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Increasing your risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) through processed food

In this interview, Dr. Neeraj Narula discusses his research into ultra-processed food and how this can increase your risk of developing IBD.


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Harmful body fat not only increases your waistline, but also your risk of dementia

Increased body fat incrementally leads to increased atrophy of gray matter in the brain and consequently higher risk of declining brain health, according to the latest research.


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Distinctive gut microbiome unrelated to diet may characterize children with autism

This study shows for the first time that the gut microbiota of children with autism is abnormally developed and lags that of age-matched peers.


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Want some holiday reading? Try the National Food Strategy plan. - Michelle's blog

If you are even remotely interested in your fellow citizens’ health, our children’s diet, the state of our farming industry, biodiversity, climate change – or even systems analysis – you will find it extremely interesting.


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Review suggests vitamin K2 may help prevent Alzheimer’s

Vitamin K2 has the potential to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease and contribute to its prevention, according to the authors of this review study.


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What should you eat after you've been on antibiotics? And can probiotics and prebiotics get your gut back to normal?

People at high risk of diarrhoea after antibiotics may benefit from consuming probiotic – as well as prebiotic – foods daily.


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Fatty liver more common in children of mothers with obesity

Expectant or future mothers with obesity should receive advice on how they can reduce the risk of their child developing fatty liver disease later in life.


The National Food Strategy

The Government should introduce a £3/kg tax on sugar and a £6/kg tax on salt sold for use in processed foods or in restaurants and catering businesses.


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Antibiotics in early life could affect brain development

The findings suggest reducing widespread antibiotic use or using alternatives, when possible, to prevent neurodevelopment problems.


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Fungi that live in the gut influence health and disease

Fungi - a microorganism that lives within us - may be equally important as bacteria in health and disease.


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Is it time for a new junk food tax?

There is no doubt – as a nation, we’re snacking more, and what once were occasional treats are now part of the daily diet. Could a junk food tax be the solution to this problem?


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'The Better Brain' - Book Review

The 'Better Brain' is a long-awaited compilation of decades of work by two psychologists, Drs. Bonnie Kaplan and Julia Rucklidge, who have more experience treating various forms of mental illness with supplements than pretty much anyone else.


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Lab analysis finds near-meat and meat are not nutritionally equivalent

Several metabolites known to be important to human health were found either exclusively or in greater quantities in beef, including creatine, spermine, anserine, cysteamine, glucosamine, squalene, and the omega-3 fatty acid DHA.


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Methylglyoxal detoxification deficit causes schizophrenia-like behavioral abnormalities (possible role for Vitamin B6 and/or antioxidants?)

This is the first report to show that Methylglyoxal (MG) detoxification deficits are involved in the development of schizophrenia.


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Fibromyalgia likely the result of autoimmune problems

This study has uncovered a whole new area of therapeutic options and should give real hope to fibromyalgia patients.


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Diet with more fish fats, less vegetable oils can reduce migraine headaches

This research found intriguing evidence that dietary changes have potential for improving a very debilitating chronic pain condition like migraine without the related downsides of often prescribed medications.


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Study: Vitamin D deficiency exacerbates use and misuse of pain meds

New research has found that modulating vitamin D levels changes multiple addictive behaviors to both UV and opioids.


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Study associates diet in childhood with cognitive development

In this study they found better scores in fluid intelligence and working memory with higher organic food intake and lower fast food intake.


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Mediterranean diet with oily fish could help reduce migraine frequency

This study tested whether altering the ratio of omega-3 and omega-6 in people’s diets had any impact on the frequency or severity of their migraines.


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Gut microbe secreted molecule linked to formation of new nerve cells in adult brain

A new study has found gut microbes that metabolize tryptophan—an essential amino acid—secrete small molecules called indoles, which stimulate the development of new brain cells in adults.