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Nutrient Composition
Maternal choline and respiratory coronavirus effects on fetal brain development 12/06/2020
Freedman, R., Hunter, Sharon.K., Law, Amanda.K.,
Introduction
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) anticipate that maternal COVID-19 infection will affect fetal development like other respiratory...
Extra choline may help pregnant women decrease negative effects of COVID-19 on their newborns 01/06/2020
Milzer, J.
Pregnant women who take extra choline supplements may mitigate the negative impact that viral respiratory infections, including COVID-19, can have on their babies, according to a new...
Vitamin-D and COVID-19: do deficient risk a poorer outcome 20/05/2020
Fiona Mitchell
Despite difficulties in comparing data across nations, mortality from COVID-19 is clearly higher in some countries than in others. Many factors could have a role in this disparity,...
Is a vitamin D fortification strategy needed? 18/05/2020
J. L. Buttriss S. A. Lanham‐New
Almost one in five adults aged 19–65 years in the UK has a low serum vitamin D concentration (below 25 nmol/l) according to the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (...
Vitamin D and SARS-CoV-2 virus/COVID-19 disease 14/05/2020
Lanham-New S, Webb A, Cashman K. et al.
Background and aim
The spread of novel SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the disease COVID-19 that is caused by SARS-CoV-2, continues apace. Saving lives and slowing the...
Association between regional selenium status and reported outcome of COVID-19 cases in China 28/04/2020
Zhan J, Taylor E.W, Bennett K. et al.
Potentially relevant to the recent appearance of COVID-19 in China is the fact that there is a belt of selenium deficiency running from northeast to southwest...
We still don’t know that our children need vitamin D daily: a study of parents’ understanding of vitamin D requirements in children aged 0-2 years 15/08/2019
Day R, Krishnarao R, Sahota P, Christian MS
Abstract
Background
Vitamin D deficiency has been highlighted as a serious public health problem in the United Kingdom. One in four toddlers are not...
Role of vitamin D supplementation for primary prevention of cancer: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. 15/05/2019
Varun Samji, Tarek Haykal, Yazan Zayed, Inderdeep Gakhal, Vijay Veerapaneni, Michelle Obeid, Babikir Kheiri, Sunil Badami, Ghassan Bachuwa, Rizwan Danish; Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State...
Dietary protein and bone health across the life-course: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis over 40 years 01/04/2019
Authors
A. L. Darling, R. J. F. Manders, S. Sahni, K. Zhu, C. E. Hewitt, R. L. Prince, D. J. Millward, S. A. Lanham-New
Abstract
We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of published papers...
Egg consumption in pregnancy and infancy: Advice has changed 20/02/2019
Gray J, 20 February 2019, Egg consumption in pregnancy and infancy: Advice has changed, Journal of Health Visiting (2019), 7(2):68-77
The UK government has now revised its advice on the safety of...
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