The main analysis found no statistically significant association between total ultra-processed food intake and colorectal cancer incidence, while food-group associations differed.
Read story: Ultra-processed foods and colorectal cancer: overall and subgroup findings differ in a large cohort ↗High-dose DHA changed the biological marker under study without outperforming placebo on cognitive tests.
Read story: DHA changed a biological marker, but a two-year trial did not demonstrate cognitive benefit ↗In postpartum data from 55 adolescent mothers and their infants, maternal fat mass was associated with leptin in blood and milk. Higher…
Read story: Milk hormones may reflect characteristics of mothers and infants ↗When mice received equal-calorie fructose or glucose, fructose suppressed hunger-related AgRP neuron activity less strongly. The research indicates that signals travelling from…
Read story: Fructose and glucose affect hunger circuits differently in mice ↗Across 183 samples from 21 North Carolina treatment plants, researchers detected DNA from 184 plant and 116 animal food groups. Patterns in…
Read story: Can DNA in wastewater reveal what a community eats? ↗An analysis of 38,283 women compared dietary patterns with weight change across the years before and after menopause. Patterns expected to produce…
Read story: Weight change around menopause: a study of whole dietary patterns ↗Fifteen people with peanut allergy received capsules containing gut microbes from non-allergic donors. After four months, tolerated peanut amounts increased in three…
Read story: Could gut microbes help with peanut allergy? An early small study ↗Laboratory tests examined 39 sweeteners and 25 gut bacterial strains. Their effects could change in the presence of caffeine and certain medicines.
Read story: Sweeteners and gut bacteria may have a more complex relationship ↗Data from 22,851 US participants collected during 2001–2018 suggested that inadequate iodine intake became more common.
Read story: Are people getting enough iodine? US data point to a growing gap ↗
