Studying preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. Louis Children's Hospital, the researchers found that preemies
whose daily diets were at least 50 percent breast milk had more brain tissue and cortical - surface area by their due dates than premature babies who consumed significantly less breast milk.
In the study, mice
whose daily diet was supplemented with 20 milligrams of luteolin had reduced inflammation in their brains.
Not exact matches
People who got 40 % of their
daily calories from protein lost significantly more body fat than those
whose diets had only 15 % protein, even though they consumed the same number of calories, a Skidmore College study found.
People
whose diets contain
daily omega 3s have been shown to have 26 % less risk of having brain lesions that cause dementia compared with those who do not.
What I mean by that is, if you're already eating very healthy and are consuming almost the
daily recommended amount of fiber, you can expect less benefits when compared to someone
whose diet can be characterized by large amounts of trans fats and lower fiber intake.
Compared to those
whose diets contained < 250 mg / day of choline, subjects
whose diets supplied > 310 mg of choline
daily had, on average:
As an example he points to the Japanese
whose average
daily intake of iodine is as high as almost 14,000 mcg per day due to their
diet which is rich in sea weeds!
Dr. Engelbart,
whose practice and research is focused on the connections between nutrition and functional neurology, said that maintaining probiotic balance can help ensure that all the nutrients in a person's
daily diet are actually getting absorbed into the body.
The scientists claim a near 30 percent reduction in respiratory illness among infants
whose diets were supplemented
daily with the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis, subspecies BB - 12, as compared to those in their control group.
If a university student
whose diet consisted of pizza and ready meals and
whose antioxidant intake consisted solely of potatoes (which are weak for antioxidants) swirled ginger into his milk
daily, he could see huge improvements in his skin, just from a simple trick like that.
Most recently, sugar in the
diet has also been implicated in cardiovascular disease deaths: A large study led by Dr. Hu reported last year that adults who had the highest intake of sugar — consuming 25 percent of
daily calories as sugar — were nearly three times more likely to die of heart disease over a 14 - year period, compared with those
whose sugar intake was less than 10 percent of calories.