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New Study Shows Colitis is Intensified with High Sugar Diets
The incidence of colitis, which involves inflammation of the colon’s lining, is on the rise in the US, even in children. Recently, Hasan Zaki, PhD and lead researcher at UT Southwestern, and his team looked at the modern Western diet (high in fat, sugar, and animal protein) to find out if they could establish the…
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More Evidence of the Importance of Microbiome Diversity
Recent research has confirmed a correlation between gut microbiome composition and the markers of health and disease across thousands of people.
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Minimal Weight Loss Can Help Promote Healthy Blood Sugars
Losing around 4.5 to 6.5 pounds of weight and increasing physical activity over two years can help support healthy blood sugar levels for those diagnosed with prediabetes, according to recent research.
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Does Mindfulness Really Help with Stress?
According to recent research, dispositional mindfulness may not affect people during the experience of active stressors, solely their perspective of the experience afterward.
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A New Study Reveals the Science Behind Beauty Sleep
In a study published in Nature Cell Biology, Body Clock Biologists from the University of Manchester looked at how sleep helps the body perform through the rigors of the day. Lead author Professor Karl Kadler and his team discovered that the body’s extracellular matrix is made of two types of fibrils – thick fibrils and…
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Study Reveals Body’s Detox Mechanism to Cleanse Pollution
Research published in Toxicological Sciences exposed a new mechanism whereby small toxic particles from diesel fumes can exaggerate the inflammatory response. The collaborative study was carried out by researchers in Japan, the US, and Germany, from Hiroshima University, the University of California and the Leibniz Research Institute.
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Could the “Green” Mediterranean Diet Be Healthier?
A recent study suggests that a greener version of the Mediterranean diet could further benefit the cardiometabolic state and reduce cardiovascular risk beyond the effects of the original diet.
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A Positive Attitude Can Boost Immunity
A meta-analysis of more than 300 studies covering 30 years of inquiry into the connection between stress and the immune system found that stressful events can change immune system functioning. The report explains the type and duration of stress determines the type of change that occurs. Acute time-limited stress, such as public speaking, triggers an…
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Cannabinoid Type-1 CB1 Receptors Impact Motivation for Exercise
A 2019 study published in JCI Insight used a two-step operant choice protocol to identify a neurobiological mechanism that may contribute to sedentary behavior. The study was designed on the premise that the endocannabinoid system (ECS) may play a pivotal role in setting the rewarding properties of rodent wheel running, and in turn, human exercise.…
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New Study Explores How Gut Immune System Functions
New research published in Nature by Rockefeller University on October 29, 2020, is changing the way we perceive the gut microbiota and immune system. Previously, scientists thought that the gut’s immune system was crude in its approach to population control, simply cleansing out foreign invaders with non-specific antibodies in a blanket approach to flush out…