obesity
Intermittent Fasting Fails to Beat Standard Dieting For Weight Loss, Study Says
Intermittent fasting does not appear to help overweight or obese adults lose more weight than standard diet advice or even no structured program at all, according to a new Cochrane review. The findings challenge the widespread belief that changing when you eat leads to better weight loss results than traditional approaches. Obesity remains a major ...
Tea Can Improve Your Health and Longevity, But How You Drink it Matters
A comprehensive review found that tea, especially green tea, is strongly associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), obesity, diabetes and several forms of cancer. Beyond these well-known benefits, tea consumption is also linked to brain protection, reduced muscle loss in older adults, and anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects. Together, these findings point to ...
Taking the Weight Off
Natural practitioners have a new arsenal of products to help patients regain a healthy weight and body composition. With the obesity rate climbing to record levels in both children and adults, weight management and body composition are taking center stage for natural health practitioners and their patients. The rise of GLP-1 drugs has sparked a ...
Danone Acquires The Akkermansia Company
The Akkermansia Company (TAC, Belgium) has announced that it has been acquired by Danone, a leading global food and beverage company. TAC’s founding scientists first discovered the biotic strain Akkermansia muciniphila MucT in 2004 and have since developed it using state-of-the-art technology. They clinically demonstrated its power to reinforce the gut barrier, reduce inflammation and counteract metabolic disorders such ...
Vitamin D Supplements May Lower Blood Pressure in Older People With Obesity
Vitamin D supplements may lower blood pressure in older people with obesity and taking more than the Institutes of Medicine’s (IOM) recommended daily dose does not provide additional health benefits, according to new research published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. The IOM recommends 600 International Units (IU) per day. Vitamin D deficiency is common ...
Researchers Suggest Stress Hormones Explain How Obesity Causes Diabetes
A study from Rutgers Health and other institutions indicates that stress hormones—not impaired cellular insulin signaling—may be the primary driver of obesity-related diabetes. The paper in Cell Metabolism may transform our understanding of how obesity-induced insulin resistance develops and how to treat it. “We have been interested in the basic mechanisms of how obesity induces diabetes. Given ...
That’s So Meta (bolic)!
People are finally seeking to tackle their metabolic health, but there’s still a lot of work to do. Ballooning waistlines tend to be the factor that opens people’s eyes that there may be something more insidious going on inside them—chiefly, metabolic dysfunction. And unfortunately, those with metabolic dysfunction, metabolic syndrome or pre-diabetes comprise a very ...
Poor Health, Stress in 20s Takes Toll in 40s With Lower Cognition
Higher inflammation in young adulthood linked to lower performance in skills testing in midlife. Young adults who have higher levels of inflammation, which is associated with obesity, physical inactivity, chronic illness, stress and smoking, may experience reduced cognitive function in midlife, a new study out of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has found. Researchers ...
Study Unveils a Role of Mitochondria in Dietary Fat Processing
The maintenance of a balanced lipid homeostasis is critical for our health. While consumption of excessive amounts of fatty foods contributes to metabolic diseases such as obesity and atherosclerosis, fat is an indispensable component of our diet. Digested lipids supply the body with essential building blocks and facilitate the absorption of important vitamins. In a ...
How Prebiotics Can Affect the Gut and Brain
Prebiotics are used to foster the colonization of beneficial bacteria in the gut. These indigestible dietary fibers are found in plant-derived foods such as onions, leeks, artichokes, wheat, bananas, and in high concentrations in chicory root. They support gut health by promoting the growth and activity of beneficial gut bacteria. Researchers have now investigated whether ...
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