Belgian scientists say they’ve made a research breakthrough in the relationship between sugar and cancer. Researchers found yeast with high levels of the sugar known as glucose overstimulated the same proteins often found mutated inside human tumors, making cells grow faster. The finding, published in Nature Communications on Friday, aims to shed light on how cancer develops. Johan Thevelein,...
Category: <span>Nutrition & Dietics</span>
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Fatty diet may boost risk of relapse in kids with multiple sclerosis, while high vegetable intake may halve risk
On the other hand, high vegetable intake may halve the risk of relapse, the findings indicate. Several genetic and environmental factors, including previous infection with Epstein Barr virus, exposure to cigarette smoke, and low vitamin D levels have all been associated with a heightened risk of MS. But what role, if any, diet may have,...
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A need for bananas? Dietary potassium regulates calcification of arteries
Bananas and avocados — foods that are rich in potassium — may help protect against pathogenic vascular calcification, also known as hardening of the arteries. University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have shown, for the first time, that reduced dietary potassium promotes elevated aortic stiffness in a mouse model, as compared with normal-potassium-fed mice. Such arterial...
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Black tea may help with weight loss, too
Benefits of green tea were already known; new UCLA study shows that polyphenols in both varieties alter gut bacteria The UCLA research could help explain the difference between how black tea and green tea change energy metabolism. UCLA researchers have demonstrated for the first time that black tea may promote weight loss and other...
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Supplements don’t measurably increase macular pigment density
(HealthDay)—Dietary supplementation does not lead to measurable increases in macular pigment optical density, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Jean-François Korobelnik, M.D., from Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bordeaux in France, and colleagues randomized 120 individuals who were first-generation offspring of parents with neovascular age-related macular degeneration and were free of any ocular or retinal...
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How ketogenic diets curb inflammation
Ketogenic diets – extreme low-carbohydrate, high-fat regimens that have long been known to benefit epilepsy and other neurological illnesses – may work by lowering inflammation in the brain, according to new research by UC San Francisco scientists. The UCSF team has discovered a molecular key to the diet’s apparent effects, opening the door for new...
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Oat-based protein acts like “demolition expert” in slaying cells
UCSF has referred to the new technique as a “biological light saber” Biologists studying health often concern themselves with preserving cells. However, it is sometimes advantageous to learn how to precisely kill them, without having their contents contaminate the rest of the body – and that’s exactly what bioengineers at the University of California...
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Biomarkers in the blood prove strong role of food for type 2 diabetes
Alastair Ross, Ann-Sofie Sandberg and Otto Savolainen are three of the authors of the study on the importance of biomarkers for type 2 diabetes. Metabolic fingerprints from blood samples could render important new knowledge on the connection between food and health. A new study finds that diet is one of the strongest predictors of...
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Type 2 diabetes IS reversible: Eating just 600 calories a day for 8 weeks can save the lives of millions of sufferers
Excess calories lead to a fatty liver, which causes it to produce too much glucose The excess fat reaches the pancreas, which causes insulin-producing cells to fail Losing less than 1g of fat from the pancreas can re-start the insulin production Type 2 diabetes can be reversed by going on a low calorie diet, new...
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Mediterranean Diet Just As Good As Drugs In Controlling Acid Reflux Symptoms
Researchers compared the effects of a Mediterranean diet and traditional medication on people who have been diagnosed with laryngopharyngeal reflux. The Mediterranean diet showed promising results in reducing symptoms of the condition. Acid Reflux Laryngopharyngeal reflux is also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and acid reflux. It is a condition wherein stomach acids leak...