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9 December 2019 - Nutraingredients - ISSFAL publishes guidelines on analysis of omega-3 blood status in clinical research
The International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) has released new guidelines to encourage best practice in clinical trial design and study interpretation.
5 December 2019 - The Conversation - Limited eating times could be a new way to fight obesity and diabetes
New research suggests there is another simple tool to fight off high blood sugar, high blood pressure and high cholesterol: restricting your eating time to a daily 10-hour window.
5 December 2019 - MedicalXpress - Infant blood markers predict childhood mental health
Research shows that levels of cholesterol and fat in a newborn's blood can reliably predict that child's psychological and social health five years later.
4 December 2019 - MedicalXpress - Are women getting adequate nutrition during preconception and pregnancy?
Studies indicate that pregnant women do not meet nutritional recommendations for vegetable, cereal grain, folate, iron or calcium intake requirements.
4 December 2019 - MedicalXpress - Introducing peanuts and eggs early can prevent food allergies in high risk infants
Introducing certain foods to infants early on can prevent them from developing an allergy - study
4 December 2019 - MedicalXpress - Coffee, nicotine and amphetamines activate 'hot spots' in the fetal brain
If pregnant women take significant amounts of the psychostimulants coffee, nicotine and amphetamine during pregnancy, their children have a higher risk of developing neurological and psychiatric problems later in life.
4 December 2019 - The Conversation - Why it can be hard to stop eating even when you’re full: Some foods may be designed that way
Certain foods, such as pizza, crisps and chocolate biscuits are easy to keep eating, even when we're full. In such foods, a synergy between key ingredients creates an artificially enhanced palatability experience that is greater than any key ingredient would produce alone. Researchers call this hyperpalatability.
4 December 2019 - Nutraingredients - Long-term data on diet-microbiome interactions needed, warn researchers
While each person's gut microbiome is unique and tends to remain relatively stable, daily transient fluctuations are observed, and diet is a key modifiable factor.
3 December 2019 - Nutraingredients - Nutrition expert urges action on vitamin D deficiency in younger populations
A leading nutritionist is calling for greater awareness of vitamin D deficiency in younger healthy populations that are becoming susceptible to an increased diabetes risk as a result.
3 December 2019 - Futurity - Cadmium, gene combo can speed up cognitive decline
Exposure to cadmium, a known human carcinogen, even at levels found in people who do not smoke cigarettes, leads to accelerated cognitive impairment, according to a new animal study.
3 December - BBC News - 'Sugar overload' warning for festive hot drinks
Seasonal lattes and hot chocolates being sold by some High Street coffee chains can contain up to 23 spoonfuls of sugar per cup, a study has found.
3 December 2019 - MedicalXpress - Probiotic may help treat colic in infants
Probiotic found to lessen symptoms of colic in babies, resulting in better sleep patterns.
29 November 2019 - Nutraingredients - Nutrition science under fire: Diet trials lack of ‘rigour’ slammed by researchers
Clinical trials involving diet are severely under-funded and more difficult to complete than drugs studies, say researchers who warn that nutrition studies are prone to bias, are often too small and of too short duration and regularly change outcome measures along the way.
27 November 2019 - MedicalXpress - Aerobic exercise and heart-healthy diet may slow development of memory problems
Some experts believe that risk factors for heart disease also are risk factors for dementia and late-life cognitive decline and dementia.
26 November 2019 - Nutraingredients - Omega-3 findings on ADHD kids offers no firm answers to fish oil’s effect
Omega-3 fish oil supplements appear to improve the attention span of children with ADHD, but only in those with low omega-3 levels in the blood, researchers suggest.
25 November 2019 - The Conversation - How does a piece of bread cause a migraine?
When someone suffers from celiac disease – a digestive disorder caused by an autoimmune response to gluten – there is a clear link between migraine headaches and gluten.
25 November 2019 - MedicalXpress - Study shows extra virgin olive oil staves off multiple forms of dementia in mice
Olive oil shown to be effective at staving off various causes of dementia, including tauopathies - characterized by the gradual buildup of an abnormal form of a protein called tau in the brain.
25 November 2019 - MedicalXpress - MRI reveals brain damage in obese teens
Researchers using MRI have found signs of damage that may be related to inflammation in the brains of obese adolescents.
21 November 2019 - The Conversation - Omega-3 fish oil as effective as drugs for some children with ADHD
Omega-3 supplementation - and, ideally, through increased fish consumption - has positive impact on behaviour of children with ADHD, says new study.
21 November 2019 - MedicalXpress - Obesity, other factors may speed up brain aging
The brains of middle-age adults may be aging prematurely if they have obesity or other factors linked to cardiovascular disease, new research has found.
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