Nutrition

Dr Noirín Noonan, Consultant in Occupational Medicine and Gastroenterologist at St James’s Hospital, examines the wide-ranging role vitamin D plays in promoting good health and the need for supplementation.

New research from the Karolinska Institutet shows that men who take vitamin C supplements regularly run a higher risk of developing kidney stones.

Researchers have established that short-term use of folic acid supplements is unlikely to substantially increase or decrease overall cancer risk and has little effect on the risk of developing any specific cancer, including cancer of the colon, prostate, lung and breast.

A diet rich in vegetables could help stave off the development of acute pancreatitis, suggests a large study published online in the journal Gut.

Consuming probiotics in foods such as yogurt can reduce the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (AAD), says a new a review and meta-analysis of previous studies.

Experts have launched a study on a “window of opportunity” to prevent coeliac disease (CD) by introducing gluten into babies’ diets.

Jill Sommerville outlines the importance of vitamin D in the diet and looks at why the population in Ireland is particularly at risk of deficiency

As the days shorten, it is time to consider vitamin D status in the Irish population, write Dr Mark Kilbane, Ms Myra O’Keane and Dr Malachi McKenna Vitamin D is the name given to a group of fat-soluble steroids, the two major physiologically-relevant forms of which are vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol).

Individuals at extremely high risk of developing psychosis appear less likely to develop psychotic disorders following a 12-week course of fish oil capsules containing long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, according to a new study.

Aoife Connors speaks to Dr Mike Stroud on the importance of treating malnutrition properly and how nutrition should remain a priority, despite economic cutbacks {openx:269} Proper treatment of malnutrition reduces costs from hospital stays, GP consultations and long-term care needs of vulnerable groups such as the elderly – and during these recessionary times, nutritional budgets ‘should actually be something that’s