High-fat diet may raise cancer risk by changing gut stem cells

A study of mice suggests that a high-fat diet boosts production of stem cells in the gut – and alters other cells to behave like stem cells – increasing risk of cancer.

University of Leicester-led study reveals how dietary phosphate can increase heart disease risk

A new study has found that high phosphate levels can cause a stress signal inside the cells that line blood vessels, leading to the release of microparticles that promote the formation of blood…

New model can isolate the effects of nutrients on gene expression and physiology

Everyday our cells take in nutrients from food and convert them into the building blocks that make life possible. However, it has been challenging to pinpoint exactly how a single nutrient or vitamin changes gene expression and physiology. Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have developed a novel interspecies model system that allows these questions to be answered.

Vitamin D supplements: are they really good for our health?

There is no doubt that our bodies need vitamin D. It helps regulate the absorption of calcium and phosphorus in our bones, helps our cells to communicate with each other, and helps strengthen our immune system. But can vitamin D supplementation really offer additional health benefits?Previous research suggests it can.

How Much Sugar Is In Your Food?

With people living ever more frantic and fast-paced lives, we can often lose track of which essential and non-essential nutrients we consume. Sugar is vital for good health, without it all the cells in our body would come to a halt and perish. However, too much sugar raises the risk of several diseases and conditions, including rotting teeth, obesity and type 2 diabetes…

The Epigenetic Effects Of Milk

It seems the ads were right. A milk mustache is a good thing to have.

Odorant Receptors Found In Non-Olfactory Cells

In a discovery suggesting that odors may have a far more important role in life than previously believed, scientists have found that heart, blood, lung and other cells in the body have the same receptors for sensing odors that exist in the nose…

Pancreatic Cancer Prevented By Bitter Melon Juice In Mouse Models

A University of Colorado Cancer study published this week in the journal Carcinogenesis shows that bitter melon juice restricts the ability of pancreatic cancer cells to metabolize glucose, thus cutting the cells’ energy source and eventually killing them. “Three years ago researchers showed the effect of bitter melon extract on breast cancer cells only in a Petri dish…

More Healthful Foods To Nourish The Non-Human You?

The focus of nutrition for good health is quietly shifting to include consumption of food ingredients specifically designed to nourish the non-human cells that comprise 80 percent of the cells in the typical person, an authority on the topic said. Speaking at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society, Robert Rastall, Ph.D…

Protein, Not Sugar, Stimulates Cells Keeping Us Thin And Awake, New Study Suggests

A new study has found that protein and not sugar activates the cells responsible for keeping us awake and burning calories.

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