Ketogenic diet may protect against gout

Could the low-carb, high-fat diet be helpful in treating the symptoms of gout? A new study investigates how the diet affects rodents and humans.

Gut bacteria mediate link between diet and colorectal cancer

Past studies have shown that diet affects the risk of colorectal cancer. New research suggests that this may be down to how diet alters the gut microbiome.

Changes in the diet affect epigenetics via the microbiota

You are what you eat, the old saying goes, but why is that so? Researchers have known for some time that diet affects the balance of microbes in our bodies, but how that translates into an effect…

A mother’s diet before conception can permanently affect how her child’s genes function

Mother’s diet affects the ‘silencing’ of her child’s genes, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

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