type I, type II and type III. These enzymes are present in tissues in different concentrations where they control the local metabolism of centrally … Continue reading →

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Health Begins With Honesty, and a Food Diary

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Nutritional questionnaires are controversial in research studies because it is known that subjects lie about their dietary intake. The reason for this has been explored, and conclusions from such investigations suggest that dishonesty results from either self-denial or the wish … Continue reading →

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Whey Protein and Branched Chain Amino Acids

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Robert Barrington

High proteins diets have recently become popular because evidence suggests they improve body composition in overweight subjects. This may relate to their ability to increase nitrogen retention, an effect that can augment increases in skeletal muscle mass. The amount of … Continue reading →

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More on Poverty and Nutritional Quality

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Research published recently in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition1 investigated the food intake of low income adults. Using data from the NHANES survey performed in the United States, the researchers analysed the associations between income levels and dietary intake … Continue reading →

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The Parable of the Greedy Lazy Car

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Please read the parable here.

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Social Eating Increases Calorie Intake

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Robert Barrington

While the physiological processes associated with eating, digesting and metabolising food are interesting, they can never be fully understood in humans without giving consideration to behavioural processes. Recent research suggests that in animals, a number of behavioural aspect have a … Continue reading →

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Additives in Food

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Robert Barrington

ost foods undergo a certain degree of processing. Even those foods considered whole, such as fruits and vegetables may have been processed to wash and prepare the foods for market. While a limited and slowly dwindling number of foods are … Continue reading →

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