CASI Blog
Peer-reviewed nutrition science, organized by topic and section.
Fully-referenced deep dives, written for practitioners and the science-curious.
Science Update
Approximately 2% of American children experience symptoms among the autism spectrum. Many of these children have difficulty interacting and communicating…
Research & Education
“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Though highly debatable the general premise of this well-known and oft quoted cliché is that it is hard to break…
Science Update
According to a study published two weeks ago in The Australia & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry pregnant women who took vitamin D during pregnancy had…
Mental Wellness
Neuromuscular and neurodegenerative illnesses are devastating for obvious reasons: loss of independence reduced quality of life financial strain emotional…
Research & Education
The year was 1847. Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis made the radical proposal that hand washing in an antiseptic solution would reduce the mortality…
Insulin Sensitivity
High-carbohydrate foods are rewarding to the mouth. Biting into a glazed donut with the subtle crunch of the sugar coating giving way to soft pillowy dough…
Nutrition Notes
Did you hear the one about statin drugs and an increased risk for diabetes? No we’re not talking about a joke…
Science Update
According to a new study published last month in Pharmacological Research researchers have demonstrated that magnesium supplementation significantly…
Medicine Ancestral
Read functional medicine or ancestral health websites blogs or print publications and you might come away with the impression that no one has healthy…
Science Update
According to a recent study published in Clinical and Experimental Allergy researchers linked maternal serum nicotinamide levels and its related…
Research & Education
Not much can ruin a pleasant conversation more than bad breath particularly when it's taking place within tight confines such as an office or car.