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What precision nutrition can do for your patients
Advancements in precision nutrition are paving the road to “nutrition as medicine.” Precision nutrition aims to develop highly personalized dietary recommendations, taking a tailored approach to virtually any medical concern, from weight management to cancer and autoimmune diseases. As patients become more sophisticated in managing their health, the demand for this type of nuanced care…
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At nutritional ingredient show SupplySide West, exhibitors answer, “Why are you here?”
At SupplySide West, it’s hard to miss the crowd of more than 18,000 people walking the floor in Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Unlike consumer-facing tradeshows, very few of these folks are there just to wander. According to independent research firm Fusion Communications, 84% of attendees are there to source new ingredients and suppliers.…
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Is Carbon & Nutrition Labelling the Future of Food Packaging?
<!– Are Nutrition & Climate Labelling the Future of Food Packaging?
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Fresher food hacks with Tepper Nutrition
Freeze Watch from THU 12:00 AM EDT until THU 10:00 AM EDT, District of Columbia, Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Fairfax County, Northern Fauquier County, Stafford County, Warren County, Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, Central and Southeast Montgomery County, Charles County, Frederick County, Washington County, Prince George’s County, Northwest Montgomery County, Berkeley County
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Nestle on personalised nutrition: Innovators need to consider the whole ecosystem, not just products
This will then lead to what Dr Jorg Hager, expert in genetics and nutrigenomics at Nestle Institute of Health Sciences, calls the “virtuous cycle of personalised nutrition”. He was speaking at our Growth Asia Summit on the topic “Providing the right food for diverse consumer needs and benefits: Precision nutrition from a product perspective.” Nestle…
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AG Joins Coalition in Fighting for Health and Nutrition Stability for Immigrant Families
LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in support of the Biden administration’s defense of its revised “public charge” regulations, which determine who can obtain or keep legal immigration status. The revised regulations reject harmful Trump-era changes, which caused hardworking immigrants and their families to avoid or refuse…
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News Roundup: October 2023
While the UK CBD industry grappled with the impact of changing Food Standards Agency guidance and the Gov accepting advice on THC levels; World Menopause Day (18th October) brought attention to the role of supplements in managing menopause symptoms, with experts emphasising the need for further scientific research in this area; and the Active Nutrition…
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Evaluation of the nutrition literacy assessment questionnaire for college students and identification of the influencing factors of their nutrition literacy
Reliability analysis An overall Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.909 was obtained from the reliability analysis. In the questionnaire, internal consistency was determined for obtaining, understanding, and evaluation and application of dietary nutrition information on the questionnaire with Cronbach’s alpha values of 0.887, 0.899, and 0.837, respectively. These values were all above 0.8, suggesting that the…
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Toby Amidor: A prolific spokesperson, cookbook author
Toby Amidor ’96 has made a career from something she initially would’ve shied away from. At Binghamton, as much as she loved being a Hebrew major, Amidor realized she’d have a more promising future in nutrition. After taking the only two courses Binghamton offered in that field, she pursued a master’s degree in clinical nutrition…
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On nutrition: Don’t toss those pumpkin seeds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It all started with a question from a reader in Missouri: “Can pumpkin seeds minimize an overactive bladder? Is it better to eat ground-up pumpkin seeds or whole seeds? How much is advisable?” Sure enough, there is evidence that pumpkin seeds—more specifically the oil in pumpkin seeds—may help treat what is…