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- Adding color to your plate may lower risk of cognitive decline July 29, 2021A new study shows that people who eat a diet that includes at least half a serving per day of foods high in flavonoids like strawberries, oranges, peppers and apples may have a 20% lower risk of cognitive decline. The study looked at several types of flavonoids, and found that flavones and anthocyanins may have […]
- Fruit compound may have potential to prevent and treat Parkinson's disease July 29, 2021Researchers say they have added to evidence that the compound farnesol, found naturally in herbs, and berries and other fruits, prevents and reverses brain damage linked to Parkinson's disease in mouse studies.
- Postmenopausal women can dance their way to better health July 28, 2021Women often struggle with managing their weight and other health risk factors, such as high cholesterol, once they transition through menopause. A new study suggests that dancing may effectively lower cholesterol levels, improve fitness and body composition and in the process, improve self-esteem.
- Patients report long-term favorable effects of weight loss surgery in their daily lives July 27, 2021A new study shows that over the course of five years, patients who had bariatric and metabolic surgery to treat uncontrolled type 2 diabetes reported greater physical health, more energy, less body pain, and less negative effects of diabetes in their daily lives, compared with patients who had medical therapy alone for their diabetes.
- New dietary treatment for epilepsy well tolerated and reduced seizures, study finds July 22, 2021A clinical trial of a new dietary treatment for children and adults with severe forms of epilepsy based on the ketogenic diet has been successfully completed.
- Higher levels of omega-3 acids in the blood increases life expectancy by almost five years July 22, 2021Researchers have found that omega-3 levels in blood erythrocytes are very good mortality risk predictors. The study used data from a long-term study group, the Framingham Offspring Cohort, which has been monitoring residents of this Massachusetts town, in the United States, since 1971 and concludes that, 'Having higher levels of these acids in the blood, […]
- Could ketogenic diet be helpful with brain cancer? July 7, 2021A modified ketogenic diet may be worth exploring for people with brain tumors, according to a new study. The small study found that the diet was safe and feasible for people with brain tumors called astrocytomas. The study was not designed to determine whether the diet could slow down tumor growth or improve survival.
- Consuming a diet with more fish fats, less vegetable oils can reduce migraine headaches, study finds July 1, 2021A diet higher in fatty fish helped frequent migraine sufferers reduce their monthly number of headaches and intensity of pain compared to participants on a diet higher in vegetable-based fats and oils, according to a new study.
- Eating disorder behaviors alter reward response in brain June 30, 2021A new study found that eating disorder behaviors alter the brain's reward response process and food intake control circuitry, which can reinforce the behaviors.
- Rap1 controls the body's sugar levels from the brain June 22, 2021Researchers have discovered a mechanism in a small area of the brain that regulates whole-body glucose balance without affecting body weight.