BMJ 2019; 365 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1451 (Published 29 May 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;365:l1451 Abstract Objective To assess the prospective associations between consumption of ultra-processed foods and risk of cardiovascular diseases. Design Population based cohort study. Setting NutriNet-Santé cohort, France 2009-18. Participants 105 159 participants aged at least 18 years. Dietary intakes were collected using repeated 24 hour dietary records […]
BMJ — Rico-Campà A, et al. | June 03, 2019 In this prospective cohort study involving 19,899 candidates (aged 20-91 years), researchers explored the connection between consumption of ultra-processed foods and all-cause mortality via multivariable Cox proportional hazard models. During 200,432 persons years of follow-up, 335 deaths occurred. According to findings, higher consumption of ultra-processed […]
Drinking coffee might keep us up at night, but new research has given us a reason to sleep easy knowing that the popular drink isn’t as bad for our arteries as some previous studies would suggest. The research from Queen Mary University of London has shown that drinking coffee, including in people who drink up […]
Naveed Saleh, MD, MS, for MDLinx | May 23, 2019 You probably know that most sugary drinks—including sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) like soda, soft drinks, and fruit-flavored drinks—are bad for you. But what about 100% fruit juice, another type of sugary drink? Although there have been some declines in sugar consumption in recent years, people still […]
BMJ — Ma H, et al. | May 17, 2019 In order to evaluate the relation between the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and habitual glucosamine use, researchers conducted a study involving 466,039 participants free from CVD at baseline who completed a questionnaire on supplement use, including glucosamine. The participants were followed up for […]
May 16, 2019 Thomas L. Schwenk, MD reviewing Meyer HE et al. JAMA Netw Open 2019 May 3 Women who took high doses of both B6 and B12 had 50% higher risk than those who had low intake. In prior studies of B6 and B12 supplementation, researchers reported excess hip fracture risk among supplement users. […]
MedicalXpress Breaking News-and-Events | May 07, 2019 Soy protein has the ability to lower cholesterol by a small but significant amount, suggests a new study led by St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. With the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) planning to remove soy from its list of heart healthy foods, researchers at St. Michael’s […]
Circulation — Malik VS, et al. | May 03, 2019 Among 37,716 men from the Health Professional’s Follow-up Study (HPFS; 1986-2014) and 80,647 women from the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS; 1980-2014), researchers assessed the risk of total and cause-specific mortality in relation to consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs). Overall, intake […]
May 1, 2019 Rita Rubin, MA JAMA. Published online May 1, 2019. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.2927 Back in 1917, the same year that she cofounded the American Dietetic Association (now the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics), Lenna Frances Cooper authored an article in Good Health magazine that noted “in many ways the breakfast is the most important meal of the day, because […]
Journal of the American Heart Association — Zhang S, et al. | April 29, 2019 In this prospective cohort study that included 13,385 participants (age: 54.2 ± 5.8 years) from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, researchers assessed the risk of incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in relation to the intake of carbohydrates via multivariable Cox […]
Date Posted: 4/30/2019 2:16:57 PM As a central characteristic of gout, hyperuricemia is defined as a serum uric acid concentration higher than 7.0 mg/dL. Hyperuricemia occurs as a result of an imbalance between uric acid synthesis and excretion but is thought to mostly be influenced by decreased renal excretion. Earlier studies showed glycine reduces uric […]
The Journal of Nutrition — Kummer K, et al. | April 25, 2019 In a cohort of American Indians from the Strong Heart Family Study, researchers investigated the risk of incident diabetes in relation to intake of full- and low-fat dairy foods. Study participants (n=1,623; 60.8% females) were free of diabetes at baseline (2001–2003) and […]
Naveed Saleh, MD, MS, for MDLinx | April 18, 2019 Both interval training and moderate-intensity continuous training (MOD) reduce body fat percentage, according to a recent review published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Interval training, however, offers a 28.5% greater reduction in total absolute fat mass. “Interval training may elicit greater weight loss […]
Date: April 17, 2019 Source: University of Edinburgh Summary: Scientists have uncovered fresh insights into how vitamin D affects the immune system and might influence susceptibility to diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Scientists have uncovered fresh insights into how vitamin D affects the immune system and might influence susceptibility to diseases such as multiple sclerosis. […]
March 21, 2019 Stephen Devries, MD JAMA. 2019;321(14):1351-1352. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.1581 Nutrition education in medical school is rudimentary, at best, and limited for the duration of graduate medical education for many specialties. Requirements for meaningful nutrition education in all phases of medical training are long overdue. In randomized clinical trials, dietary interventions have proven to both prevent and […]
BMC Medicine — Adjibade M, et al. | April 16, 2019 Researchers, for the first time, examined the link between the proportion of ultra-processed food (%UPF) in the diet and incident depressive symptoms in the NutriNet-Santé cohort using multivariable Cox proportional hazards models. Participants were aged 18-86 years (women, n=20,380; men, n=6,350) and did not […]
By Reuters Staff April 15, 2019 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Metformin is associated with worse cognitive function in older adults, which could be explained by B-vitamin deficiency, new research suggests. “Fortified foods can provide a bioavailable source of B-vitamins and may be beneficial for maintaining better cognitive health in older people with or at […]
April 3, 2019 Jennifer Abbasi JAMA. Published online April 3, 2019. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.2123 Around 2 decades ago, researchers asked tens of thousands of participants in the Women’s Health Initiative study how often they consumed artificially sweetened beverages over the past 3 months. Recently, they looked at how the diet sodas and fruit drinks the women drank […]
Your body needs cholesterol to make hormones and other substances, but having too much of it in your blood is linked to higher risks of heart disease and stroke. High cholesterol has no symptoms; the only way to find out whether your cholesterol level is high is by having a blood test. A variety of […]