Stanley Gershoff, founding dean of Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts, dies at 92

The Boston Globe, Massachusetts - June 1, 2017

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Along with those stories, over the years he shared his vision of making nutrition and wellness attainable. At Tufts, he merged the academic disciplines of public policy and nutrition to create a unique program that became the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.“He was a very human figure, despite everything that he did,” his daughter said. “What always stood out to me was how even though he had accomplished all these really great things he was always such a figure of guidance to all these people.”Forget yesterday's news. Get what you need today in this early-morning email.Dr. Gershoff, the founding dean of Tufts University’s nutrition school, died in his Oakland, Calif., home March 11 from complications of kidney failure.

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Improving Your Diet Just a Little Bit Can Help You Live Longer, Says Study

Fortune - July 13, 2017

This kind of increase, researchers said in a statement, could be as simple as swapping one serving of red or processed meat for nuts or legumes, such as beans, lentils, peas, and peanuts.Overall, participants who maintained healthy eating patterns throughout the ...

The simple 5-a-day diet: Easy way to get enough fruit and veg.. and lose weight

Mirror.co.uk - July 30, 2017

Yet a wealth of research shows a diet rich in fruit and veg can fight off diseases including heart attacks, strokes and certain cancers, including bowel and lung, as well as helping maintain a healthy weight. Earlier this year, a study by Harvard School of Public ...

Researchers Now Focusing on Diet as a Major MS Treatment

Healthline - July 15, 2017

In fact, it is funding two new studies that look at the effects of diet on MS.One study, out of the University of Iowa, looks specifically at the effects of diet on MS-related fatigue.A second, out of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, is a pilot ...

Carbon Dioxide May Rob Crops Of Nutrition, Leaving Millions At Risk

NPR - August 2, 2017

Rising carbon dioxide levels could have an unexpected side effect on food crops: a decrease in key nutrients. And this could put more people at risk of malnutrition. A 2014 study showed that higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are likely to put ...

Are you sticking to your diet? Scientists may be able to tell from a blood sample: Blood metabolites differed strongly between treatment and control groups in clinical trial of popular DASH diet

Science Daily - June 19, 2018

An analysis of small molecules called "metabolites" in a blood sample may be used to determine whether a person is following a prescribed diet, scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have shown.Clinical trials of diets and their health impacts ...