Neanderthals May Have Hunted Giant Elephants that Roamed across Prehistoric Europe
Chemical clues preserved in the teeth of straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) from the 125,000-year-old site of Neumark-Nord in…
Scientists show gut bacteria can reach the brain in mice and reveal a potential vagus nerve pathway
A new mouse study reveals that under certain dietary conditions, gut bacteria can reach the brain without entering…
One Popular Diet Strengthens Bones—While Calorie Restriction Does Opposite
Dieting is usually tied to weight loss or muscle gain, but what you eat also plays a major…
Tony Alvarado’s Inspiring Weight Loss Transformation
5 min read Tony Alvarado, 45, from Houston, Texas is a professor of mathematics at Rice University and…
Vitamin B2 metabolism helps cancer cells resist ferroptosis
A lack of vitamin B2 makes tumor cells more susceptible to a unique form of cell death. This…
We ditched UPFs – and I became an accidental tradwife
As a family, we began cutting ultra-processed foods (UPFs) out of our diets just over a year ago.…
Popular diet could restore exercise benefits lost to high blood sugar, scientists say
Individuals struggling with elevated blood sugar may find an unexpected ally in dietary fat, according to research published…
Scurvy diagnosis: Autistic boy, aged 5, lived on diet of chicken and biscuits
Doctors carried out a physical examination, blood tests and an MRI examination. Eventually, they consulted paediatric rheumatology and…
Early Howler Monkeys Adapted to Eating Leaves 13 Million Years Ago
Fossil jaws of the ancient monkey species Stirtonia victoriae from the La Victoria Formation in Colombia suggest that…
Can eating almonds reduce inflammation in obesity?
A six-week randomized trial shows that adding almonds to the daily diet of adults with obesity can improve…
New Research Links Daily Multivitamins to Slower Biological Aging
In a randomized clinical trial of older adults, researchers found that taking multivitamins for two years modestly slowed…
Low testosterone and high fructose intake can worsen fatty liver disease
Low testosterone in itself can cause a variety of health problems, but the addition of a poor diet…