BECKMAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: JEFFERSON CHAN (LEFT), AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, AND ANUJ YADAV (RIGHT), A SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, WERE PART OF A TEAM THAT DEMONSTRATED A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN A HIGH-FAT DIET AND HEIGHTENED NITRIC OXIDE LEVELS, WHICH CAN LEAD TO INCREASED RISK...
by University of Saskatchewan Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Chemical Neuroscience (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.2c00166 A synchrotron-based study led by University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers shows that the chemical form of mercury found in the brains of people who ate a lot of fish over a lifetime is completely different from the mercury form found in the brains of...
SAY COMMUNICATIONS Dermatologists in Germany have identified what could be a crucial link between acne and a deficit of omega-3 fatty acids.1 The findings, released during the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Spring Symposium, could offer new opportunities for managing a condition estimated to affect nearly 23 million people in Europe.2 The team...
Cate Collings, MD April 04, 2022 Cate Collings, MD More Americans are beginning to recognize that the food they eat can have a profound effect on their health, longevity, and well-being. While hardly new, the food-as-medicine concept — in which clinicians prescribe diet changes as part of formal treatment plans — has risen in the...
THE ALLIANCE FOR POTATO RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (APRE) Today, many people struggle to make healthy food and beverage choices in line with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). In fact, the average American under-consumes nutrient-dense fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans and dairy foods – and more than half of American adults have at least one...
by United States Department of Agriculture Credit: CC0 Public Domain Healthy adults who eat a diverse diet with at least 8-10 grams of soluble fiber a day have fewer antibiotic-resistant microbes in their guts, according to a study published by Agricultural Research Service scientists and their colleagues in mBio. Microbes that have resistance to various commonly...
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY IMAGE: COLOURFUL VEGETABLES CREDIT: NO ATTRIBUTION REQUIRED Young men with a poor diet saw a significant improvement in their symptoms of depression when they switched to a healthy Mediterranean diet, a new study shows. Depression is a common mental health condition that affects approximately 1 million Australians each year. It is...
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF OBESITY A 12-week vegan diet may result in clinically meaningful weight loss and improve blood sugar control in overweight adults and those with type 2 diabetes, according to a meta-analysis of 11 randomised trials involving almost 800 participants (aged 18 or older), being presented at this year’s European Congress...
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER IMAGE: JOSEPH TAKAHASHI, PH.D. CREDIT: UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER A new study in mice led by neuroscientists at UT Southwestern’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute shows that it’s not just calories that count. Timing feedings to match the active period of the circadian cycle extended the life span of lab mice more than...
by Howard Hughes Medical Institute Experiments that tested various diet plans in mice found that the animals live longest on a low-calorie diet with daily fasting periods. Credit: Fernando Augusto / made-for.studio. Used with permission. One recipe for longevity is simple, if not easy to follow: eat less. Studies in a variety of animals have...
