UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO IMAGE: DR. MATAM VIJAY-KUMAR, LEFT, A PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY IN THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND LIFE SCIENCES, AND DR. BENG SAN YEOH, A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW, RECENTLY PUBLISHED A STUDY THAT FOUND DIETS RICH IN HIGHLY REFINED FIBER MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF LIVER CANCER, PARTICULARLY IN INDIVIDUALS...
BY QUINN PHILLIPS | SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 Regular consumption of peanuts before meals may help support metabolic health — in the areas of body weight, blood pressure, and blood glucose — according to a new study published in the journal Nutrients. Peanuts aren’t widely thought of as a health food, but there is evidence that they may be compatible with...
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER A study of mice found that dietary sugar alters the gut microbiome, setting off a chain of events that leads to metabolic disease, pre-diabetes, and weight gain. The findings, published today in Cell(link is external and opens in a new window), suggest that diet matters, but an optimal microbiome is equally...
by Noah Fromson, University of Michigan Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A substance produced by gut microorganisms can lead to scarring and blood vessel damage in patients with scleroderma, a new study suggests. The intestinal microbiome regulates immunity, and its alterations play a role in autoimmune conditions such as scleroderma. However, until now, researchers did not...
by Cell Press Non-nutritive sweeteners affect human microbiomes and can alter glycemic responses. Credit: Cell/Suez et al. Since the late 1800s non-nutritive sweeteners have promised to deliver all the sweetness of sugar with none of the calories. They have long been believed to have no effect on the human body, but researchers publishing in the...
From the wide variety of sodas, candies and baked goods that are sold worldwide, it’s clear that people love their sweet treats. But consuming too much white table sugar or artificial sweetener can lead to health issues. In the search for a better sweetener, researchers in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry now report a low-calorie...
by American Physiological Society Credit: CC0 Public Domain The dietary supplement chlorophyllin alleviates inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, according to researchers from the Center for Diabetes and Metabolism Research at Sichuan University in China and from Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In addition, chlorophyllin significantly reduces mortality related to...
by University of Leeds Credit: University of Leeds A study of over 26,000 middle-aged UK women reveals those with a vegetarian diet had a 33% higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters. University of Leeds research, published Thursday, August 11 in the journal BMC Medicine, investigated the risk of hip fracture in occasional meat-eaters; pescatarians, people...
by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a recently published review article in Cell, researchers Jon Lundberg and Eddie Weitzberg at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Karolinska Institutet summarize research in nitric oxide (NO) with a focus on what is happening right now. When NO was discovered as a neurotransmitter almost 40 years...
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY From the wide variety of sodas, candies and baked goods that are sold worldwide, it’s clear that people love their sweet treats. But consuming too much white table sugar or artificial sweetener can lead to health issues. In the search for a better sweetener, researchers in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry now...
