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Consuming Less Sugar-Sweetened Beverages May Reduce Kidney Stone Risk Twenty percent of American males and 10 percent of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime. Often, these patients will be advised to drink more fluids as a way to prevent future stone formation. Now, new research fr
Medical News Today | May 17, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Nutrition Science Focuses On White Vegetables In Supporting A Healthy, Well-Balanced Diet Potatoes and other white vegetables are just as important to a healthy diet as their colorful cousins in the produce aisle, according to the authors of a scientific supplement published in the peer-reviewed journal, Advances in Nutrition...
Medical News Today | May 17, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Reality of the situation The irony isn’t lost on Vinny Guadagnino.
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Breastfeeding May Help Prevent ADHD In Children Breastfeeding may help prevent children from developing ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) later in life, according to a new study. The research was conducted by a team of Israeli researchers and published in Breastfeeding Medicine, the offic
Medical News Today | May 16, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

ADHD Incidence May Be Reduced In Breastfed Children Breastfeeding has a positive impact on the physical and mental development of infants. A new study suggests that breastfeeding may protect against the development of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) later in childhood. The study is reported
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Population-Based Efforts May Be Necessary To Lower Excessive Dietary Sodium Intake Recent studies that examine links between sodium consumption and health outcomes support recommendations to lower sodium intake from the very high levels some Americans consume now, but evidence from these studies does not support reduction in sodium inta
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Vitamin C Does Not Lower Uric Acid Levels In Gout Patients Despite previous studies touting its benefit in moderating gout risk, new research reveals that vitamin C, also known ascorbic acid, does not reduce uric acid (urate) levels to a clinically significant degree in patients with established gout...
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Detrimental Effects In The Brain Of High-Fat Diets May Be Stalled By Fish Oil Data from more than 180 research papers suggests fish oils could minimise the effects that junk food can have on the brain, a review by researchers at the University of Liverpool has shown...
Medical News Today | May 15, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Improving Food Security In Africa By Educating Women The author of the thesis, Simon Wagura Ndiritu, has studied gender-related issues concerning agriculture and food management in Kenya and Tanzania. He found significant differences between men and women, where women are often forced to farm lower-quality
Medical News Today | May 15, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Ultra-low salt intake may not boost health Americans at high risk for heart problems who have been told for years to sharply cut salt from their diet may not actually benefit from ultra-low sodium diets and could even face some harm, an independent panel of health experts said on Tuesday.
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