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May 18, 2024

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New Cells Could Be Key to Treating Obesity

May 9, 2024 — New cells discovered in human omental adipose tissue inhibit fat cell formation, revealing why 'apple' body shapes may pose higher metabolic health ...

Two Decades of Studies Suggest Health Benefits Associated With Plant-Based Diets

May 15, 2024 — Vegetarian and vegan diets are generally associated with better status on various medical factors linked to cardiovascular health and cancer risk, as well as lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, ...

Sweet Taste Receptor Affects How Glucose Is Handled Metabolically by Humans

May 17, 2024 — The sweet-taste receptor might be the first stop in a metabolic surveillance system for sugar. The receptor is also expressed in certain intestinal cells, where it may facilitate glucose absorption and assimilation, as part of this system. A team ...

Global Life Expectancy to Increase by Nearly 5 Years by 2050 Despite Geopolitical, Metabolic, and Environmental Threats

May 17, 2024 — The latest findings forecast that global life expectancy will increase by 4.9 years in males and 4.2 years in females between 2022 and 2050. Increases are expected to be largest in countries where ...

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'Trojan Horse' Weight Loss Drug More Effective Than Available Therapies

May 15, 2024 — A groundbreaking article describes a promising new therapy for obesity that leads to greater weight loss in mice than existing medications. The approach smuggles molecules into the brain's appetite ...

Why Do We Overindulge?

May 16, 2024 — If you tend to do other things or get distracted while eating dinner, you may be running the risk of over-consuming everyday pleasures later, possibly because the distraction caused you to enjoy ...

Prostate Cancer Study: More Health Benefits from Plant-Based Diet

May 13, 2024 — Men with prostate cancer could significantly reduce the chances of the disease worsening by eating more fruits, vegetables, nuts, and olive oil, according to new ...

Sedentary Lifestyle Puts Strain on Young Hearts

May 7, 2024 — According to a recent study, high levels of sedentary behavior and physical inactivity from childhood strain the heart in adolescence. High cardiac workload predicts heart failure and other heart ...

Intermittent Fasting Protects Against Liver Inflammation and Liver Cancer

May 7, 2024 — Fatty liver disease often leads to chronic liver inflammation and can even result in liver cancer. Scientists have now shown in mice that intermittent fasting on a 5:2 schedule can halt this ...

Improved Nutrition, Sanitation Linked to Beneficial Changes in Child Stress and Epigenetic Programming

May 6, 2024 — A new study provides some of the clearest and most comprehensive evidence to date on what is known about stress physiology and 'epigenetic ...

Dietary Changes May Treat Pulmonary Hypertension

May 2, 2024 — Blood vessels in the lungs aren't like the others in the body. This difference becomes clear in pulmonary hypertension, in which only the lungs' blood vessels stiffen progressively, leading to ...

New Study Challenges One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Vitamin D Supplementation Guidelines

May 2, 2024 — A new study sheds light on the complexities of achieving optimal vitamin D status across diverse populations. Despite substantial research on the ...

Nutrient Research Reveals Pathway for Treating Brain Disorders

May 1, 2024 — The team discovered that an essential nutrient called choline is transported into the brain, across the blood-brain barrier, by a protein transporter called FLVCR2. This is discovery will inform ...

Childcare Pick-Up: A 1-Hour Window to Build Healthier Eating Habits

Apr. 30, 2024 — After-care food and drink accounted for about 22% of the day's added sugar and about one-third of the sweet and salty snack foods the children ate, according to a new ...

Time-Restricted Eating and High-Intensity Exercise Might Work Together to Improve Health

May 1, 2024 — Combining time-restricted eating with high-intensity functional training may improve body composition and cardiometabolic parameters more than either alone, according to new ...

Researchers Identify Causal Genetic Variant Linked to Common Childhood Obesity

May 1, 2024 — Researchers have identified a causal genetic variant strongly associated with childhood obesity. The study provides new insight into the importance of the hypothalamus of the brain and its role in ...

An Omega-6 Fatty Acid May Reduce the Risk for Bipolar Disorder

Apr. 30, 2024 — A genetic propensity to higher circulating levels of lipids containing arachidonic acid, an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid found in eggs, poultry, and seafood, has been found to be linked with a ...

Cranberry Extracts Could Boost Microbiota and Counter Cardiometabolic Diseases

Apr. 30, 2024 — Cranberry extracts appear to improve intestinal microbiota and help prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The study reported beneficial effects after only four days ...

Breakthrough in Brown Fat Research: Researchers Have Found Brown Fat's 'Off-Switch'

Apr. 29, 2024 — Researchers have found a protein that is responsible for turning off brown fat activity. This new discovery could lead to a promising strategy for safely activating brown fat and tackling obesity and ...

Component of Keto Diet Plus Immunotherapy May Reduce Prostate Cancer

Apr. 26, 2024 — Adding a pre-ketone supplement -- a component of a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet -- to a type of cancer therapy in a laboratory setting was highly effective for treating prostate cancer, ...

Vitamin D Alters Mouse Gut Bacteria to Give Better Cancer Immunity

Apr. 25, 2024 — Researchers have found that vitamin D encourages the growth of a type of gut bacteria in mice which improves immunity to ...

Use of Acid Reflux Drugs Linked to Higher Risk of Migraine

Apr. 24, 2024 — People who take acid-reducing drugs may have a higher risk of migraine and other severe headache than people who do not take these medications, according to a new study. The acid-reducing drugs ...

Neurons Spoil Your Appetite

Apr. 24, 2024 — A brain circuit inhibits food intake during ...

New Research Shows 'Profound' Link Between Dietary Choices and Brain Health

Apr. 24, 2024 — New research has highlighted the profound link between dietary choices and brain ...

Social Media Can Be Used to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Young People

Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have found that people following healthy eating accounts on social media for as little as two weeks ate more fruit and vegetables and less junk ...

3 in 5 Parents Play Short Order Cook for Young Children Who Don't Like Family Meal

Apr. 22, 2024 — While most parents of preschool and elementary aged children strive to give their children a balanced, nutritional diet, some of their strategies to promote healthy eating may backfire, a national ...

Dietary Treatment More Effective Than Medicines in IBS

Apr. 19, 2024 — Dietary treatment is more effective than medications in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). With dietary adjustments, more than seven out of ten patients had significantly reduced ...

Guidance on Energy and Macronutrients Across the Lifespan

Apr. 17, 2024 — In the long history of recommendations for nutritional intake, current research is trending toward the concept of 'food as medicine' -- a philosophy in which food and nutrition are ...

Calorie Restriction Study Reveals Complexities in How Diet Impacts Aging

Apr. 17, 2024 — The rate at which human cells age is influenced by multiple interconnected factors. New research examined how restricting calories influences telomere length and biological ...

Research Explores How a Father's Diet Could Shape the Health of His Offspring

Apr. 17, 2024 — A mice study suggests a father's diet may shape the anxiety of his sons and the metabolic health of his daughters before they are even ...

Take It from the Rats: A Junk Food Diet Can Cause Long-Term Damage to Adolescent Brains

Apr. 15, 2024 — A study on the effects of a junk food diet on rats reinforces scientific understanding about the gut-brain ...

Microplastics Make Their Way from the Gut to Other Organs

Apr. 15, 2024 — Researchers have found that microplastics -- are having a significant impact on our digestive pathways, making their way from the gut and into the tissues of the kidney, liver and ...

PFAS Exposure from High Seafood Diets May Be Underestimated

Apr. 12, 2024 — A study suggests that people with diets high in seafood may face a greater risk of exposure to PFAS -- the family of human-made toxins known as 'forever chemicals' -- than previously ...

Choosing Sugary Drinks Over Fruit Juice for Toddlers Linked to Risk of Adult Obesity

Apr. 12, 2024 — Consuming sugar-sweetened drinks in the first few years of childhood can be linked to poor diet patterns that increase the risk of obesity in later life, according to a new ...