Sentences with phrase «of dietary measures»

Therefore, it can contribute towards targeted fat reduction within the framework of dietary measures.

Not exact matches

We need to focus on the sensible, pragmatic management of our children's nutrition, not drastic and unsustainable dietary measures as suggested by the latest anti-sugar crusader.»

«While increasing intake of plant sterols is one of the most effective dietary measures to lower cholesterol, getting sufficient amounts in plant foods alone can be difficult,» Dr Clifton said.

Moreover, the study only measured dietary behaviors at the very beginning of the study, yet makes conclusions about health outcomes over 12 years.»

The industry has taken significant measures to provide consumers with more options and information to allow informed dietary choices through developing reformulated products to offer low and no - sugar varieties, voluntarily displaying kilojoule information on the front of labels and restricting sales of regular kilojoule soft drinks in schools.

The Dietary Guideline Index, a measure of diet quality, was updated to reflect the 2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines.

This Metamucil product has a low glycemic index, a measure of the effect of dietary carbohydrates on blood sugar levels.

This is one of my «soapbox» issues The more people that are comfortable with measuring by weight, the easier it will be for everyone to make substitutions that best fit their dietary needs.

more detailed measures of muscle - enhancing behaviors and body weight were not assessed, including whether respondents who changed their eating adopted healthy or unhealthy dietary changes, and the use of several other muscle - enhancing substances besides steroids, were assessed as a single item; and

This excellent reference applies a full spectrum of responses to common childhood health problems: conventional medical treatments, dietary guidelines, nutritional supplements, herbal treatments, homeopathy, and acupressure; for each ailment, general recommendations and preventive measures are also offered.

Other women may choose not to breastfeed so the investigators also measured the level of dietary nitrite and nitrate in alternative sources of newborn nutrition: formula, cow milk and soy milk.

Objective: We evaluated whether a 12 - wk dietary behavior modification (D) treatment to decrease energy intake, physical exercise behavior modification (E) treatment to implement moderate aerobic exercise, or combined dietary and physical exercise behavior modification (DE) treatment compared with control (usual care)(C) reduces body weight in lactating women measured at the end of treatment and at a 1 - y follow - up 9 mo after treatment termination.

The effects of the dietary intervention, mode of feeding (breast - fed or formula - fed), and time were evaluated by using three - factor repeated - measures ANOVA for the outcomes of reported number of egg yolks consumed; reported consumption of meat, chicken, and fish; reported consumption of baby cereal; reported consumption of adult cereal; erythrocyte DHA and AA; plasma cholesterol; and indexes of iron status.

By measuring isotope ratios in B. kiplingi «s tissue and plugging this data into a dietary model, Christopher Meehan of the University of Arizona in Tucson determined that protein - rich nodules called Beltian bodies, found on the leaves of some plants, make up 90 per cent of its diet (Current Biology, DOI: 10.1016 / j.cub.2009.08.043).

Fatty acids are chemical building blocks of dietary fats, so their level in a worm's body is one measure of the general nutritional quality of their food.

When I was in medical school, I spent a summer in an Indian Reservation in the Upper Peninsula [of] Michigan and went to University of Michigan, and there we did a survey of nutrition and found that half of the population, adult population, was diabetic and that really fascinated me; and I wondered why, and we also used some dietary assessment methods and found that actually we could learn a lot about what people were eating were some fairly simple ways of measuring diet; and so in some ways I have spent the rest of my career trying to unravel some of those questions.

CR is the only known dietary measure capable of extending maximum lifespan, as opposed to average lifespan.

Dietary changes were measured only for a short time and caution must be used when extrapolating the study data to dietary changes over longer periods oDietary changes were measured only for a short time and caution must be used when extrapolating the study data to dietary changes over longer periods odietary changes over longer periods of time.

Like an RDA, an EAR is a measure of the amount of a nutrient that people need to avoid dietary deficiencies.

The study involved 7 days of wrist actigraphy to measure sleep, food diaries to measure caloric intake and dietary patterns, and SenseWear arm band monitoring to measure physical activity.

The Healthy Eating Index is a measure of diet quality that assesses conformance to the USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Mandal said the detector he and his colleagues are developing is much more flexible (capable of analyzing a wide variety of medicines and dietary supplements), and more sensitive (capable of measuring smaller quantities).

«The three - day multiple pass dietary recall that asks people to remember what they ate is the gold standard for measuring food intake, but we can't accurately measure someone's diet or food intake,» said Spruijt - Metz, a research professor of psychology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

Future studies should use outcome measures such as change in quantities of food consumed or energy intake to quantify the impact on dietary intake and the potential impact on nutrition - related health.

Donna Spruijt - Metz, director of the mHealth Collaboratory at the USC Center for Economic and Social Research, and her team are testing an innovative approach to address obesity: devices that measure mood and eating behaviors rather than focusing on dietary intake.

Although the role of diet is often discussed as a preventative measure for developing type 2 diabetes, this new research provides strong support for dietary guidelines, and underlines the importance of changing diet to improve health.

In an editorial accompanying the study, Nita Forouhi, a researcher at the epidemiology unit of the University of Cambridge, said that the Chinese study has a number of strengths but that the dietary survey contained only «crudely measured» categories (red meat, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits) so it was unable to take into account other dietary habits that might have impacted the results, and that the quantity and strength of the chili consumed was also unknown.

Calling the study «flawed,» the Sugar Industry Association said that the fact that so many of the participants lost weight during the study «makes it impossible to separate the effects of weight loss from dietary changes on the health variables measured.»

To measure the impact of ApoC - III suppression on the clearance of dietary TGs in the circulation, we administered a bolus of corn oil by oral gavage to mice treated with ApoC - III ASO and sampled their blood at various time points.

Clearance of chylomicrons derived from dietary TGs was measured by vitamin A excursion essentially as described previously (18).

The researchers assessed how these dietary differences affected measures of metabolic health, including blood sugar and insulin levels, as well insulin sensitivity and production.

Because of this, I am often asked what dietary measures can be taken to treat ADHD.

Radiation is a burden that fuels inflammation in our bodies, but dietary measures can greatly contribute to keeping us out of trouble.

Glycemic Load (GL) is a measure that incorporates both the quantity and quality of dietary carbohydrates.

The importance of vitamin B6 is often overlooked in conventional medicine, except for cases of overt B6 deficiency which doctors believe to be rare.1 Although not widely recognized, poor vitamin B6 status may be relatively common in individuals eating a Standard American Diet.2 In the United States, a remarkably high number of adults — ninety percent of women and seventy - one percent of men — consume diets that are deficient in vitamin B6 using the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) as a measure.3 Furthermore, according to recent national health data, many individuals have inadequate vitamin B6 status despite meeting the RDA of B6 from their diets.4

Their urinary potassium was measured at the start of the study, and their dietary data was collected at 18 months.

At that time, they provided a urine specimen (for measurement of creatinine and urea to determine dietary compliance), were weighed, and had their blood pressure and total percent glycated hemoglobin measured.

Perhaps you can share with us the details of your dietary protocol and how you're measuring (or not) ketones in your patients.

In these cases, the most popular and effective measures that doctors suggest to obtain recommended levels of nutrients is taking dietary supplements.

In a recent twin study, «Physical activity and dietary intake in BMI discordant identical twins» physical activity and food habits were measured in 16 female monozygotic twins (identical twins from the same single embryo and share the same genome) with a mean BMI discordance of about 4.

The effect of social desirability trait on self - reported dietary measures among multi-ethnic female health center employees.

Psychological measures of eating behavior and the accuracy of 3 common dietary assessment methods in healthy postmenopausal women.

However when dietary carbs are limited but adequate protein provided, the «thermostat reduction» (as measured by resting metabolic rate) is much less, and the size of the furnace is maintained.

The investigators found that those who consumed more protein than recommended levels did not have increases in lean body mass, muscle performance, physical function or other measures of well - being, compared to men with normal levels of dietary protein.

The Dietary Antigen and Environmental Allergen Exposure Profile measures complement activation and the four subclasses of IgG antibodies for 88 foods.

Dietary supplementation also boosted various measures of function in the participants, assessed by the ADL, and their quality of life, particularly its physical component, assessed by the physical component of the SF - 36.

«Clinically and cognitively normal individuals with and without AD risk factors, following dietary patterns characterized by high intakes of whole grains, fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, fish, and low - fat dairy products (which provide higher intakes of vitamin B12, vitamin D, and n - 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) and by low intakes of refined sugars, French fries, high - fat dairy products, butter, and processed meat, show lower accumulation of Aβ in the brain and higher cerebral glucose metabolism, as evidenced by neuroimaging analysis of gray matter volumes (a marker of brain atrophy), C - Pittsburgh compound B (to measure the accumulation of fibrillar Aβ), and F - fluorodeoxyglucose (to assess brain glucose metabolism.»

Using a bomb calorimeter to measure the heat of combustion of various proteins, carbs, and fats, they determined the energy density of dietary protein = 4.1 calories / gram, carbs = 4.1 calories / gram, and fat = 9.3 calories.

Thankfully, there are dietary and lifestyle measures we can take to naturally aid our digestive system and the natural detoxification of hormones and toxins!

* Dietary measures that include low fat, low sugar and low meat diets, plus strict avoidance of all junk foods, fast foods and fried foods.