Published Monday 6 August 2018 By Tim Newman Fact checked by Jasmin Collier In the largest study of its type, researchers conclude that having higher levels of belly fat in old age is correlated with a reduction in cognitive function. Dementias, including Alzheimer’s, are a growing concern. As the average age of the population steadily […]
Most pain reduction in those with greatest weight loss by Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today March 23, 2018 Laparoscopic gastric band (LAGB) surgery was associated with significant decreases in knee pain from osteoarthritis (OA), with the greatest improvements seen among those whose body mass index (BMI) had the greatest decreases and among younger […]
Antibiotics play an important role in medicine, but as you may already know, the CDC states that they are frequently overused: up to 50% of antibiotic prescriptions are not optimal or effective.1 Systemic effects are particularly dramatic when antibiotics are given to infants, and research suggests that the effects of antibiotics on the pediatric microbiome […]
FEBRUARY 07, 2018 Healthline/Medical News Today It was previously believed that fructose, which is the sugar found in fruit and fruit juice, is processed by the liver. However, a new study suggests that fructose is mainly processed in the small intestine. The study, which is published in the journal Cell Metabolism, reveals that processed high-sugar food and […]
J Postgrad Med. 2017 Oct-Dec;63(4):242-251. doi: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_16_17. Gupta L, Khandelwal D, Kalra S, Gupta P, Dutta D5, Aggarwal S. Abstract Ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, adequate-protein, and low-carbohydrate diet that leads to nutritional ketosis, long known for antiepileptic effects and has been used therapeutically to treat refractory epilepsy. This review attempts to summarize the […]
Didn’t show effects in RCTs; tied to BMI boost in cohort studies July 17, 2017 by Scott Harris, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Artificial sweeteners don’t appear to have any significant effects on body mass index (BMI), according to a review and meta-analysis. In randomized controlled trials, these sweeteners had no effects on BMI, and in […]
J Phys Act Health. 2017 Jun;14(6):479-485. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2016-0319. Epub 2017 Mar 2. Chagas EFB, Bonfim MR, Turi BC, Brondino NCM, Monteiro HL. Abstract BACKGROUND: Declines in ovarian function in postmenopausal women may contribute to increase inflammatory cytokines, which can lead to chronic diseases. However, studies have shown that exercise interventions are important to manage inflammatory conditions. Thus, the objective of […]
May 15, 2017 Journal of Investigative Dermatology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This retrospective analysis of 1804 melanoma patients from 1998 to 2008 investigated the effect of body mass index (BMI) and C-reactive protein levels on melanoma outcomes. Increased BMI was associated with lower overall and melanoma-specific survival. Increased BMI was also associated with lower overall and melanoma-specific […]
APRIL 18, 2017 QJM: An International Journal of Medicine Ruanpeng D, et al. Researchers evaluate the relationship between intake of sugar and artificially sweetened soda and obesity. This study exhibited an important relationship amongst sugar and artificially sweetened soda intake and obesity. This finding brings issues to light and question of the negative clinical effect […]
The Journal of Nutrition, 03/20/2017Park YM, et al. This study was performed to explore whether the relationship between Med–diet intake and markers of insulin resistance and inflammation are mediated by body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC) in a representative US population. These outcomes propose that decreasing abdominal obesity may play an imperative role […]
Published: Friday 24 February 2017 Eating a Mediterranean diet could decrease the chances an overweight person will experience regular pain, new research suggests. A well-established connection between body weight and chronic pain might be explained by inflammation in the body, and the study points to anti-inflammatory foods including fish, nuts and beans as a key […]
January 26, 2017 Pain TAKE-HOME MESSAGE A 3-hour home visit was conducted with 98 healthy adults in the community to collect information on environment, food-related behaviors, and adiposity to evaluate the effect of dietary intake of anti-inflammatory foods on the relationship of body fat to body pain. Modelling revealed that quality of dietary intake mediated […]
November 02, 2016 PracticeUpdate Editorial Team November 2, 2016—New Orleans, Louisiana— Sucralose may lead to insulin resistance in people with obesity, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The results were presented at ObesityWeek 2016, from October 31 – November 4. Marta Yanina Pepino de Gruev, PhD, now at […]