American Journal of Clinical Nutrition August Highlights

• The use of low carbohydrate diets lead to weight loss and improvement in fasting triglycerides and HDL cholesterol. With careful monitoring, the use of this for a 6 to 12 month period appears reasonable.
  
  
• DHA supplementation lowered triglycerides by 24% in 34 men who participated in the USDA study.
  
  
• A study showing that fat-free fluid milk promoted greater lean muscle mass in young weightlifters was funded by the US Dairy Council.
  
  
• Neophobia, the avoidance of new foods, common in children, has been discovered to be an inherited trait, but one that is highly influenced by environmental factors. Research needs to be done on the environmental factors involved.