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Time Restricted Eating vs Calorie Restriction
Providing a boost for the concept of time-restricted eating (TRE), results of a 12-month randomized clinical trial comparing TRE to more typical calorie restriction (CR), as well as a control group, were recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. In this unblinded study, 90 participants with obesity were recruited, 78 of whom completed the…
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Maternal Egg Consumption & Infant Allergies
Recently published in JAMA Network Open were the results of a randomized clinical trial examining the effects of maternal consumption of eggs during the early neonatal period on the subsequent development of egg allergy. As noted in this article, food allergies have been estimated to affect at least 10% of children, with egg allergies present…
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Protein & Kidneys
A paper published recently in the European Journal of Nutrition concluded that higher protein diets are not linked to kidney disease or increased risk for kidney stones. The paper was an umbrella review of systematic reviews for the evidence-based guideline of the German Nutrition Society.
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Sleep, Exercise & Cognitive Function
The results of a 10-year longitudinal study were recently published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, detailing the associations between the cognitive trajectories of healthy adults and both sleep and physical activity. Nearly 9,000 participants between the ages of 50-95, part of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), were followed every 2 years and self-reported…
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Vitamin D & PCOS
A recent study has shown that out of 120 women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the majority showed low levels of vitamin D, and that supplementation may help reduce the risk of the development of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular complications, in addition to correcting the imbalance in blood concentrations.
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Keto Rash
Ketogenic diets are known for improving a host of health issues, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t occasional hiccups when someone adopts this very low-carb way of eating. A recent blog post covered gastrointestinal issues that can arise on a keto diet, and a new paper details a case report of a young woman who…
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Sleep & Adherence to Diet & Exercise Goals
Recent preliminary research has shown that individuals with higher scores for sleep health during a 12-month weight loss program were more likely to stick to the calorific and exercise goals in the program in comparison with those who scored lower for sleep health.
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Low Carb vs DASH Diet
A new study in the Annals of Family Medicine pitted a very-low-carbohydrate diet against the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) for adults with hypertension, type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, and overweight or obesity. While both interventions led to improvements in HbA1c, systolic blood pressure, and body weight, improvements among the low-carb group were…
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Taurine, Exercise & Adipose Tissue
A 2020, randomized, double-blind trial has shown that taurine supplementation associated with chronic exercise may increase mitochondrial activity and fatty acid oxidation gene expression in the subcutaneous white adipose tissue of obese women.
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Pets & Food Allergies
Some good news has come out for pet lovers (as if we need more reasons to love our pets!). Recently published in PLoS One, results of the largest to-date birth cohort study in Japan suggest that some pets, especially dogs and cats, are associated with a lower risk for food allergy development in children.