EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF OBESITY A new study being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, the Netherlands (4-7 May), has linked key nutrients, including protein, zinc and niacin, to improvements in heart health. Improvements in metabolic and cardiovascular health seen during weight loss in people with obesity are traditionally...
Category: <span>Nutrition & Dietics</span>
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Study finds children with vegetarian diet have similar growth and nutrition compared to children who eat meat
by St. Michael’s Hospital Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study of nearly 9,000 children found those who eat a vegetarian diet had similar measures of growth and nutrition compared to children who eat meat. The study, published in Pediatrics and led by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital of Unity Health Toronto, also found that children...
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Preliminary study finds organic vegetables contaminated with wide range of disease-causing microbes
by European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Histopathology of Helicobacter pylori infection in a gastric foveolar pit demonstrated in endoscopic gastric biopsy. Credit: Wikipedia. New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April), suggests that disease-causing amoebas that live on...
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Foods to eat and avoid with ankylosing spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory condition and a type of arthritis. It usually causes pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility in the spine. It can also affect other joints. Some people may find symptom relief by making dietary changes, though evidence is limited. There is currently no cure for ankylosing spondylitis. However, getting an early...
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Scientists Find No Benefit to Time-Restricted Eating
The weight-loss idea is quite appealing: Limit your eating to a period of six to eight hours each day, during which you can have whatever you want. Studies in mice seemed to support so-called time-restricted eating, a form of the popular intermittent fasting diet. Small studies of people with obesity suggested it might help shed...
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Gut bacterium supports growth in infants with severe acute malnutrition
by Julia Evangelou Strait, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Proposed scheme for N-glycan utilization by B. infantis Bg_2D9. Breakdown of glycosidic linkages by specific glycoside hydrolases (GHs) is indicated in orange boxes. Proteins encoded by genes in the ngl cluster are highlighted in red. Credit: Science Translational Medicine (2022). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abk1107 About 18 million children under age...
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Adding key foods to a diet will help restore gut health
When it comes to gut health, putting the right foods into your diet might be as important as what you leave out, according to Dr Chris Damman, a UW Medicine gastroenterologist. “What you take out might be starving your gut microbiome,” said Damman, referring to the trillions of bacteria and fungi in one’s gut. “People...
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Quality of fat input determines output of kidney and cardiac health and repair, says USF Health study
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (USF HEALTH) Quality of fat input determines output of kidney and cardiac health and repair, says USF Health study Dr. Ganesh Halade’s investigation in how “good’’ fats repair the heart could enhance treatment of cardiovascular disease. TAMPA, FL (April 11, 2022) – New breakthrough research by a University of South Florida lab...
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Not all dietary fiber is created equal: cereal fiber but not fruit or vegetable fibers are linked with lower inflammation
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH April 6, 2022 — Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues evaluated whether dietary fiber intake was associated with a decrease in inflammation in older adults and if fiber was inversely related to cardiovascular disease. The results showed that total fiber, and more specifically...
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Researchers uncover how sugar substitutes disrupt liver detoxification
by Experimental Biology Non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) consumed in the diet enter the liver from the blood circulation. Researchers found that in liver cells, the detoxifying transporter P-glycoprotein (PGP) exports NNS preferentially to several known substrate compounds. In a physiological context, this could leave other PGP substrates such as certain medications trapped in cells, potentially leading...