Nutrition is insufficiently incorporated into medical education on a worldwide basis, according to a new review published in The Lancet Planetary Health. Medical students therefore lack the confidence, skills, and knowledge to provide nutritional care to patients—a disturbing fact in the face of increasing diet-related disease. A press release notes...
Gainesville, FL—New research shows that disease-causing bacteria compete with their human hosts for a key micronutrient: queuine, called a “longevity vitamin” by Dr. Bruce Ames in a 2018 study. The report notes that queuine's importance is becoming clearer as more research is done on the micronutrient. This latest research is...
London, England—People who drink red wine have better gut health, according to a new study from King’s College London. A team of researchers explored the effects of beer, cider, red wine, white wine, and spirits on the gut microbiome in a group of 916 UK female twins, according to a...
Japan—Mushroom consumption may reduce the risk of development of prostate cancer among middle-aged and elderly Japanese men, according to a study published in the International Journal of Cancer. 36,499 men, aged 40-79 years, who participated in the Miyagi Cohort Study in 1990 and the Ohsaki Cohort Study in 1994 were...
Winston-Salem, NC—Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine found that a modified Mediterranean-ketogenic diet could help reduce levels of Alzheimer’s markers, according to a press release. In a small pilot study, researchers identified several distinct gut microbiome signatures in participants with mild cognitive impairment that didn’t exist in participants with...
Coffee intake is associated with low risk of symptomatic gallstone disease (GSD), according to a new study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine. Researchers looked at 104,493 individuals from the general population, with a mean follow-up of eight years. They also tested whether two genetic variants were associated with...
An extreme case of picky eating caused a 17-year-old’s blindness, according to a case study from the University of Bristol. The patient, who had first visited his general practitioner complaining of tiredness, had a normal BMI and height and no visible signs of malnutrition. Initial tests showed macrocytic anemia and...
Paris, France--Eating nuts like walnuts, almonds, pistachios and hazelnuts twice a week is associated with a 17% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease compared to consuming nuts once every two weeks, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology. “Nuts are a...
Irvine, CA—BioCell Collagen was found in a new study to visibly reduce common signs of skin aging within 12 weeks of daily use, according to a press release. BioCell Collagen is composed of hydrolyzed collagen type-II, chondroitin sulfate, and hyaluronic acid. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, published in Alternative Therapies...
A high-fat diet during gestation may protect children against Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from Temple University. Senior investigator Domenico Praticò, M.D., professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Microbiology and Scott Richards North Star Foundation Chair for Alzheimer’s Research, notes in a press release that “In humans,...
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