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Arab-American women need supplement to boost dangerously low vitamin D levels

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Arab-American women living in southeast Detroit whose conservative dress limits their exposure to sun should be taking a vitamin D supplement to boost their dangerously low serum levels, according to a study published by ...





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Study finds dairy better for bones than calcium carbonate

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Purdue University study shows dairy has an advantage over calcium carbonate in promoting bone growth and strength.


Arsenic in rice milk exceeds EU and US drinking water standards

Arsenic in rice milk exceeds EU and US drinking water standards

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 13, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Commercial rice milk contains levels of arsenic – a chronic human carcinogen – up to three times higher than EU and US drinking water standards, say researchers in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Journal of ...


Children who often drink full-fat milk weigh less

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Eight-year-old children who drink full-fat milk every day have a lower BMI than those who seldom drink milk. This is not the case for children who often drink medium-fat or low-fat milk. This is one conclusion of a thesis ...


New labels might decrease overall demand for milk

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent increases in organic and hormone-free milk labeling might negatively affect sales of milk without such labels, and could lead to a decreased demand for all milk types, according to a new economic study ...


Expel chocolate milk from school lunches: activist

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chocolate milk is "soda in drag" and should be booted out of US school cafeterias, a former celebrity chef turned school lunch lady has said.


Kids still not drinking enough milk

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created Oct 04, 2007 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

American children are drinking too little milk and what they are consuming is too high in fat, according to a Penn State study.


Anxious parents misdiagnose milk formula intolerance

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created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some parents may be unnecessarily switching infant milk formulas for their healthy infants. A study published in BioMed Central's open access Nutrition Journal, found that many parents misinterpret common baby behaviors as mil ...


Analysis of the effects of a cow's genetic predisposition on the composition of its milk

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The genetic predisposition of cows has an effect on the fat and protein content of their milk. Researchers at Wageningen University have spent the past few years examining the scope and significance of genetic variation between ...


Vitamin B12 may protect the brain in old age

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created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Vitamin B12, a nutrient found in meat, fish and milk, may protect against brain volume loss in older people, according to a study published in the September 9, 2008, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academ ...


Longer life for milk drinkers, say researchers

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created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Research undertaken by the Universities of Reading, Cardiff and Bristol has found that drinking milk ¹ can lessen the chances of dying from illnesses such as coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke by up to 15-20%.



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