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Omega-3 fatty acids may protect against hearing loss
11 June 2010
Increased intakes of omega-3 fatty acids from fish may reduce the risk of age-related hearing loss, suggests a new Australian study.
10 April 2015
A European-wide study by Food4Me project just released as a white paper provides evidence that personalized nutrition advice is more effective to improve dietary behavior compared to conventional over-simplified, population-based advice.
The Food4Me study is led by Prof Mike Gidney and Dr Marianne Walsh of University College Dublin, Ireland. The results of study are compiled and communicated by the European Food Information Council (EUFIC). Participants in the study that received personalized nutrition advice ate significantly healthier diets, increased their B vitamin folate intake and consumed significantly less energy, red meat, salt, and saturated fat than those randomized to the control group; regardless of whether personalization was based on their diet alone, their phenotype or their genotype.
1,500 participants in seven European countries took part in this internet-based study over six months. There were four groups: a control group, a group based on current best dietary advice, a group that in addition took account of medical conditions and a final group that in addition took account of individual genetics make up.
However, the public remains skeptical, so any service provider would need to provide credible clinical/scientific expertise and ensure that any IT system used for storing personal data is very secure and maintains user anonymity and privacy.
The paper provides an estimate that personalized nutrition advice could cost between 40 to 400 euros per person. In this case, a take up of just 10% of the European population would have a potential market value of 6 to 18 billion euros.
11 June 2010
Increased intakes of omega-3 fatty acids from fish may reduce the risk of age-related hearing loss, suggests a new Australian study.
16 April 2010
“Last week a study appeared online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that raised some eyebrows (1). The Swedish observational study followed approximately 35,000 women (aged 49 to 83 when the study began in 1997).
20 March 2015
A new US study reports that increased intakes of omega-3 fatty acids seem to reduce to risk of normal-weighted women to develop cancer of the lining of the uterus.