What Foods Have Calcium?

Posted on December 27, 2010 by admin

The Importance of Meeting Calcium Needs with Foods

Gregory D. Miller, PhD, FACN, Judith K. Jarvis, MS, RD, LD, Lois D. McBean, MS, RD

National Dairy Council, Rosemont, Illinois (G.D.M., J.K.J.), Nutrition Consultant, Ann Arbor, Michigan (L.D.M.) [gregorym@rosedmi.com]

Calcium can be obtained from foods naturally rich in calcium such as dairy foods, from calcium-fortified foods and beverages, from supplements or from a combination of these. Recognition of calcium’s many health benefits, along with Americans’ low calcium intake, has led to interest in how best to meet calcium needs. Continue reading →

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Oxidative Stress in Cystic Fibrosis

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Oxidative Stress in Cystic Fibrosis: Dietary and Metabolic Factors

Lisa G. Wood, BSc (Hons), Dominic A. Fitzgerald, MBBS, PhD, Peter G. Gibson, MBBS, David M. Cooper, MBBS, Clare E. Collins, PhD, and Manohar L. Garg, PhD

Discipline of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle (L.G.W., M.L.G.), Department of Paediatrics (D.A.F., D.M.C.), Airway Research Centre, Department of Respiratory Medicine (P.G.G.), Department of Dietetics (C.E.C.), John Hunter Children’s Hospital, Newcastle, Department of Respiratory Medicine, New Children’s Hospital, Sydney (D.A.F.), New South Wales, AUSTRALIA [ndmg@medicine.newcastle.edu.au]

Objective: To examine oxidative stress in CF by measuring 8-iso-PGF2 and antioxidant defenses, in relation to dietary intake, immune function and clinical status. Continue reading →

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Immune Enhancement from Lactobacilli

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Systemic Immunity-Enhancing Effects in Healthy Subjects Following Dietary Consumption of the Lactic Acid Bacterium Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001

Ying-H. Sheih, MD, B.-L. Chiang, MD, L.-H. Wang, MD, Chuh-K. Liao, MD, and Harsharnjit S. Gill, PhD

Taipei Medical College Hospital (Y.-H.S., C.-K.L.), College of Medicine, National University of Taiwan (B.-L.C., L.-H.W.), Taipei, TAIWAN, Milk and Health Research Centre, Massey University (H.S.G.), Palmerston North, NEW ZEALAND [H.S.Gill@massey.ac.nz]

Objective: To determine the effects of the probiotic lactic acid bacterium, Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001, on natural cellular immunity when delivered orally in normal low-fat milk (LFM) or lactose-hydrolyzed low-fat milk (LFM-LH). Continue reading →

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Flaxseed in Lupus Nephritis

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Flaxseed in Lupus Nephritis: A Two-Year Nonplacebo-Controlled Crossover Study

William F. Clark, MD, Claude Kortas, MD, A. Paul Heidenheim, MSoc, Jocelyn Garland, MD Evelyn Spanner, RPDt, and Anwar Parbtani, PhD

London Health Sciences Centre – Westminster Campus, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CANADA [william.clark@lhsc.on.ca]

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the renoprotective effects of ground flaxseed in patients with lupus nephritis. Continue reading →

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Nutritional Status of Elderly in Taiwan

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Nutritional Status of Functionally Dependent and Nonfunctionally Dependent Elderly in Taiwan

Yi-Chia Huang, RD, PhD, Song-Lin Wueng, RD, MS, Chu-Chyn Ou, RD, MS, Chien-Hsiang Cheng, MD, and Kuo-Hsiung Su, PhD

School of Nutrition and Institute of Nutritional Science, Chung Shan Medical and Dental College (Y.-C. H., S.-L.W., C.-C.O., K.H.S), Veterans General Hospital (C.-H.C), Taichung, TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA [ych@mercury.csmc.edu.tw]

Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure and compare nutritional status of the functionally dependent elderly with those nonfunctionally dependent elderly by assessing nutrient intake, anthropometric measurements, hematological and biochemical parameters, and the nutritional risk index (NRI). Continue reading →

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