Nottingham, UK—Drinking coffee can stimulate brown fat, the body’s fat-fighting defenses, according to a press release from the University of Nottingham. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is one of two types of fat found in mammals, the release notes. It was initially believed to only exist in babies and hibernating mammals,...
East Windsor, NJ—Sabinsa’s Curcumin C3 Complex has been studied in a phase IIa trial as an adjuvant therapy with FOLFOX chemotherapy, according to a press release, and results suggest that using curcumin with FOLFOX could provide a safe and tolerable treatment with potential to provide patient benefit. In the study,...
Eating two or more servings of yogurt weekly may help to decrease the risk of developing adenomas—abnormal growths that precede the development of bowel cancer—according to researched published in Gut. However, this correlation only applies to men. A press release on the study says that researchers looked at 32,606 men...
Belfast, Northern Ireland—Poor oral health is associated with a 75% increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer, according to new research published in UEG Journal. The study, performed by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, analyzed a cohort of over 469,000 people in the UK,...
Las Vegas, NV—CV Sciences, Inc. announced in a press release that a clinical study has demonstrated its product’s ability to improve sleep, help reduce appetite, and enhance quality of life. The research was presented for the first time on June 15 at the International Society of Sports Nutrition’s 16th Annual...
Kochi, India—Arjuna Natural Ltd.’s curcumin formulation BCM-95 (Curcugreen) demonstrated new possibilities for managing symptoms associated with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee in a recently published study, according to a press release. The study was randomized, open-label, and parallel-arm. It involved 139 participants suffering from OA of the knee, given either...
Baltimore, MD--A new clinical trial from McGill University, presented at Nutrition 2019, held at the Baltimore Convention Center in June, looked at the impact of vitamin D supplementation on infant growth. As the researchers explain in the study abstract, vitamin D status is positively associated with lean mass phenotype in...
Irvine, CA—BioCell Technology, LLC, announced the presentation of The Effects of Skin Aging Associated with the Use of BioCell Collagen in Healthy Adult Females: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial. Results, according to a press release, were presented at the American Society for Nutrition 2019 on June 9. The study...
Boston, MA—Low levels of circulating vitamin K are linked to increased risk of mobility limitation and disability in older adults, according to research from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University. The study, titled Vitamin K Status and Mobility Limitation and Disability in...
Bethesda, MD--The National Institute of Health (NIH) in collaboration with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) announced results of a randomized controlled trial that examined the effect of heavily versus minimally processed diets. Subjects (10 healthy females and 10 healthy males) were admitted to the...
RSS
