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AJCN Nov, 2011 - - Read the summaries with links to abstracts at www.nutritioninvestigator.org. Here's the headlines:

GOOD THINGS: 1. Get the D and Dairy - 1000 mg daily Calcium is helpful for prevention of weight gain, cardiovascular disease, and cancer (It's worth going to the link for summary of this) 2. n−3 PUFAs are beneficial to fight cancer, recover from surgery, and survive duing critical care. 3. Eating veggies builds better lungs. 4. Athletic activity and modest energy restriction reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer. 5. Wine intake is associated with a stronger spine, while an English diet weakens the hip bones. 6. Supplement users have better diets, but may get excessive calcium, iron, zinc, and magnesium.

BAD THINGS: 7. Hoodia is dangerous and does not cause weight loss. 8. Heavy drinking is associated with gastric cancer.

POLICY ISSUES: 9. Adolescents are more suseptible to increased portion sizes. - The group of non-Hispanic African Americans and Hispanics and individuals with a lower education represents key concerns for public health policies. 10. The quality and monetary value of diets consumed by adults in the United States. - It costs more to eat decent food. Higher diet cost was strongly associated with consuming more servings of fruit and vegetables and fewer calories from solid fat, alcoholic beverages, and added sugars. 11. In low and middle income nations, the poor stay thinner.

- Roc, Nutrition Investigator

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