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More Vitamin D May Improve Memory But Too Much May Slow Reaction Time
How much vitamin D can boost memory, learning and decision-making in older adults, and how much is too much? A unique Rutgers-led study found that overweight and obese older women who took more than three times the recommended daily dose of vitamin D showed improvements in memory and learning—but also had slower reaction times. The ...
Physical Activity Cuts Health Risk From Sitting
A new study of around 8,000 middle-aged and older adults found that swapping a half-hour of sitting around with physical activity of any intensity or duration cut the risk of early death by as much as 35 percent. The findings highlight the importance of movement—regardless of its intensity or amount of time spent moving—for better ...
How Dietary Fiber and Gut Bacteria Protect the Cardiovascular System
The fatty acid propionate helps defend against the effects of high blood pressure, including atherosclerosis and heart tissue remodeling, a study on mice has found. Gut bacteria produce the substance—which calms the immune cells that drive up blood pressure—from natural dietary fiber. Beneficial gut microbes can produce metabolites from dietary fiber, including a fatty acid ...
Magnesium Optimizes Vitamin D Status, Study Shows
A randomized trial by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers indicates that magnesium optimizes vitamin D status, raising it in people with deficient levels and lowering it in people with high levels. The study reported in the December issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is important because of controversial findings from ongoing research into the association of ...
Omega-3 Fatty Acids Found in Seafood Linked to Healthy Aging
Higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids found in seafood are associated with a higher likelihood of healthy aging among older adults, finds a U.S. study published by The BMJ. With populations across the world living longer, there is a growing focus on healthy aging—a meaningful lifespan without major chronic diseases and with good physical and ...
Exercise May Lessen Fall Risk for Older Adults With Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a brain disease that causes changes that kill brain cells. AD is a type of dementia, which causes memory loss and problems with thinking and making decisions. People with AD and other forms of dementia have difficulties performing the daily activities others might consider routine. Dementia takes a toll on those ...
Scoliosis Linked to Essential Mineral
Nobody knows why some children’s backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty. Most children diagnosed with scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, have no known risk factors. A new study published in Nature Communications, suggests that the body’s inability to fully utilize the essential dietary mineral manganese might be to blame ...
Consuming Milk at Breakfast Lowers Blood Glucose Throughout the Day
A change in breakfast routine may provide benefits for the management of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the Journal of Dairy Science. H. Douglas Goff, PhD, and the team of scientists from the Human Nutraceutical Research Unit at the University of Guelph (Canada) in collaboration with the University of Toronto, examined ...
More Protein After Weight Loss May Reduce Fatty Liver Disease
Increasing the amount of protein in the diet may reduce the liver’s fat content and lower the risk of diabetes in people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Endocrinology and Metabolism. NAFLD—sometimes referred to as a “fatty liver”—occurs when more than 5 percent of ...
Sleeping Too Much or Not Enough May Have Bad Effects on Health
Fewer than six and more than 10 hours of sleep per day are associated with metabolic syndrome and its individual components, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health that involved 133,608 Korean men and women aged 40-69 years. Researchers at Seoul National University College of Medicine found that compared to individuals ...
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