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Continue ReadingAdopting a balanced diet with whole foods and reducing ultra-processed food intake can potentially enhance brain health and mitigate mental health risks.
Continue ReadingDeemed the “dark matter of diet,” thousands of biochemical compounds found in our food remain unknown but could be the key to disease prevention and treatment.
Continue ReadingThis article explores the potential reasons and mechanisms behind food coma-the mystery that you get sleepy after eating.
Continue ReadingWhat’s so hazardous about BPA, and why choose organic? Xenoestrogens may be the answer, and avoiding them is becoming a necessity.
Continue ReadingThe health of tiny humans may rely on the microbes they are exposed to within the first hours and years of life, known as the ‘baby biome.’ Many factors that shape the baby biome contribute to risk of health conditions like allergies, type 1 diabetes, and inflammatory bowel disease. How does the baby biome develop and where do these microbes come from?
Continue ReadingIntermittent fasting is gaining popularity as a diet and wellness trend. Are there any real benefits to it?
Continue ReadingAlternative meats are here to stay! Can they satisfy our demand for more meat, save the planet, and our health? Meating the Demand: For More “Meat” Alternative meat options once…
Continue ReadingHumans are hosts to one of the greatest mass extinctions known to earth – and it’s happening inside our gut.
Continue ReadingMaking this one change could help reduce your risk for major diseases.
Continue ReadingClimate change will reduce our ability to reliably get inexpensive, healthy, and plentiful food. Our actions today will determine how we eat in the future.
Continue ReadingA supplement named NeuroActiv6 claims to improve brain function and may improve conditions ranging from ADHD to depression. This article reviews the science behind these claims and discusses how the ingredients might help brain health.
Continue ReadingHow hard is it to remodel your epigenome? Here’s a report of my attempt to do so using inspiration from honey bees.
Continue ReadingApproximately 1 out of 5 deaths worldwide is due to poor nutrition, and doctors are not adequately trained to counsel their patients on improving their nutrition to ward off disease.
Continue ReadingUnfortunately, the link between dietary supplement use and negative health impacts is not new. This is likely because the selling of these supplements is not controlled by the U.S. Food…
Continue ReadingHave you ever read the Nutrition Facts on a diet soda or sugar-free gum? If so, you might have noticed a bolded sentence that reads: PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE. In the…
Continue ReadingNo bread. No sugar. No rice, potatoes, corn, soy, milk, onions, garlic, chocolate, processed meats, or alcohol. Is this a starvation diet or a method of torture? Actually, this is…
Continue ReadingMaybe it reminds us of a warm beach vacation. Or sipping a pina colada. But whatever the reason, many Americans are making coconut oil a part of their diet. But…
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