The Diabetes and Nutrition Study Group (DNSG) of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes held the 37th International Symposium on Diabetes & Nutrition in Kerkrade, The Netherlands, from June 12-14, 2019.

Today’s Dietitian hosted the 6th Annual Spring Symposium at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, on May 19-22, 2019. This continuing education and networking event for dietitians and nutrition professionals featured a diverse program of sessions and workshops plus a variety of opportunities to interact and network with fellow Registered Dietitians in attendance.

At the conference, titled “Nuts as part of a healthy diet: evidence and insights from research”, Prof. Linda Tapsell, Senior Professor of School of Medicine of the University of Wollongong, Australia, talked about different health topics in relation to nut consumption and the scientific evidence to date.

This year, the Scientific Seminar invited an expert on allergy as a guest speaker: Dr. Vicki McWilliam, Clinical Allergy Dietitian and Researcher at the Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute of Melbourne, Australia.

A study, recently published in the European Journal of Epidemiology, analyzed the association of maternal nut intake (walnuts, almonds, peanuts, pine nuts and hazelnuts) during pregnancy with child neuropsychological outcomes including child global cognitive functioning, attention and working memory.

This study, recently published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, evaluated the effect of pistachio consumption on cellular aging parameters related to glucose metabolism and insulin resistance, as a possible way of reversing some metabolic consequences of prediabetes.

Due to the overuse of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture, antibiotic resistance is spreading at an alarming rate among pathogenic bacteria.

The study “Polyphenols in Almond Skins after Blanching Modulate Plasma Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Healthy Humans” was recently published in the journal Antioxidants.

A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Purdue University found that swapping red meat for healthy plant protein in your diet may help lower your risk for heart disease.

A new study examined the effect of consuming pistachios versus an afternoon snack on satiety, self-reported energy, self-reported nutrient intake, body weight and body composition.