8th April 2013
A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis – or the hardening or clogging of the arteries – according to new research published in the journal Nature Medicine.
The study shows that bacteria living in the human digestive tract...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...23rd March 2013
Inflammation is the body’s normal response to injury and while it may be a natural defense system, it can lead to disease development if it becomes chronic. The inflammation process has one goal: to respond immediately to detect and destroy the toxic material in damaged tissues before it can spread throughout the...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...7th March 2013
A huge study of half a million men and women, published in open access journal BMC Medicine, demonstrates an association between processed meat and cardiovascular disease and cancer.
The EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) study involved ten countries and 23 centres in Europe and...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...26th February 2013
Results of a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine this month show that the Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or tree nuts reduces by 30 percent the risk of suffering a cardiovascular death, a myocardial infarction or a stroke.
The research is part of the project...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...9th February 2013
If you have been following advice to swap butter and other saturated fats for “healthy” margarines and vegetable oils then you ought to take notice of evidence published in the British Medical Journal this week. The new evidence, from a previously missing data, shows replacing saturated fats (found in meat, eg...
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