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AJCN May 2013 from Nutrition Investigator Roc

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Happiness is precious for health. Classes are over for me until August! Read the details of April’s AJCN articles after these headlines:
PREVENT CANCER: 1. Guidelines to prevent risk of death from cancer - 6 recommendations for men [regarding body fatness, physical activity, foods and drinks that promote weight gain, plant foods, animal foods, and alcoholic drinks and [...] Read more »

April Journal of Nutrition

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May your holidays help the world to be free and safe  -See summaries and links to published articles after these one sentence summaries
3. Eat berries 4. Eat capsaicin and protein - Energy intake restriction causes a yo-yo effect by decreasing energy expenditure (EE) and decreasing fullness.During dieting, protein and capsaicin promoted a negative fat balance and protein treatments also [...] Read more »

Nov J Nutrition 2012 Thanksgiving food for thought from Roc.

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Read the details after the brief summary, a light meal before the big one.
 1. Choose the real food. Processed food has much higher level of carbs, lower levels of PUFA, potassium, and vitamin D. 2. Get exercise. Exercise effects on bone mineral density in older adults. 3. Thanks to the Juvenon newsletter: Don’t skip meals [...] Read more »

AJCN Jan, 2012 featuring your skeleton

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American Jrnl of Clinical Nutrition JAN, 2012-Nutrition treats for a fabulous 2012
FIRST SNACK: 1. Thanks to Bruce Ames for folate increase – Folate fortification reduces neural tube defects 20-80%
FIRST MEAL: 2. Your skeleton is an endocrine organ! A growing body of evidence supports the role of the skeleton as an endocrine organ, which establishes a [...] Read more »

Save and share for every pregnancy

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Nutrition Investigator recommends you print and save this to share with anyone you ever know who plans to get pregnant. – website with links at
In utero neonate programming: AJCNsup Dec, 2011 – Details [links may require subscription to AJCN]
Preface – Metabolism and nutrition before and during pregnancy and after birth exert lasting [...] Read more »

American Jrnl of Clinical Nutrition Dec, 2011

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Read the summaries after the headlines.
HOLIDAY FEASTING 1. A kind alum shares: Harvard University writes: Pay attention to the protein package. Fish, poultry, and beans are your best bets. 2. Drinking soda causes heart disease.
SO MUCH FOR IN UTERO AND NEONATES and kids: Stay tuned for The Power of Programming: how in utero and neonate [...] Read more »

Journal of Nutrition summary, July 2011

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J Nutrition July, 2011 -It’s July. Are you conscious now?
Headlines (synopses afterwards)
EVERYONE: 1. Skipping breakfast is hazardous to your life. 2. High cholesterol intake is associated with age-related hearing loss. – Consumption of monounsaturated fats may have a beneficial influence. 3. CLA supplement shows no benefit. – The usefulness of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) [...] Read more »

AJCN Oct, 2010

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SUMMARY – See this, longer synopses, and links to published articles further down this page at DETAILS at www.nutritioninvestigator.org.
WEIGHT CONTROL – 7. Current USDA dietary guidelines do not prevent obesity – The new food pyramid is still ineffective.
1. Diet counseling and exercise aid correct gestational weight gain – Excessive weight gain may harm mother and [...] Read more »

AJCN December, 2009

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SUMMARY – See this, longer synopses, and links to published articles further down this page at DETAILS . Sorry this is so long. Here is plenty to enhance your life during the holiday season.
EVERYONE
1. Study of 90,000 finds amount and type of fat intake unrelated to weight gain -We found no significant association between the [...] Read more »

AJCN November, 2009

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AJCN November, 2009 – SUMMARY -If you can pick up a copy of Women’s World Nov 2nd issue with Weight Loss Secrets of Dancing with the Stars on the cover, sold at many US store checkout lines, you can read the story on page 20 that tells The Science Behind The Secrets, attributed to Alfred [...] Read more »

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