A small child in Mumbai, with a shaved head, eating bread with her hand. Fewer children are dying before their fifth birthday and although humans are living longer than ever before, one in five deaths last year were linked to poor diet, researchers said Friday. More than 1.6 million people in poor countries died...
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Drug treatments didn’t work. Can a simple diet help change these children’s lives?
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Twelve-year-old Cecily Vammino’s eyebrows shot up as she closed her lips around the veggie pie. It was a subtle mélange of carrots, potatoes, and zucchini, surrounded by a vaguely sweet crust, and it was not working for her. Cecily’s jaw carefully dispatched the invader while her left hand slid the remaining threat...
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Are artificial sweeteners counterproductive when dieting?
Next time you drop an artificial sweetener into your coffee thinking of the weight you’ll lose by avoiding sugar, think again. A new study published in Cell Metabolism today has found that artificial sweeteners combined with a low carbohydrate diet significantly increases the quantity of calories consumed. The study, led by the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre and...
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Could autism be helped by changing a patient’s diet? Taking probiotics and adopting a gluten-free lifestyle may improve sufferers’ social behaviour and ability to express emotions
Gluten causes a ‘leaky gut’, where toxins travel to the brain and cause symptoms Probiotics are thought to reverse this process by strengthening the gut’s lining Researchers believe this may offer a cheap, effective way of treating the disorder They add that more research is needed and behavioural therapy should continue Autism may be helped by...
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Medicinal food diet counters onset of Type 1 Diabetes
Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute researchers have led an international study that found- for the 1st time- That a diet yielding high amounts of the Short chain fatty acids acetate and butyrate provided beneficial effect on the immune system and protected against type 1 / Juvenile diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes: Occurs when immune cells called...
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‘Medicinal food’ diet counters onset of type 1 diabetes
Monash University researchers, Dr. Eliana Mariño and Professor Charles Mackay. Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute researchers have led an international study that found – for the first time – that a diet yielding high amounts of the short-chain fatty acids acetate and butyrate provided a beneficial effect on the immune system and protected against...
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Epilepsy and natural treatments: Can they help?
Epilepsy is a disease that disrupts the electrical activity of the nervous system, causing seizures. More than 65 million people in the world have epilepsy. The Epilepsy Foundation estimate that 1 in 26 Americans will develop the disease during their lives. Children are the group most frequently diagnosed with new cases of epilepsy. In the United States, 300,000 children...
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Fasting-Mimicking Diet Promotes Ngn3-Driven β-Cell Regeneration to Reverse Diabetes
Highlights Fasting mimicking diet induces prenatal-development gene expression in adult pancreas FMD promotes Ngn3 expression to generate insulin-producing β cells Cycles of FMD reverse β-cell failure and rescue mice from T1D and T2D Inhibition of PKA or mTOR promotes Ngn3-driven β-cell regeneration in human T1D islets Summary Stem-cell-based therapies can potentially reverse organ dysfunction and...
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What to eat and what to avoid with gout
Gout is a type of arthritis that causes severe pain, tenderness, redness, and inflammation. It often affects the feet. Medications can help relieve symptoms and reduce uric acid levels, but dietary changes can also help prevent further attacks. Diet and gout Studies have shown that consuming certain types of food can bring on a gout attack. Substances known...
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World-first trial shows improving diet can treat major depression
A new trial from Deakin University has shown for the first time that improving diet quality can treat major depression. Director of Deakin’s Food and Mood Centre Professor Felice Jacka said the results of her team’s new study offered a possible new treatment approach to depression, one of the world’s most prevalent and costly medical...