Nutrition Noteworthy
Parent: Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine
eScholarship stats: History by Item for July through October, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | 2026-10 | 2026-09 | 2026-08 | 2026-07 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4wc9g8g4 | Hunter-gatherer Nutrition and Its Implications for Modern Societies | 977 | 204 | 242 | 313 | 218 |
| 1zz4r4qk | Is "Yo-Yo" Dieting or Weight Cycling Harmful to One's Health? | 476 | 130 | 111 | 163 | 72 |
| 48m731w1 | The Trials of Olestra: The Health Safety Issue | 400 | 95 | 127 | 130 | 48 |
| 26n8m2j3 | Consequences of the African Diaspora on Nutrition | 349 | 65 | 58 | 205 | 21 |
| 7gv8w84v | Soy and the Thyroid: Can This Miracle Food Be Unsafe? | 345 | 65 | 70 | 126 | 84 |
| 0c6386bt | Organic Fruits and Vegetables: Potential Health Benefits and Risks | 338 | 108 | 81 | 96 | 53 |
| 6pr0g8dj | Meet Psyllium: A Fiber Product with Potential Cardioprotective Effects | 327 | 87 | 67 | 120 | 53 |
| 75x1n16j | Should You Put Some Zinc In That Stuffy Nose? | 321 | 102 | 70 | 87 | 62 |
| 1k70k3fd | The Relationship Between Eating Disorders and Socioeconomic Status: It's Not What You Think | 298 | 120 | 68 | 81 | 29 |
| 6vt2k42t | Long Term Health Risks Due to Impaired Nutrition in Women with a Past History of Bulimia Nervosa | 290 | 111 | 66 | 70 | 43 |
| 7zh385z0 | Alcohol and the Asian Glow | 280 | 101 | 41 | 113 | 25 |
| 9s03p43r | Best Questions and Tools for Quickly Assessing Your Patient's Dietary Health: Towards Evidence-Based Determination of Nutritional Counseling Need in the General Medical Interview | 261 | 119 | 44 | 66 | 32 |
| 1h12x234 | Toward a New Food Guide Pyramid | 244 | 70 | 60 | 60 | 54 |
| 5q0844bz | Protein and Amino Acid Supplementation for Resistance Training: Are We Being Sold Products That We Don’t Need? | 244 | 79 | 79 | 64 | 22 |
| 5fc136ng | Health Benefits of Grape Seed Proanthocyanidin Extract (GSPE) | 238 | 72 | 63 | 62 | 41 |
| 91v8027g | Weightlessness and Weight Loss: Malnutrition in Space | 232 | 62 | 93 | 52 | 25 |
| 5f37n44z | Depo-Provera and Weight Gain | 220 | 46 | 51 | 84 | 39 |
| 1mh2s2x6 | Ephedrine: Be Still My Beating Heart | 218 | 71 | 58 | 68 | 21 |
| 3n1278fh | Creatine Supplementation: The Safety Question | 196 | 74 | 56 | 46 | 20 |
| 1bp7f2bp | The Atkins Diet: An Unresolved Debate | 189 | 46 | 47 | 76 | 20 |
| 4kc331x6 | Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by Low-Income Americans | 174 | 54 | 43 | 48 | 29 |
| 12g6398b | Effects of Omega-6 and Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Breast Cancer | 169 | 46 | 65 | 37 | 21 |
| 4ws8w4s7 | NaFeEDTA-Fortified Fish Sauce: The Cure to Iron Deficiency Anemia in Vietnam? | 147 | 53 | 28 | 39 | 27 |
| 9nc5n71k | Green Tea and Its Antioxidant Properties | 145 | 57 | 33 | 39 | 16 |
| 0rb2z76c | The Cognitive Effects of Iron Deficiency in Non-Anemic Children | 144 | 54 | 35 | 35 | 20 |
| 1mp6w41z | Does Drinking Tea Protect Against Cardiovascular Disease? | 144 | 61 | 36 | 27 | 20 |
| 43f06155 | Immigrant Chinese Medicine: Impact on Western Medicine | 141 | 44 | 18 | 56 | 23 |
| 82n4f24v | Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Mood Disorders: An Analysis of Epidemiological and Clinical Data | 141 | 43 | 34 | 42 | 22 |
| 5xg9t04z | Vitamin C and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease | 139 | 36 | 45 | 36 | 22 |
| 0c76r1mb | Dehydration of the Elderly in Nursing Homes | 135 | 44 | 39 | 32 | 20 |
| 4p03n295 | The Soybean and Cardiovascular Health | 135 | 43 | 30 | 40 | 22 |
| 0mf457td | Finding the Magic Formula: Should Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids be Used to Supplement Infant Formula? | 132 | 50 | 31 | 31 | 20 |
| 1vg214kv | The Dietary Supplement Ephedrine - Should It Be Banned? | 127 | 37 | 29 | 37 | 24 |
| 7799v282 | The Epidemiology of Malnutrition in Disasters | 126 | 36 | 34 | 37 | 19 |
| 3mq7z5p5 | Tofu After 50: Dietary Soy and Its Role in Hormone Replacement After Menopause | 124 | 37 | 26 | 45 | 16 |
| 09x5m1w2 | Gaining Weight From Nighttime Munchies: Circadian Rhythms, Feeding, and Metabolism | 122 | 44 | 38 | 29 | 11 |
| 3xj5q1vh | The Effects of Gingko Biloba on Learning and Memory | 122 | 49 | 27 | 34 | 12 |
| 8gp0k3zn | Hyperhomocysteinemia and Coronary Artery Disease in the Asian Indian Population | 121 | 42 | 18 | 39 | 22 |
| 77n741fg | Phantom Fat: An Invisible Killer | 119 | 39 | 31 | 35 | 14 |
| 9pm985dd | Dietary Modifications Can Help Alleviate Symptoms of PMS | 119 | 55 | 24 | 23 | 17 |
| 6t42319h | Is Withholding Moderate Wine Intake Recommendations as a Secondary Treatment for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Ethical? | 117 | 33 | 56 | 17 | 11 |
| 46h0746r | Effects of a Low-carbohydrate Diet on Body Composition | 115 | 44 | 29 | 17 | 25 |
| 81x2g9z2 | Famine Relief: Just a Simple Matter of Supplying Food? | 106 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 12 |
| 2gj1f2tv | On the Use of Migration Studies in the Explanation of Diseases of Multifactorial Causality: The Risk of Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes in Japanese-Americans | 104 | 23 | 42 | 22 | 17 |
| 5ks510rw | Lycopene and Mr. Prostate: Best Friends Forever | 104 | 27 | 27 | 39 | 11 |
| 2jp499r7 | Folate and Depression: The Role of Nutritional Folate Supplementation in Antidepressant Therapy | 102 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 20 |
| 8482x2b5 | Can Food Be Addictive? Insights on Obesity from Neuroimaging and Substance Abuse Treatment and Research | 98 | 38 | 22 | 27 | 11 |
| 8jn036ph | Vitamin A, Its Congeners, and Neural Tube Defects: Their Mutagenic Effects on the Developing Fetus During Embryogenesis | 98 | 33 | 31 | 22 | 12 |
| 4t09b3n9 | Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Nutritional Supplementation | 97 | 31 | 34 | 20 | 12 |
| 4nz9019q | Echinacea | 95 | 43 | 15 | 26 | 11 |
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