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CAN OMEGA-3 SUPPLEMENTS IMPROVE CHILDREN’S MOOD, BEHAVIOUR, ATTENTION and SLEEP? NEW RESEARCH STUDY - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Date: 30/12/2025
Swansea University researchers – in collaboration with FAB Research - are exploring the influence that omega-3 supplements can have on children’s behaviour, mood, and mental wellbeing, as part of a pioneering study with implications for health and education.
The high price of cheap food
Date: 04/12/2025
Professor Tim Jackson asks who’s counting the cost of our national diet.
Targeting brain immune cells could restore Alzheimer's-related lipid imbalance, research shows
Date: 21/11/2025
Changes in brain fats, or lipids, play a major role in Alzheimer's development and progression. Lipid imbalances can influence how amyloid proteins build up, and certain genes that regulate lipid metabolism are linked to Alzheimer's risk - new research shows
Ultra-processed food consumption driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here's how to fix it
Date: 19/11/2025
Ultra-processed foods are displacing traditional foods and meals globally, degrading diet quality, and contributing to the rise of diet-related chronic diseases.
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it
Date: 18/11/2025
Ultra-processed foods are displacing traditional foods and meals globally, degrading diet quality, and contributing to the rise of diet-related chronic diseases. And despite the combined advertising spend of the leading ultra-processed food companies dwarfing even the total budget of the World Health Organization, there is plenty that governments, communities and health professionals can do about it.
Keto diet associated with reduced depressive symptoms, anxiety results remain mixed
Date: 17/11/2025
Ketogenic diets are associated with modest reductions in depressive symptoms in adults, while evidence for anxiety remains uncertain - researchers report.
Brain health could be improved with high-fat, low-carb diet, study finds (in mice...)
Date: 09/10/2025
There may be a way to protect brain energy to preserve cognition—and the secret could lie on your plate. Think fish and seafood, meat, non-starchy vegetables, berries, nuts, seeds, eggs and even high-fat dairy products.
Sugary drinks linked to depression via the gut microbiome—especially in women
Date: 24/09/2025
New study provides strong evidence that sugary drinks affect not only metabolic health, but also mental health—especially in women. This effect is probably mediated by the sensitive microbiome of the intestine.
Serious mental illness often brings rapid weight gain – but support is missing
Date: 17/09/2025
Being diagnosed with a serious mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder often brings an overlooked challenge: rapid and sustained weight gain. This side-effect can raise the risk of diabetes, heart disease and early death – widening an already stark life expectancy gap.
Adopting healthy habits can improve cognitive decline, study shows
Date: 16/09/2025
An estimated 7.2 million Americans over age 65 currently live with Alzheimer's disease (AD). That number is expected to nearly double to 13.8 million by 2060. These increases reflect more than demographic shifts; they point to a growing public health crisis that requires a new, proactive approach. While chronological age is the strongest known risk factor for cognitive decline, losing cognitive function is not an inevitable part of aging.
Mom's pregnancy diet may disrupt children's gut health
Date: 16/09/2025
A high-sugar, high-fat diet during pregnancy may do more than affect a mom's health—it can also trigger inflammation and gut dysfunction in their children, new research suggests.
Junk food diet can quickly disrupt memory circuits in the brain, study finds
Date: 11/09/2025
A new study from UNC School of Medicine researchers, published this week in Neuron, reveals a unique look at how junk food rewires the brain's memory hub—leading to risk of cognitive dysfunction. This new research opens the door to early interventions that can prevent even long-term memory loss associated with obesity.
New perspective outlines how food-derived signals can modulate biological aging
Date: 09/09/2025
Diet doesn't just fuel the body, it sends molecular signals that can slow down or speed up biological aging. Biological age, a measure of functional health, can diverge sharply from chronological age and that targeted nutritional and lifestyle choices can bend the trajectory toward healthier aging.
Beyond weight loss: How healthy eating cuts chronic pain
Date: 09/09/2025
New research shows that eating nutritious food is about far more than ticking off the five food groups—it can also significantly reduce chronic pain.
Keto diet linked to reduced depression symptoms in college students - pilot study
Date: 09/09/2025
A new pilot study shows an association between at least 10 weeks of following a well-formulated ketogenic diet and a roughly 70% decrease in depression symptoms among a small group of college students.
Duration Effects of Micronutrients in Children with ADHD: Randomised Controlled Trial vs Open-Label Extension
Date: 01/09/2025
Medications are the common treatment for ADHD, but their long-term efficacy is not well documented, and linked with negative side effects like sleep issues, slowed growth velocity and loss of appetite.
What exactly are you eating? The nutritional ‘dark matter’ in your food
Date: 29/08/2025
When scientists cracked the human genome in 2003 – sequencing the entire genetic code of a human being – many expected it would unlock the secrets of disease. But genetics explained only about 10% of the risk. The other 90% lies in the environment – and diet plays a huge part.
Mediterranean diet may offset genetic risk of Alzheimer's
Date: 25/08/2025
A Mediterranean-style diet may help reduce dementia risk, according to a new study published in Nature Medicine. Importantly, the findings also showed that these benefits were greatest for people at the highest genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease.
Omega fatty acids could protect women against Alzheimer's, research suggests
Date: 20/08/2025
Analysis of lipids—fat molecules that perform many essential functions in the body—in the blood found there was a noticeable loss of unsaturated fats, such as those that contain omega fatty acids, in the blood of women with Alzheimer's disease compared to healthy women.
Mental health care needs urgent reform to include lifestyle interventions, claims report
Date: 13/08/2025
Mental health services must urgently increase investment in lifestyle interventions to improve care and help close the 15-year life expectancy gap faced by people with mental illness, a Lancet Psychiatry Commission report warns.
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