Narrative review on ultra-processed foods and cardiovascular disease mechanisms
How Your Food Choices Rewire Your Heart Signals
This narrative review synthesizes evidence on ultra-processed foods and cardiovascular disease.
Ultra-processed foods may send bad signals to your heart cells by changing the tiny messages they use to stay healthy.
Narrative review examines probiotic-fortified foods versus conventional supplementation for gut and metabolic health
Could probiotic-rich foods help your gut, brain, and body work better together?
This narrative review evaluates the potential of probiotic-fortified functional foods compared with conventional dietary supplementation.
Foods fortified with probiotics may help your gut, brain, and body work better together by supporting immunity and reducing inflammation.
Secondary Analysis of RCT Reports Higher Baseline GI Symptom Severity in Women Across Most Domains
Mediterranean Diet Eases Stomach Troubles in High-Risk Adults
This randomized controlled trial secondary analysis included 200 adults with increased cardiometabolic risk in New Zealand.
Eating a Mediterranean-style diet may not only protect your heart but also calm your stomach, improving overall quality of life.
Protocol for coarse-cereal substitution in school meals to prevent obesity in Chinese primary students
Swapping White Rice for Ancient Grains Could Protect Kids From Obesity
This study protocol describes a cluster-randomized pragmatic controlled trial (pRCT) involving 400 Chinese primary school students (grades 3…
Swapping white rice for coarse grains in school lunches is being tested to stop childhood obesity rates from tripling in China.
Narrative review explores links between antibiotic exposure and obesity or metabolic phenotypes
Your Gut Bacteria Remember Every Antibiotic You've Ever Taken
This narrative review examines potential associations between antibiotic exposure and obesity or metabolic phenotypes.
Antibiotics may alter your gut bacteria for months or years, potentially raising obesity risk, especially if taken early in life.
H. erinaceus supplementation improved cognitive performance and subjective outcomes in adults with cognitive difficulty
Lion’s Mane Boosts Focus and Sleep in Just Weeks
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 109 adults aged 40 to 75 years with self-reported cognitive difficulty found that…
Adults aged 40 to 75 taking Lion’s Mane daily for eight weeks reported significantly better sleep, mood, and focus than those on placebo.
Review of target trial emulation on diet and activity in older adults
Older Adults, This Changes How You Eat
This review summarizes a target trial emulation in Quebec, Canada, involving 1561 community-dwelling adults aged 67-84 years.
Following Canada's Food Guide helps older adults 67 to 84 keep muscles strong, walk faster, and reduce waist size over three years.
Single-arm pilot safety study of creatine hydrochloride in healthy adults
Did a week of creatine hydrochloride change your blood sugar or kidney markers in healthy adults?
This single-arm pilot safety study in 11 healthy adults assessed 750 mg/day creatine hydrochloride for 28 days.
A week of low-dose creatine hydrochloride raised fasting blood sugar slightly in healthy adults, though all lab results stayed within safe r…
Cross-sectional review links socioeconomic factors to nutritional knowledge in Ghanaian pregnant women
Pregnant Women in Ghana Lack Key Nutrition Know-How
This cross-sectional review examines nutritional knowledge among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in two public health facilities …
Many pregnant women in Ghana lack key nutrition knowledge, limiting healthy choices for their babies' growth and brain development.
Narrative review: high-fiber breakfast cereals and wheat bran support digestive and cardiometabolic health
Could ready-to-eat cereals help lower your risk of chronic disease and improve your gut health?
This narrative review synthesizes a decade of research on ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, cereal fibers, and selected fiber sources such as …
Eating ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, especially those with wheat bran, could lower your risk of chronic disease and improve gut health by …
Early pregnancy serum uric acid levels associated with gestational diabetes risk in cohort study
High Uric Acid Before 20 Weeks Signals Diabetes Risk
This cohort study of 44,609 singleton pregnant women at three medical centers found a nonlinear association between serum uric acid levels b…
High uric acid before 20 weeks of pregnancy signals a higher risk for gestational diabetes, helping doctors spot trouble early.
Theory-informed behavioural intervention reduces ultra-processed food intake and weight in UK adults
You Can Eat Better And Lose Weight By Swapping Foods
This exploratory single-arm pre-post study in 45 UK adults with overweight or obesity and habitual ultra-processed food (UPF) intake of at l…
A new plan to swap processed snacks for real food helps people lose weight and feel better.