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23 April 2019 - MedicalXpress - Feeding juvenile rats extra omega-3 PUFAs and vitamin A shown to reduce negative health impact of stress

A team of researchers has found that giving rats exposed to a stressful environment extra doses of omega-3 fatty acids, resulted in a reduction of the kinds of mental and physical damage that normally occur under such circumstances.

23 April 2019 - MedicalXpress - Study: Mediterranean diet deters overeating

Study finds that nonhuman primates on a Mediterranean diet choose not to eat all the food available to them, and so maintained a normal weight.

22 April 2019 - MedicalXpress - New insight into how obesity, insulin resistance can impair cognition

Obesity can break down our protective blood brain barrier resulting in problems with learning and memory, scientists report.

18 April 2019 - Questioning Answers - Saffron for ADHD?

Saffron contains a myriad of different chemical compounds, some of which seem to have a variety of potential medicinal uses.

15 April 2019 - MedicalXpress - Immune study sheds light on vitamin D effects

Scientists have uncovered fresh insights into how vitamin D affects the immune system and might influence susceptibility to diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

15 April 2019 - MedicalXpress - Harmful compounds might be formed when foods containing the sweetener sucralose are heated

Harmful compounds, some with carcinogenic potential, might occur when Sucralose - and especially Sucralose-containing foods such as canned vegetables or baked goods - are heated.

12 April 2019 - Questioning Answers - A poo(p) transplant for [some] autism? 2 years on with caveats...

Further focus on gut bacterial make-up - and the all-important metabolites that specific bacterial species produce - would seem to be an important lne of enquiry for some forms of autism.

12 April 2019 - Psychology Today - In the first thousand days, proper brain growth depends on a healthy microbiota

In the first thousand days, proper brain growth depends on a healthy microbiota

10 April 2019 - MedicalXpress - Breast milk analyses show new opportunities for reducing risk of childhood obesity

New research suggests the composition of breast milk in normal weight mothers differs from that of overweight mothers, and that variations in small molecule metabolites found in breast milk are possible risk factors for childhood obesity.

9 April 2019 - Nutraingredients - Study finds ‘healthy’ kids snacks could be contributing to growing obesity crisis

Research reveals that many seemingly ‘healthy’ snacks aimed at UK children are less healthy than claimed.

9 April 2019 - MedicalXpress - Autism symptoms reduced nearly 50 percent two years after fecal transplant

The apparent rise in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and its stubborn resistance to treatment has spurred a legion of researchers to enter the field and explore the disability in innovative ways.

4 April 2019 - MedicalXpress - Could eating garlic reduce aging-related memory problems?

Consuming garlic helps counteract age-related changes in gut bacteria associated with memory problems, according to a new study conducted with mice.

4 April 2019 - Questioning Answers - Magnesium and ADHD meta-analysed

New study results provide some food for thought on the topic of whether there may be an association between magnesium levels and the diagnosis of ADHD.

4 April 2019 - BBC - The diets cutting one in five lives short every year

The food we eat is putting 11 million of us into an early grave each year, an influential study shows.

4 April 2019 - MedicalXpress - No such thing as 'sugar rush' - sugar worsens mood rather than improving it

Sugar does not improve mood and it can make people less alert and more tired after its consumption, according to a new study.

3 April 2019 - Science Daily - Do minerals play a role in development of multiple sclerosis?

A new study shows no link between dietary intake of zinc, iron, and other key minerals and whether people later develop MS.

2 April 2019 - Nutraingredients - Human study suggests holistic psychological benefits of multi-strain probiotic

A daily dose of a multi-strain probiotic can provide a significant improvement in mood, with a reduction in depressive, anger, and fatigue, and an improvement in sleep quality, according to a new study.

31 March 2019 - Psychology Today - The Brain Needs Animal Fat

Why humans can't thrive on plants alone

31 March 2019 - Psychology Today - Psychosis and Symbiosis: Microbiome and Schizophrenia

We’ve known for a few years that people with schizophrenia have a different gut microbiome than healthy control populations.