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June 1, 2024

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Scientists Develop Visual Tool to Help People Group Foods Based on Their Levels of Processing

May 30, 2024 — Scientists studying ultra-processed foods have created a new tool for assessing the rewarding and reinforcing properties of foods that make up 58 percent of calories consumed in the United States. ...

New Research Approach: Exploring the Mouthfeel of Food With a Microscope

May 29, 2024 — A new perspectives article focuses on different ways to study the mouthfeel of food using atomic force microscopy to better understand the biophysical mechanisms that contribute to taste sensations in a broader sense. New findings in this area could ...

Intermittent Fasting Shows Promise in Improving Gut Health, Weight Management

May 28, 2024 — Participants following an intermittent fasting and protein-pacing regimen, which involves evenly spaced protein intake throughout the day, saw better gut health, weight loss and metabolic responses. ...

Researchers Identify Promising Protein Candidate for Metabolic Disease Treatment

May 28, 2024 — Discovery of an appetite-suppressing protein has doubled the potential for new avenues for treating obesity and metabolic disorders in animals and ...

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Picture This: Snapping Photos of Our Food Could Be Good for Us

May 30, 2024 — Research reveals taking pictures of food isn't just content for our social media feeds, but could be the key to improving people's ...

Binge-Eating Disorder Not as Transient as Previously Thought

May 28, 2024 — New research finds that binge-eating disorder symptoms may persist longer than once believed, finding 61 percent and 45 percent of individuals still experienced binge-eating disorder 2.5 and 5 years ...

Sense of Belonging and Food Choices

May 23, 2024 — New research has revealed that feeling a sense of belonging to a social group can have a significant impact on our food choices, potentially nudging us towards healthier options. This could have ...

Eating More Ultra-Processed Foods Tied to Cognitive Decline, Stroke, According to Study

May 22, 2024 — People who eat more ultra-processed foods like soft drinks, chips and cookies may have a higher risk of having memory and thinking problems and ...

Can Diet Help With Advanced Breast Cancer? All Indications Are Positive

May 22, 2024 — Results of a small study showed that a whole-food, plant-based diet followed by women with stage 4 breast cancer improved several measures of health, including levels of cancer growth factors in ...

Dermatologists Find Ultraviolet Irradiation Increases Appetite but Prevents Body Weight Gain

May 22, 2024 — Obesity and metabolic disorders are increasingly significant global public health issues. In a novel study, a team of dermatologists evaluated the ...

Food for Thought: Study Links Key Nutrients With Slower Brain Aging

May 21, 2024 — A new study suggests better nutrition might help prevent cognitive decline. Working with a group of 100 cognitively healthy participants aged 65 to 75, a research team combined neuroscience with ...

A Long-Term Ketogenic Diet Accumulates Aged Cells in Normal Tissues, Study Finds

May 17, 2024 — New research finds that a continuous, long-term ketogenic diet may induce senescence, or aged, cells in normal tissues, with particular implications ...

Unique Brain Circuit Is Linked to Body Mass Index

May 16, 2024 — Why can some people easily stop eating when they are full and others can't, which can lead to obesity? A new study has found one reason may be a newly discovered structural connection between two ...

New Cells Could Be Key to Treating Obesity

May 9, 2024 — New cells discovered in human omental adipose tissue inhibit fat cell formation, revealing why 'apple' body shapes may pose higher metabolic health ...

Sweet Taste Receptor Affects How Glucose Is Handled Metabolically by Humans

May 17, 2024 — The sweet-taste receptor might be the first stop in a metabolic surveillance system for sugar. The receptor is also expressed in certain intestinal cells, where it may facilitate glucose absorption ...

Global Life Expectancy to Increase by Nearly 5 Years by 2050 Despite Geopolitical, Metabolic, and Environmental Threats

May 17, 2024 — The latest findings forecast that global life expectancy will increase by 4.9 years in males and 4.2 years in females between 2022 and 2050. Increases are expected to be largest in countries where ...

Why Do We Overindulge?

May 16, 2024 — If you tend to do other things or get distracted while eating dinner, you may be running the risk of over-consuming everyday pleasures later, possibly because the distraction caused you to enjoy ...

'Trojan Horse' Weight Loss Drug More Effective Than Available Therapies

May 15, 2024 — A groundbreaking article describes a promising new therapy for obesity that leads to greater weight loss in mice than existing medications. The approach smuggles molecules into the brain's ...

Two Decades of Studies Suggest Health Benefits Associated With Plant-Based Diets

May 15, 2024 — Vegetarian and vegan diets are generally associated with better status on various medical factors linked to cardiovascular health and cancer risk, as well as lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, ...

Prostate Cancer Study: More Health Benefits from Plant-Based Diet

May 13, 2024 — Men with prostate cancer could significantly reduce the chances of the disease worsening by eating more fruits, vegetables, nuts, and olive oil, according to new ...

Sedentary Lifestyle Puts Strain on Young Hearts

May 7, 2024 — According to a recent study, high levels of sedentary behavior and physical inactivity from childhood strain the heart in adolescence. High cardiac workload predicts heart failure and other heart ...

Intermittent Fasting Protects Against Liver Inflammation and Liver Cancer

May 7, 2024 — Fatty liver disease often leads to chronic liver inflammation and can even result in liver cancer. Scientists have now shown in mice that intermittent fasting on a 5:2 schedule can halt this ...

Improved Nutrition, Sanitation Linked to Beneficial Changes in Child Stress and Epigenetic Programming

May 6, 2024 — A new study provides some of the clearest and most comprehensive evidence to date on what is known about stress physiology and 'epigenetic ...

New Study Challenges One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Vitamin D Supplementation Guidelines

May 2, 2024 — A new study sheds light on the complexities of achieving optimal vitamin D status across diverse populations. Despite substantial research on the determinants of vitamin D, levels of vitamin D ...

Dietary Changes May Treat Pulmonary Hypertension

May 2, 2024 — Blood vessels in the lungs aren't like the others in the body. This difference becomes clear in pulmonary hypertension, in which only the lungs' blood vessels stiffen progressively, leading ...

Time-Restricted Eating and High-Intensity Exercise Might Work Together to Improve Health

May 1, 2024 — Combining time-restricted eating with high-intensity functional training may improve body composition and cardiometabolic parameters more than either alone, according to new ...

Researchers Identify Causal Genetic Variant Linked to Common Childhood Obesity

May 1, 2024 — Researchers have identified a causal genetic variant strongly associated with childhood obesity. The study provides new insight into the importance of the hypothalamus of the brain and its role in ...

Nutrient Research Reveals Pathway for Treating Brain Disorders

May 1, 2024 — The team discovered that an essential nutrient called choline is transported into the brain, across the blood-brain barrier, by a protein transporter called FLVCR2. This is discovery will inform ...

An Omega-6 Fatty Acid May Reduce the Risk for Bipolar Disorder

Apr. 30, 2024 — A genetic propensity to higher circulating levels of lipids containing arachidonic acid, an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid found in eggs, poultry, and seafood, has been found to be linked with a ...

Childcare Pick-Up: A 1-Hour Window to Build Healthier Eating Habits

Apr. 30, 2024 — After-care food and drink accounted for about 22% of the day's added sugar and about one-third of the sweet and salty snack foods the children ate, according to a new ...

Cranberry Extracts Could Boost Microbiota and Counter Cardiometabolic Diseases

Apr. 30, 2024 — Cranberry extracts appear to improve intestinal microbiota and help prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The study reported beneficial effects after only four days ...

Breakthrough in Brown Fat Research: Researchers Have Found Brown Fat's 'Off-Switch'

Apr. 29, 2024 — Researchers have found a protein that is responsible for turning off brown fat activity. This new discovery could lead to a promising strategy for safely activating brown fat and tackling obesity and ...

Component of Keto Diet Plus Immunotherapy May Reduce Prostate Cancer

Apr. 26, 2024 — Adding a pre-ketone supplement -- a component of a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet -- to a type of cancer therapy in a laboratory setting was highly effective for treating prostate cancer, ...

Vitamin D Alters Mouse Gut Bacteria to Give Better Cancer Immunity

Apr. 25, 2024 — Researchers have found that vitamin D encourages the growth of a type of gut bacteria in mice which improves immunity to ...