Low sugar diet makes foods taste sweeter but does not change preferred level of sweetness

A new study from scientists at the Monell Center and collaborators reveals that while foods such as vanilla pudding taste sweeter following three months on a low-sugar diet, the level of sweetness…

Diet Linked With Daytime Sleepiness And Alertness In Healthy Adults

A new study suggests that your level of sleepiness or alertness during the day may be related to the type of food that you eat.

Sports & Energy Drinks Damage Teeth

Sports drinks hit the wire today with a red light that their level of acidity is increasingly responsible for irreversible damage to teeth, especially amongst adolescents and younger adults, their predominant target market. The report is published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy of General Dentistry…

Maternal Nutrition, What Impact Does It Have On Gene Expression?

During intrauterine life and lactation, undernutrition brings about modifications involving DNA, leading to metabolic pathologies at the adult age. Researchers from CNRS, INRA and Inserm have demonstrated for the first time, through an animal-based study, such repercussions at the level of the leptin gene, the hormone that regulates satiety and metabolism…

Vitamin E May Increase The Life Expectancy Of Males Who Have High Dietary Vitamin C Intake And Smoke Less Than A Pack Per Day

Depending on the level of smoking and dietary vitamin C intake, vitamin E supplementation may extend the life-span of restricted groups of men, according to a study published in the Age and Ageing. Several large randomized trials of humans found that vitamin E supplementation does not reduce mortality…

Vitamin E May Increase The Life Expectancy Of Males Who Have High Dietary Vitamin C Intake And Smoke Less Than A Pack Per Day

Depending on the level of smoking and dietary vitamin C intake, vitamin E supplementation may extend the life-span of restricted groups of men, according to a study published in the Age and Ageing. Several large randomized trials of humans found that vitamin E supplementation does not reduce mortality…