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Diet in childhood linked to blood vessel damage in teenage years

Date: 10/01/2024

This study highlights the importance of establishing healthy dietary habits early in life to protect against vascular damage.

Irritable bowel syndrome patients found to suffer higher rates of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome

Date: 09/01/2024

"As we continue to learn more about how gut health affects health elsewhere it is important that clinicians look for and manage somatic co-morbidities in IBS patients."

Could artificial sweeteners alter your microbiome?

Date: 03/01/2024

These findings suggest that consuming non-sugar sweeteners may significantly alter microbiome composition and function in the metabolically active small bowel, with different alterations seen in stool.

Why Your Brain Hates Junk Food

Date: 02/01/2024

The health of your brain, science is making clear, has a lot to do with the health of your gut, which, of course, has much to do with what you feed it.

Hate salad or veggies? Just keep eating them. Here’s how our tastebuds adapt to what we eat

Date: 28/12/2023

It’s an unfortunate quirk of evolution that vegetables are so good for us but they aren’t all immediately tasty to all of us. We have evolved to enjoy the sweet or umami (savoury) taste of higher energy foods, because starvation is a more immediate risk than long-term health.

Study reveals relationship of gut microbiome on children's brain development and function

Date: 27/12/2023

This research could lead to early detection of developmental issues and interventions, potentially mitigating long-term cognitive challenges.

Got period pain or cramps? What to eat and avoid, according to science

Date: 26/12/2023

Having a healthy, balanced diet is one of the best ways we can support our own health and prevent future chronic conditions. This can help reduce inflammation in our bodies, thought to be the main way diet can help people with painful periods.

Researchers find increased intestinal permeability is precursor of celiac disease in pediatric study

Date: 12/12/2023

"Our goal is to break down the early steps in celiac disease autoimmunity—before celiac disease is fully progressed—in order to prevent its development..."

Early childhood fish consumption may protect against neurodevelopmental delays

Date: 11/12/2023

"Our findings suggest that diet, particularly fish consumption, may be one factor that could affect neurodevelopmental outcomes."

Similarity between vitamin B12 loss and multiple sclerosis revealed

Date: 11/12/2023

These new findings further support to the use of B12 supplementation—especially in terms of delivering the vitamin to astrocytes within the brain

Children born moderately early are at an increased risk of developmental disorders, meta-analysis finds

Date: 07/12/2023

Babies born just a few weeks early have different brain maturation to full-term children, and it is possible that birth between 32 and 38 weeks' gestation may disrupt the evolution of neural connections, potentially contributing to a developmental disorder.

Fatty foods can impair the body's response to everyday stress, research suggests

Date: 05/12/2023

Consuming foods high in fat before a mentally stressful episode can reduce brain oxygenation and cause poorer vascular function in adults.

Pregnant women are missing vital nutrients, a situation that could worsen with plant-based foods

Date: 05/12/2023

Pregnant women are not getting the essential nutrients they and their babies need from modern diets say scientists, who have warned that the situation will likely worsen as more people turn to plant-based foods.

Cutting sugar and processed meats helped people live longer, study found

Date: 03/12/2023

Consuming less sugar-sweetened beverages and processed meats and eating more whole grains and nuts were estimated to result in the biggest improvements in life expectancy.

Scientists discover potential brain link between stress and emotional eating

Date: 27/11/2023

"Whenever we get stressed or feel some threat, then it can also trigger our eating motivation. We think this molecule is the culprit."

The Number-One Worst Food for Your Brain

Date: 27/11/2023

Hint: It's not really a food at all.

The potential of polyunsaturated fatty acids in alleviating depression and reducing suicide risk

Date: 26/11/2023

Animal-based studies have demonstrated the neurological benefits of LC-PUFA supplementation, which suppress microglial activation and subsequent neuroinflammation and ROS production and elicit effects on lipid raft regulation of monoaminergic receptors and transporters.

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