Friday, December 15, 2006

Nutrients in the news this week...

Bad diets leading to earlier prevalence of metabolic syndrome...
12/6/2006 - Health conditions that were once almost exclusively associated with the elderly are now being increasingly diagnosed in children, according to a new report, which calls for immediate dietary intervention.
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=72591&m=1NIUD06&c=wcrclzgqdhtlgsk


Vitamin K may reverse artery hardening, suggests study...
11/12/2006 - A high-dose vitamin K supplement reduced calcium precipitates associated with hardening of the arteries by 37 per cent in rats, scientists from The Netherlands have reported.
http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=72666&m=1NIED11&c=wcrclzgqdhtlgsk


Resveratrol could counter metabolic diseases, animal study...
12/15/2006 - Resveratrol, the phenolic derivative found in red wine and certain plants, may play a role in protecting against diabetes and obesity, suggest the results of an animal study.
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=72818&m=1NIUD15&c=wcrclzgqdhtlgsk


Resveratrol

Vitamin K2


Christopher Wiechert, C.N.C.


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