Institutional gatekeeping of food and beverage marketing impacts marketing presence in schools and youth sports
School and Youth Sports Sites Feature Extensive Food Marketing
This mini review examines the impact of institutional gatekeeping on food and beverage marketing in schools and youth sports. The authors fi…
Schools and youth sports organizations often feature pervasive branded infrastructure and marketing for products of nutritional concern.
Home nutrition support improves quality of life in adults during first 4 months of treatment
Home nutrition support improves quality of life for adult patients
This meta-analysis evaluates the impact of home nutrition support on quality of life in adults receiving home enteral or parenteral nutritio…
Adults receiving home nutrition support see significant improvements in their quality of life during the first four months of treatment.
Calcium and vitamin D supplementation show small BMD increases but no impact on growth in children
Calcium and vitamin D supplements do not increase height in children
This systematic review and network meta-analysis of approximately 2,100 participants found that oral calcium and vitamin D supplementation r…
New data shows that taking calcium and vitamin D supplements does not increase height or weight in healthy children and adolescents.
Beetroot-derived nitrate and watermelon with citrulline reduce delayed onset muscle soreness at 24 and 48 hours
Beetroot and Watermelon May Reduce Muscle Soreness After Exercise
This systematic review and network meta-analysis of 356 healthy adults found that beetroot-derived nitrate and watermelon plus added citrull…
Specific nutrients from beetroot and watermelon may help reduce muscle soreness in the first 48 hours after a workout.
Flash-heating of expressed human milk preserves nutritional components and ensures microbiological safety for infant feeding
Flash heating helps keep human milk safe for infants
This scoping review of 24 studies examines the impact of flash-heating (FH) on expressed human milk. The review finds that FH effectively in…
Flash-heating can kill dangerous germs in expressed breastmilk while keeping important nutrients and immune-boosting parts intact for babies…
Culinary medicine improves cooking confidence and self-efficacy but shows inconsistent results for clinical markers
Culinary Medicine May Improve Cooking Confidence and Dietary Habits
This narrative review examines culinary medicine as a bridge between nutrition science and meal preparation. The authors find that while cul…
Culinary medicine programs may help people feel more confident in the kitchen and manage their daily dietary habits more effectively.
Vitamin C supplementation may reduce psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia
Vitamin C Supplementation May Reduce Symptoms in Schizophrenia Patients
The meta-analysis examined circulating vitamin C levels and the effects of supplementation on psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophre…
Lower vitamin C levels are linked to schizophrenia, and supplementation may help reduce psychotic symptoms in patients.
Protein Plus Resistance Training Adds 2.63 kg Bench and 7.40 kg Squat Strength in Young Adults
Adding protein to weight training helps young adults build strength
This meta-analysis of 611 healthy young adults found that combining resistance training with protein supplementation significantly improved …
Adding protein to a resistance training routine can lead to greater gains in bench press and squat strength for healthy young adults.
Gut microbiota and probiotic-derived bioactive metabolites may offer therapeutic potential for metabolic disorders
Probiotics may offer new ways to manage metabolic health
This narrative review explores the role of gut microbiota- and probiotic-derived bioactive metabolites in managing obesity, type 2 diabetes,…
New research explores how specific molecules from probiotics could help manage conditions like obesity and type 2 diabetes.
SMILE Pro provides more accurate refractive cylinder outcomes than standard SMILE for myopic astigmatism
Comparing SMILE and SMILE Pro Surgery for Correcting Nearsightedness and Astigmatism
This meta-analysis of 1,692 eyes compares SMILE Pro (VisuMax 800) to standard SMILE (VisuMax 500) for myopia and myopic astigmatism. The ana…
New data shows that SMILE Pro surgery provides more stable vision and better results for astigmatism than standard SMILE surgery.
Systems biology frameworks may improve the translation of protein and amino acid supplement efficacy
Understanding How Protein and Amino Acid Supplements Work in the Human Body
This narrative review explores the limitations of reductionist paradigms in evaluating complex nutritional interventions like protein and am…
Experts are looking at how different proteins and amino acids interact in the body to help people stay healthy and strong.
High carbohydrate intake significantly increases skeletal muscle glycogen in recreationally active and endurance trained athletes
High carbohydrate intake boosts muscle glycogen for endurance athletes
This meta-analysis of 641 participants found that high-very high carbohydrate intake (> 6.5 g·kg·day) significantly increases muscle glycoge…
Athletes who eat more carbohydrates before a competition can significantly increase their muscle glycogen stores to fuel their performance.