These results provide hope for the development of a more tolerable alternative to helping those people than asking them stick to a challenging restrictive diet.
"We hope this information can empower patients to make informed dietary decisions that could positively impact the course of the disease, while identifying strategies to counteract the effect of enzymes in a neuron-specific fashion."
"This new information points to a specific metabolic pathway through which dietary fats can worsen MS symptoms."
Cutting sugar in the first 1,000 days of a baby's life - from conception to the age of two - appears to reduce the risk of developing significant health issues in adult life, say researchers.
A study utilising the end of sugar rationing in the UK as a natural experiment reveals that early-life exposure to high sugar intake may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and hypertension later in life.
Scurvy is a disease caused by a severe deficiency of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Without enough vitamin C, the body cannot properly repair tissues, heal wounds, or fight infections.
Alcohol is deeply rooted in our cultures and habits, and in most Western countries, its significant economic weight grants it a much more favourable legal status and social perception than other drugs.
We should be thinking very carefully about what advice is being given to the public, as opposed to providing simplified and potentially misleading messages that grab headlines.
One of the main physical symptoms of alcohol withdrawal is "allodynia"— increased sensitivity to mechanical stimuli that are normally innocuous, which is a clinical sign of chronic pain.
Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy has numerous benefits to child health, especially brain development.
People with a preference for sweets are at a higher risk of developing depression, diabetes, and suffering a stroke, according to new research from the University of Surrey.
More than 80% of pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient by their third trimester, according to a new study. Surprisingly the women were in otherwise good health.
The average full term baby weighs just over 7lbs. One pound of that is the baby’s brain. Nature, via the mother’s body, devotes enormous amounts of energy into building the baby’s brain during and just after pregnancy. The brain is the hungriest organ in the body and requires specific nutrients from the diet for proper structure and function.
A new law just passed in California makes it the first state to tell public schools they may no longer serve foods that contain six artificial dyes linked to health and behaviour problems among children.
A wealth of research shows that what people eat affects the body's ability to ward off heart disease and stroke. And a growing body of research finds what's good for the heart is good for the brain, revealing the same risk factors that lead to heart disease contribute to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
A professionally-diverse panel of medical and nutrition experts have proposed a set of recommended nutrition competencies for medical students and physician trainees. The study addresses a longstanding concern that most physicians in the U.S. are not equipped to advise patients about nutrition and food choices.
When people think of epidemics, they might think they’re caused only by viruses or other germs. But as public health experts, we know that’s just part of the story. Commerce can cause epidemics, too. Social media, guns, sugar: These are all examples of what we call “market-driven epidemics.â€
Why are neurodivergent people, such as autistic people and those with ADHD, more likely to experience eating disorders than the broader population? And how does this impact their treatment?
These findings suggest that oligodendroglial lipid metabolism can serve as an energy reserve, helping to overcome glucose deprivation and associated neurodegeneration.
The discussion focusses on the known connections between food and mental health, from childhood through to old age.