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For medically vulnerable families, inflation’s squeeze is inescapable

Deborah Lewis rose from bed before dawn and signed in to her phone so she could begin delivering fast food, coffee, and groceries to residents in this western patch of the Mojave Desert where test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier generations ago.

15 Aug 2022

Post-illness metabolomic and gut-microbiome profiles in community-dwelling participants with SARS-CoV-2

Researchers explored post-illness gut-microbiome and metabolomic profiles of community COVID-19 cases and individuals with non-COVID-19 illnesses of prolonged duration.

15 Aug 2022

Men exposed to industrial air pollution exhibit sperm mitochondrial DNA deletions

Researchers compare the length spectra of sperm mitochondrial DNA deletions in two seasons with varied air pollution levels.

14 Aug 2022

How does birth weight affect long-term risk of mortality among men and women?

Researchers evaluate the relationship between birth weight and cause-specific mortality.

14 Aug 2022

Vitamin D promising for depression, study says

An extensive meta-analysis suggests that vitamin D supplementation may alleviate depressive symptoms in adults with depression. Conducted by an international team of researchers, the meta-analysis includes dozens of studies from around the world.

12 Aug 2022

How should we react to the global monkeypox outbreak?

In a new study, researchers assessed the various aspects of the global monkeypox outbreak.

12 Aug 2022

What is the association between diet of lactating mothers and breast milk oxidant-antioxidant status?

Researchers assessed the association between maternal diet and the oxidant-antioxidant status in breast milk.

12 Aug 2022

$Women on vegetarian diet have higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters$

Women on vegetarian diet have higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters

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.

11 Aug 2022

UCL researchers identify strategies for minimizing weight bias among healthcare professionals

To help tackle the UK's obesity crisis, we must better educate medical professionals on weight stigma, according to the conclusions of a large-scale review led by UCL researchers.

11 Aug 2022

How ultraprocessed foods affect gut microbiome and health

Researchers describe the association between the consumption of ultraprocessed foods and chronic medical conditions.

10 Aug 2022

Prenatal bisphenol A exposure may affect brain volume in children

Scientists report that gestational exposure to low levels of bisphenol A may induce structural alterations in some fetal brain regions.

10 Aug 2022

A low-energy, high FODMAP diet in prediabetes and diabetes?

Researchers summarize the available knowledge on FODMAPs and suggest that they can play a role in the prevention and treatment of diabetes.

10 Aug 2022

Poor mental health during COVID-19 pandemic associated with weight gain in people with obesity

Over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost 30% of patients with obesity gained more than 5% of their body weight, and 1 in 7 gained more than 10%.

9 Aug 2022

Alzheimer’s disease is associated with characteristic gut metabolomic signatures

Scientists review current literature associated with the role of the gut-brain axis in AD pathogenesis.

9 Aug 2022

Study estimates the environmental impact of food and drink products in a standardized way

A study estimating the environmental impact of 57,000 food products in the UK and Ireland has been published this week in the journal PNAS by an Oxford-led research team .

9 Aug 2022

Grape consumption alters gene expression in the brain and has positive effects on behavior and cognition

Recent studies released by Dr. John Pezzuto and his team from Western New England University show "astonishing" effects of grape consumption and "remarkable" impacts on health and on lifespans.

9 Aug 2022

Researchers unravel a novel molecular target of eicosapentaenoic acid

Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is an essential nutrient belonging to the omega-3 group of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). As the human body cannot synthesize PUFAs, dietary supplements containing EPA are required for normal physiological functions. Found abundantly in natural sources like fish, hemp oil, and linseed oil, EPA is known to exhibit anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, and cardiovascular protective activities.

9 Aug 2022

Disruption of the circadian clocks plays a key role in weight gain

Disruption of the circadian clocks that keep the body and its cells entrained to the 24-hour day-night cycle plays a critical role in weight gain, according to a pair of studies by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

8 Aug 2022

College nutrition course increases healthier eating among students

Fast food and away-from-home meal consumption is associated with increasing obesity in adults; often an unhealthy dietary behavior established in the critical time frame of young adulthood.

8 Aug 2022

Biological sex differences may be the reason behind higher cancer risk among men than women

Rates of most types of cancer are higher in men than in women for reasons that are unclear. Results from a recent study published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, suggest that the cause may be underlying biological sex differences rather than behavioral differences related to smoking, alcohol use, diet, and other factors.

8 Aug 2022

Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

For medically vulnerable families, inflation’s squeeze is inescapable

Post-illness metabolomic and gut-microbiome profiles in community-dwelling participants with SARS-CoV-2

Men exposed to industrial air pollution exhibit sperm mitochondrial DNA deletions

How does birth weight affect long-term risk of mortality among men and women?

Vitamin D promising for depression, study says

How should we react to the global monkeypox outbreak?

What is the association between diet of lactating mothers and breast milk oxidant-antioxidant status?

Women on vegetarian diet have higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters

UCL researchers identify strategies for minimizing weight bias among healthcare professionals

How ultraprocessed foods affect gut microbiome and health

Prenatal bisphenol A exposure may affect brain volume in children

A low-energy, high FODMAP diet in prediabetes and diabetes?

Poor mental health during COVID-19 pandemic associated with weight gain in people with obesity

Alzheimer’s disease is associated with characteristic gut metabolomic signatures

Study estimates the environmental impact of food and drink products in a standardized way

Grape consumption alters gene expression in the brain and has positive effects on behavior and cognition

Researchers unravel a novel molecular target of eicosapentaenoic acid

Disruption of the circadian clocks plays a key role in weight gain

College nutrition course increases healthier eating among students

Biological sex differences may be the reason behind higher cancer risk among men than women

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How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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