Nutrition

Medically reviewed by Dr. Samuel Sarmiento, M.D., MPH on August 3, 2023 Vitamin D has been found to exert numerous neuroprotective effects in multiple sclerosis, according to a recent review. Vitamin D deficiency in childhood and adolescence is a multiple sclerosis (MS) risk factor. The mechanism of vitamin D-mediated anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity in MS...

Findings show variance, but consistent trend seen across the world The prevalence of daily consumption of soft drinks is associated with the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescent students globally, according to a study published online July 24 in JAMA Network Open. Huan Hu, Ph.D., from the Research Center for Prevention from Radiation Hazards of...

Small improvement seen in global cognition scores, but no different from those following control diet with mild caloric restriction. The Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) with mild caloric restriction does not change cognition or brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes compared with a control diet with mild caloric restriction, according to a study published...

The consumption of a low-fat, plant-based diet containing decreased dietary advanced glycation end-products aids in reducing the frequency of severe hot flashes in postmenopausal women. Hot flashes in postmenopausal women tend to be associated with a greater risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Changes in the dietary consumption of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) have...

Black adolescent females with obesity may be vulnerable to racially targeted food marketing. Unhealthy food advertisements disproportionately target black youth and contribute to poor diets and obesity. Those with food-related attentional biases (ABs), who over-attend to food cues, may be especially vulnerable. Although research has shown a negative impact of unhealthy food advertisements on children,...

However, weight loss by 12 months was not significantly different for time-restricted eating, calorie restriction. Time-restricted eating (TRE) is more effective for weight loss than control, but is no more effective than calorie restriction (CR), according to a study published online June 27 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Shuhao Lin, a registered dietician from the...

Higher levels of eicosapentaenoic acid and linoleic acid also associated with reduced risk of death during follow-up. Higher plasma levels of the polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is associated with reduced risk of death in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a study published online June 21 in Neurology. Kjetil Bjornevik, M.D.,...

United States counties with food desert or food swamp environments have higher obesity-related cancer mortality. Obesity-related cancers comprise 40% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States annually. A healthy diet is a modifiable factor that reduces obesity-related cancer incidence and mortality. Residing in a food desert or food swamp is a major barrier to...

A systematic review investigated the relationship between dairy product consumption and breast cancer risk, which remains a subject of controversy in the medical field. The review concluded that, in most studies, dairy intake was inversely associated with the risk of breast cancer. Dairy consumption was found to be inversely associated with the risk of developing...