Nutrient-Gene Interactions
Brain gene expression is impacted by a-tocopherol form in weanling mice
Some of the impacts of vitamin E deficiency include neurodegeneration, demyelination and ataxia, indicating that vitamin E is critical in
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What role does nutrition play on vascular dementia?
According to the United Nations the aging population is growing and by 2050 the number of people aged 60 years
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Maternal diet influences long-term health of children well before pregnancy
Maternal diet during pregnancy is thought to be one of the most influential factors on child health and development. However,
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Inflammation: What Is It, and how can my diet and behavior affect it?
Suppose you’ve been told to eat an anti-inflammatory diet, or maybe you’re a practitioner whose clients want to know whether
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I eat what you eat: Maternal Nutrition and Epigenetics
Potential mothers, new mothers and mothers of multiples often worry about how their nutrition will affect their children. With the
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Experimental Biology 2017: Nutrigenomics and Personalized Nutrition
Sunday morning at ASN’s 2017 Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting began with the “Nutrigenomics and Personalized Nutrition” session hosted by
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New Focus on Reducing Anemia in Adolescent Girls
By Marion Roche, PhD The target set out by the World Health Assembly is to reduce the anemia in all
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Is Nutrition Influencing Puberty in Teen Girls?
By Meghan Anderson Thomas The age of menarche has decreased significantly in the past century, from an average age of
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Colorful carrots get a new use, producing tracers to study the brain
By Ann Liu, PhD Researchers are using carrots to produce a new tracer that will help scientists study vision and
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