Effective glucose control is important in reducing the risk of cancer in obesity and type 2 diabetes. Substantial, lasting weight loss appears to provide protection against cancer, but with effective glucose control, the number of cancer cases also drops dramatically, a University of Gothenburg study shows. The study It’s a known fact that…
Mushrooms have been making headlines due to their many health advantages. Not only do they lower one’s risk of cancer and premature death, but new research led by Penn State College of Medicine also reveals that these superfoods may benefit a person’s mental health. Mushrooms and mental health Penn State researchers used data…
Insulin and dopamine In the human brain, the hormone insulin also acts on the most important neurotransmitter of the reward system, dopamine. This was demonstrated by researchers at the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) in Tübingen. Insulin reduces the level of dopamine in a specific region of the brain (striatum *) that regulates…
The removal of old and dysfunctional cells in human fat also relieves the signs of diabetes, UConn Health researchers reported. The breakthrough could lead to new treatments for type 2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases. Senescent cells The cells in your body are constantly being renewed, and older cells age and die as…
Ketone supplementation has a potential as a novel therapeutic strategy to protect and enhance brain health in people with obesity, according to a new research entitled “Short-term ketone monoester supplementation has shown to improve brain blood flow and cognition in obese people: a randomized crossover trial,” published in The Journal of Physiology. The research…
It is well known that obesity affects the body’s insulin production and, over time, it may lead to type 2 diabetes and several other metabolic diseases. Now, researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have found a more detailed explanation for why fat cells cause metabolic morbidity. The study, published in Nature Medicine, may have…
Increased use of salt substitutes reduces the risk of new cardiovascular events in people with a history of stroke and people over 60 years of age. There are two types of stroke: ischemic (caused by a clot) and hemorrhagic (caused by a hemorrhage), and the main risk factors of stroke include hypertension, coronary artery disease,…
The gut microbiota influences the ability to lose weight in humans, according to new research. The findings were published this week in mSystems, an open access journal of the American Society of Microbiology. “Your gut microbiome can promote or cause resistance to weight loss and this opens the possibility of trying to alter the…
One of the patterns that emerged during the Covid-19 crisis was poorer outcomes for overweight or obese patients. This may have come as a surprise to some, but not to dietitian Prof Helen Roche, an expert in nutrigenomics. Nutrigenomics is a branch of dietary medicine that investigates how the combination of what we eat…
‘We want to understand if we can reset the immune system so it’s more robust’ One of the patterns that emerged during the Covid-19 crisis was poorer outcomes for overweight or obese patients. This may have come as a surprise to some, but not to dietitian Prof Helen Roche, an expert in nutrigenomics. …
‘We want to understand if we can reset the immune system so it’s more robust’ One of the patterns that emerged during the Covid-19 crisis was poorer outcomes for overweight or obese patients. This may have come as a surprise to some, but not to dietitian Prof Helen Roche, an expert in nutrigenomics. …
Eating fructose seems to alter the cells of the digestive tract in a way that makes it absorb more nutrients, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers. These changes could help explain the well-known link between higher fructose consumption worldwide and increased rates of obesity and certain cancers. The…