Samples Resources on Nutrition for Health (01)

Are Calcium Supplements the Key to Preventing Polyp Recurrence?
This is an article about the 1999 study by researchers that taking calcium supplements can reduce polyp recurrence. Dr. John A. Baron, professor of medicine and of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, says here that adenomas or polyps may develop into colorectal cancer. Less than one year into the study, we saw positive results from calcium - fewer adenomas and so, less potential for cancer. The effects of taking calcium supplements and eating calcium rich foods was evident here, and the focus of future studies since then.

Vegan Nutrition for Kids
This site is devoted to raising vegan children. Vegans don’t eat beef, chicken, pork, veal, milk, cheese, butter or eggs. The site says that kids on a vegan diet eat more fruits and vegetables, and they are sick less often and have less food allergies. This covers all aspects of vegan nutrition, including feeding vegan babies, vegan infants and vegan kids. These are suggestions for foods that vegan children will enjoy, such as spaghetti and tomato sauce; peanut butter and jelly, whole wheat bread, fruit on waffles, romaine lettuce salad, mashed potatoes, backed French fries with ketchup and tofu meats. It also discusses vegan nutrition during pregnancy, and gives a sample diet for vegan mothers-to-be.

Are You Calcium Deficient?
Many people believe that milk and other dairy products are your best and richest source of calcium. Northwestern University agrees, saying that, Calcium is a primary structural constituent of the skeleton, but it is also widely distributed in soft tissue where it is involved in neuromuscular, enzymatic, hormonal, and other metabolic activity. This article explains calcium deficiency, and says that people who are deficient in calcium are associated with increased risks of pre-eclampsia, hypertension and colon cancer.

Nutritional Information for Kids and Adults
The World Health Organization put out this collection of links on topics related to human health. Discussed are child growth and development, micronutrients, infant feeding, feto-maternal nutrition and low birth weight, dietary recommendations and nutritional requirements, malnutrition, obesity, senior citizen healthy eating and more. A section on HIV/AIDS is also included, as is one about household food security.