Leyla Weighs In

Leyla Weighs In: Diet and Your Microbiome
October 18, 2019
New study sheds light on diet quality and microbiome composition.

Leyla Weighs In: Exercise to Protect Against Alzheimer’s
October 11, 2019
Fitter bodies make for healthier minds; Can exercise protect against Alzheimer's? Study ties physical activity to slower amyloid-beta related cognitive decline.

Leyla Weighs In: Body Shape v. BMI
October 4, 2019
What is the difference between nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN)? How these NAD+ precursors measure up; Plus, body shape vs. BMI as risk predictor in women.

Leyla Weighs In: Vitamin B and Hip Fractures
September 27, 2019
Nutritionist Leyla Muedin answers this listener question: "I've taken 1,000 mcg of vitamin B12 for years. How do you reconcile this with the recent study that shows postmenopausal women with the highest intakes of B6 and B12 were shown to have more hip fractures?" Muedin comments on: Association of high intakes of vitamins B6 and B12 from food and supplements with risk of hip fracture among postmenopausal women in the Nurses' Health Study.

Leyla Weighs In: Alzheimer’s and Your Diet
September 20, 2019
Nutritionist Leyla Muedin answers this listener question: "You mentioned in your latest article that we can now add Alzheimer's to the chronic diseases we can attribute to our collective diet. Would you please elaborate?"

Leyla Weighs In: Chocolate
September 13, 2019
Nutritionist Leyla Muedin tackles this listener question: We hear so much about the benefits of dark chocolate I was wondering of cocoa has the benefits. Is cocoa equal to chocolate?

Leyla Weighs In: Carbohydrate Restriction
September 6, 2019
Dietary carbohydrate restriction improves metabolic syndrome and risk of type 2 diabetes even without weight loss.

Leyla Weighs In: Raw Poultry & Red Meats
August 30, 2019
USDA study advises against washing raw poultry, red meats.

Leyla Weighs In: Anemia and Dementia
August 23, 2019
Anemia linked to higher odds for dementia in seniors.

Leyla Weighs In: A Green View for Better Health
August 16, 2019
Simply seeing green spaces may help reduce food cravings.