Nutrition Survival 101, an free educational session for new or returning students on campus featuring nutrition graduate Rylee Blasky and registered dietitian Rooksana Randeree, is planned for Aug. 18 and again on Aug. 19 from 1-5 p.m. in the ground floor meeting room at La Verendrye Hospital.
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Creekside Nutrition, located at 1126 Capitol Trail, will hold a grand opening on August 21st, 2010 at 1:30 pm. Owners are longtime Middletown residents Shirley LaFrancis and Wanda Scrafford, and Tom Zappacosta, of Pike Creek.
Last week, the Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-free Kids Act, a re-authorization of child nutrition legislation governing school food and related programs, such as WIC (Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children). Action by the House is pending, and is expected after the summer recess.
On 11th August Reflex Nutrition were awarded planning permission by Brighton & Hove council to build a brand new state of the art whey protein factory on a large 2 acre site on the outskirts of Brighton in Woodingdean. The site used to house one of the U.K largest bakeries and now it is set to be the headquarters of the U.Ks number one sports nutrition manufacturers.
OTTAWA — Consumers are utterly confused by the nutrition facts table on the back of prepackaged foods meant to help shoppers make healthier food choices, a new Health Canada survey has found.
Tufts University’s Annual Nutrition Conference will take place in Boston, November 5-6, 2010 featuring leading policy makers. [PR.com]
General Nutrition Centers Inc.’s second-quarter profit jumped 42.5 percent because of increased sales and efforts to control expenses, the specialty nutritional products retailer said Tuesday.
Nutrition experts say the Master Cleanse, an extreme diet that had Beyonce and other celebrities drinking only lemon juice, water and cayenne pepper for 10 days, is an ineffective weight-loss solution.
General Nutrition Centers Inc.’s second-quarter profit jumped 42.5 percent because of increased sales and efforts to control expenses, the specialty nutritional products retailer reported today.
General Nutrition Centers, Inc., a leading global specialty retailer of nutritional products, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.
Consumers are utterly confused by the nutrition facts table on the back of prepackaged foods meant to help shoppers make healthier food choices.
Nutrition security is the focus of Tufts University’s 5th Annual Friedman School Symposium, scheduled for November 5-6, 2010 in Boston.
PAGADIAN CITY (PIA) The Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) through Dr. Joshua Brillantes, chief of the Technical Division of the Center for Health and Development-Department of Health in Region 9 (CHD-DoH 9) during the culmination program of the 36th Nutrition Month celebration held recently at a hotel here gave great importance to nutrition in addressing the malnutrition problem in the region.
Background:
The cellular and molecular mechanisms of adipose tissue biology have been studied extensively over the last two decades. Adipose tissue growth involves both an increase in fat cell size and the formation of mature adipocytes from precursor cells. To investigate how natural substances influence these two processes, we examined the effects of lotus leaf extract (Nelumbo nucifera-extract solution obtained from Silab, France) and L-carnitine on human preadipocytes and adipocytes.
Methods:
For our in vitro studies, we used a lotus leaf extract solution alone or in combination with L-carnitine. Utilizing cultured human preadipocytes, we investigated lotus leaf extract solution-induced inhibition of triglyceride incorporation during adipogenesis and possible effects on cell viability. Studies on human adipocytes were performed aiming to elucidate the efficacy of lotus leaf extract solution to stimulate lipolytic activity. To further characterize lotus leaf extract solution-mediated effects, we determined the expression of the transcription factor adipocyte determination and differentiation factor 1 (ADD1/SREBP-1c) on the RNA- and protein level utilizing qRT-PCR and immunofluorescence analysis. Additionally, the effect of L-carnitine on beta-oxidation was analyzed using human preadipocytes and mature adipocytes. Finally, we investigated additive effects of a combination of lotus leaf extract solution and L-carnitine on triglyceride accumulation during preadipocyte/adipocyte differentiation.
Results:
Our data showed that incubation of preadipocytes with lotus leaf extract solution significantly decreased triglyceride accumulation during adipogenesis without affecting cell viability. Compared to controls, adipocytes incubated with lotus leaf extract solution exhibited a significant increase in lipolysis-activity. Moreover, cell populations cultivated in the presence of lotus leaf extract solution showed a decrease in adipocyte differentiation capacity as indicated by a decrease in the ADD1/SREBP-1c signal. Importantly, our results demonstrated that a combination of lotus leaf extract solution and L-carnitine reduced triglyceride accumulation to a greater extent compared to incubation with either substance alone.
Conclusions:
Overall, our data demonstrate that a combination of lotus leaf extract and L-carnitine reduced triglyceride accumulation in human (pre)adipocytes by affecting different processes during the adipocyte life cycle. For this reason, this combination might represent a treatment option for obesity-related diseases.
Statement from the Child Nutrition Initiative WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Child Nutrition Initiative commends Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee and ranking member Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) for their hard work and commitment to pass the bipartisan Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (S. 3307) – a vital step in the …
The Child Nutrition Initiative commends Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee and ranking member Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) for their hard work and commitment to pass the bipartisan Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (S. 3307) a vital step in the effort to improve children’s health and increase their access to nutritious school meals. We …