The US leads
the world in
introducing lowsodium
products—
with food
giant Kraft recently
announcing it
will cut the sodium
in all its North
American products
by an average
10% over the next
few years. But
low-sodium foods
aren’t high on
consumers’ shopping
lists, according
to a new
report from
Packaged Facts
market research.
From 2005 to
2009, US companies
launched 762
food products or
non-alcoholic beverages with a reducedor
no-sodium claim—five times the
number of the next-highest nation,
Japan.…
Read More>>
|
A new Dutch study, released at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, offers yet another reason to make sure you're getting enough vitamin D: In research on 1,300 men and women age 65 and older, those with low blood levels of the "sunshine vitamin" were about 40% more likely to have metabolic syndrome. A complex of conditions such as hypertension, obesity and poor insulin metabolism, metabolic syndrome is linked to greater danger of diabetes and heart disease. Overall, almost half the seniors tested had low blood levels of vitamin D, and 37% suffered from metabolic syndrome. Those with levels of vitamin D lower than 50 nanomoles per liter were more likely to have metabolic syndrome. The connection is plausible, the scientists said, because vitamin D deficiency has previously been linked to insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion. — Endocrine Society
…
Read More>>
|