Nutrient composition

Maternal choline supplementation ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease pathology by reducing brain homocysteine levels across multiple generations. Velazquez R, et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2019; Epub ahead of print.

08/01/2019

Abstract The lack of effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is alarming, considering the number of people currently affected by this disorder and the projected increase over the next few decades. Elevated homocysteine (Hcy) levels double the risk of developing AD. Choline, a...

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 assessing dietary protein and bone health. We found little benefit of increasing protein...

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 achieving the recommended intake for their healthy development. This study uses quantitative and...

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 worldwide pandemic remain of utmost importance to everyone: the public, healthcare...

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 in the country and, indeed, China has populations that have both the lowest and the highest...