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Tropical Plant Reveals Anti-obesity Potential
Obesity, a major risk factor for various lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and hypertension has become widespread worldwide, inherently demanding innovative solutions to combat it. A multi-institutional research group led by Associate Professor Akiko Kojima of the Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology at Osaka Metropolitan University (Japan), reported that they have made progress ...
Watching the Clock May Impact Insomnia
Watching the clock while trying to fall asleep exacerbates insomnia and the use of sleep aids, according to research from an Indiana University professor—and a small change could help people sleep better. The research, led by Spencer Dawson, clinical assistant professor and associate director of clinical training in the College of Arts and Sciences’ ...
New Form of Omega-3 Could Prevent Visual Decline With Alzheimer’s Disease
For the first time, researchers have developed a form of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) that is capable of crossing into the eye’s retina to ward off visual declines related to Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and other disorders. The DHA found in fish oil capsules and other supplements is typically in a form called ...
Sleeping Less Than Five Hours Per Night Linked to Higher Risk of Multiple Diseases
Getting less than five hours of sleep in mid-to-late life could be linked to an increased risk of developing at least two chronic diseases, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The research, published in PLOS Medicine, analyzed the impact of sleep duration on the health of more than 7,000 men and women at the ...
Cravings For Fatty Foods Traced To Gut-Brain Connection
A dieter wrestling with cravings for fatty foods might be tempted to blame their tongue: the delicious taste of butter or ice cream is hard to resist. But new research investigating the source of our appetites has uncovered an entirely new connection between the gut and the brain that drives our desire for fat. At ...
Enbiosis Biotechnology Increases Global Footprint With U.S. Expansion
Enbiosis Biotechnology, a U.K.-based biotechnology company in the field of microbiome analysis, has announced a definitive plan to expand its operations into the U.S. Enbiosis will focus its U.S. efforts exclusively in the health care practitioner market. The company currently has offices in Copenhagen, Denmark as well as in Istanbul. Established in 2018, Enbiosis has ...
COVID-19 Patients Have Severely Increased Levels of Oxidative Stress and Oxidant Damage, and Glutathione Deficiency
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX) have investigated the effect of infection with COVID-19 on the levels of oxidative stress, oxidant damage and glutathione, the most abundant physiological antioxidant. Compared to healthy age-matched individuals whose samples were taken before the pandemic started in 2019, patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had significantly increased levels of oxidative ...
Can Drinking Cocoa Protect Your Heart When You’re Stressed?
Increased consumption of flavanols—a group of molecules occurring naturally in fruit and vegetables—could protect people from mental stress-induced cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart disease and thrombosis, according to new research. Researchers have discovered that blood vessels were able to function better during mental stress when people were given a cocoa drink containing high levels ...
Exercise During Pregnancy May Save Kids From Health Problems As Adults
Exercise during pregnancy may let mothers significantly reduce their children’s chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in life, new research suggests. A study in lab mice has found that maternal exercise during pregnancy prevented the transmission of metabolic diseases from an obese parent—either mother or father—to child. If the finding holds true ...
The Choice: Healthier Blood Sugar Status
Reducing high blood sugar is likely a need for many of your patients/clients. Here are some suggestions. Diabetes is Optional, is the name of a best-selling book by medical expert Jacob Teitelbaum, MD. The crux? Developing type 2 diabetes is indeed set in motion by dietary choices. Even after blood sugar numbers begin to creep ...
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