SINU

Società Italiana di Nutrizione Umana

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FOCUS ON...VITAMIN D AND IMMUNITY
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FOCUS ON…VITAMIN D AND IMMUNITY

between truth and wishful thinking
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FOCUS ON...Chocolate and snacks to reduce anxiety, the effect of lockdown on Italians’ diet
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FOCUS ON…Chocolate and snacks to reduce anxiety, the effect of lockdown on Italians’ diet

The results from two web surveys analysing the dietary habits of people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alarm for cardiologists who will have to deal with unhealthy diets and physical inactivity
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FOCUS ON...High-protein diets
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FOCUS ON…High-protein diets

The term “high-protein diet” is generically used to identify several commercial dietary regimes for slimming purposes, very popular among the public.
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FOCUS ON…..Position on Fasting, Intermittent Fasting and Fasting-Mimicking Diet
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FOCUS ON…..Position on Fasting, Intermittent Fasting and Fasting-Mimicking Diet

The currently most recognized strategy to fight overweight/obesity is to reduce daily calorie intake. However it produces modest weight loss
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FOCUS ON...Loosen our grip on salt abuse?
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FOCUS ON…Loosen our grip on salt abuse?

Dangerous and scientifically unsound
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A FOCUS ON... omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the new Cochrane review
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A FOCUS ON… omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the new Cochrane review

The recent systematic review Cochrane, published on 18 July 2018 in the Cochrane Library, has cast doubt on whether integration with PUFA n-3 can actually reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke or death.
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