How Food May Improve Your Mood
The sugar-laden, high-fat foods we often crave when we are stressed or depressed, as comforting as they are, may be the least likely to benefit our mental health. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anahad O ’Connor Tags: Anxiety and Stress Diet and Nutrition Mental Health and Disorders Depression (Mental) Happiness Content Type: Service Food Psychiatry and Psychiatrists Brain Psychology and Psychologists Source Type: news
UMD researchers study metabolism and liver function in embryonic chickens and hatchlings
(University of Maryland) University of Maryland is improving poultry production and welfare. During their first week, chickens undergo a metabolic switch from the fat-rich diet embryos grow in to a high carbohydrate diet. This is a natural transition in chicks, whereas a high fat diet in humans leads to metabolic consequences such as fatty liver disease and diabetes. Researchers hope to gain insights into how the liver works to help prevent metabolic disease in animals and humans. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 6, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
In women, higher body fat may protect against heart disease death, study shows
FINDINGSA new UCLA study shows that while men and women who have high muscle mass are less likely to die from heart disease, it also appears that women who have higher levels of body fat — regardless of their muscle mass — have a greater degree of protection than women with less fat.The researchers analyzed national health survey data collected over a 15-year period and found that heart disease –related death in women with high muscle mass and high body fat was 42% lower than in a comparison group of women with low muscle mass and low body fat. However, women who had high muscle mass and low body fat did not appear h...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 16, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Stress reduction as a path to eating less fast food
(Ohio State University) Overweight low-income mothers of young kids ate fewer fast-food meals and high-fat snacks after participating in a study - not because researchers told them what not to eat, but because the lifestyle intervention being evaluated helped lower the moms' stress, research suggests. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Oncotarget: High-fat ovariectomized mice susceptible to accelerated tumor growth
(Impact Journals LLC) There is convincing evidence that excess body weight is associated with increased risk for late onset (> 50 years of age) colorectal cancer (CRC) (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - March 8, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
High fat diets may over-activate destructive heart disease protein
(University of Reading) Consumption of a high fat diet may be activating a response in the heart that is causing destructive growth and lead to greater risk of heart attacks, according to new research. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 2, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Mexico to Ban Glyphosate, GM Corn Presidential Decree Comes Despite Intense Pressure from Industry, U.S. Authorities
Tractor caravan to Mexico City farmer protest demands "Mexico Free of Transgenics". Credit: Enrique Perez S./ANECBy Timothy A. WiseCAMBRIDGE MA, Feb 24 2021 (IPS) Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador quietly rocked the agribusiness world with his New Year’s Eve decree to phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate and the cultivation of genetically modified corn. His administration sent an even stronger aftershock two weeks later, clarifying that the government would also phase out GM corn imports in three years and the ban would include not just corn for human consumption but yellow corn destined primarily for ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Timothy A. Wise Tags: Biodiversity Development & Aid Economy & Trade Environment Featured Food & Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Hormone helps prevent muscle loss in mice on high fat diets, USC study finds
(University of Southern California) A new study suggests that a hormone known to prevent weight gain and normalize metabolism can also help maintain healthy muscles in mice. The findings present new possibilities for treating muscle-wasting conditions associated with age, obesity or cancer, according to scientists from the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Unlocking the mystery behind skeletal aging
This study is the first in vivo research to demonstrate that the loss of an epigenetic factor promotes adult stem cell deterioration and exhaustion in skeletal aging.The findings, the researchers say, hold promise for the eventual development of strategies to reverse bone-fat imbalance, as well as for new prevention and treatment methods that address skeletal aging and osteoporosis by rejuvenating adult stem cells.“The work of Dr. Wang, his lab members and collaborators provides new molecular insight into the changes associated with skeletal aging,” said Dr. Paul Krebsbach, dean of the UCLA School of Dentistry.“These...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 10, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Triclosan worsens fatty liver disease in mice
<div class="rxbodyfield">The antibacterial compound, found in consumer products and some drinking water, worsened liver health in diabetic mice fed a high-fat diet.</div> (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - January 6, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Obesity increases cancer cell growth
According to a mouse study published inCell, high-fat diets provide more fat molecules to allow cancer cells to outcompete immune cells for energy to grow, accelerating tumour growth.Science Daily (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - December 17, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Obesity impairs immune cell function, accelerates tumor growth
(Harvard Medical School) New study in mice finds that a high-fat diet allows cancer cells to outcompete immune cells for fuel, impairing immune function and accelerating tumor growth. Cancer cells do so by rewiring their metabolisms to increase fat consumption. Blocking this rewiring enhances anti-tumor immunity. Findings suggest new strategies to target cancer metabolism, improve immunotherapies. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - December 9, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Drug attenuates weight gain in animals fed a high-fat diet
(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) Medication originally developed to kill bacteria displayed the capacity to increase cell energy expenditure in tests with mice. Researchers are testing compounds with a similar structure that could give rise to novel approaches to the treatment of obesity (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Antimicrobial soap additive worsens fatty liver disease in mice
(University of California - San Diego) Triclosan, an antimicrobial found in many soaps and other household items, worsens fatty liver disease in mice fed a high-fat diet. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Yale finds neuron behind fatal anorexia, and solution in high-fat diet
Inhibition of a neuron that helps the body access alternative forms of fuel may be one cause behind death from anorexia nervosa, Yale research finds. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - October 28, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
