Dietary guidelines advisory committee reinforces need for increased choline intake Vulnerable populations, including infants, toddlers, pregnant and lactating women, are at greatest risk for choline deficiency FOODMINDS LLC NEW HAMPTON, N.Y., July 20, 2020 — On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC or Committee) – a group comprised of 20 nationally...
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Higher manganese intake may be tied to lower type 2 diabetes risk
Jung Ho Gong, from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and colleagues evaluated the association between manganese intake and the risk for type 2 diabetes in 84,285 postmenopausal women without a history of diabetes participating in the national Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study (WHI-OS). Results were validated in the 62,338 women who participated in the...
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How does manganese enter the brain? Research offers clues to neurological disorder
New information from the University at Buffalo on how manganese, an essential nutrient, gets into the brain, is helping shed light on a neurological disorder usually associated with industrial overexposure to the metal. In June, Brittany Steimle, a doctoral candidate in biochemistry at UB, received the award for outstanding poster for her presentation on how...