Immune cells in the brain could be targets for obesity treatment
Fat-rich diets cause microglia – immune cells that live in the brain and spinal cord – to trigger overeating and weight gain in mice, a new study shows.
July 5, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: brain, diets-cause, immune-cells, new-study, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, the-brain, trigger-overeating
Changing diet to unmask cancer vulnerabilities and reduce cancer risk
Many recent studies showed that calorie restrictions reduce the incidence of cancer, whereas high-calorie diets cause obesity and diabetes, both of which increase the risk of developing cancers.
December 31, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: calorie-restrictions, diet, diets-cause, incidence, oncalldietitian.com, reduce-the-incidence, risk, the-risk
Western diet exacerbates sepsis, mouse study suggests
High-fat diets cause a dramatic immune system overreaction to sepsis, a condition of systemic bacterial infection. An experimental study in mice has shown that a diet high in saturated fat, sugars and cholesterol greatly exaggerates the inflammatory response to sepsis.
October 19, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet-high, diets-cause, dramatic-immune, greatly-exaggerates, inflammatory, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, saturated-fat, systemic-bacterial, the-inflammatory
