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High-Sucrose Diet during Adolescence May Contribute to Pathogenesis of Psychiatric Disorders

Hirai et al. demonstrated that a high-sucrose diet during adolescence induces psychosis-related behavioral endophenotypes, including hyperactivity, poor working memory, impaired sensory gating, and disrupted interneuron function in mice deficient for GLO1, an enzyme involved in detoxification of sucrose metabolites. Image credit: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science.
Dec 28, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using a mouse model, a team of researchers at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science demonstrated that high-dietary sucrose consumption during adolescence is a potential risk factor for the development of behavioral phenotypes associated with psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Hirai et al. demonstrated that a high-sucrose diet during adolescence induces psychosis-related behavioral endophenotypes, including...

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Shin et al. provide evidence that dark chocolate consumption in everyday life influences physiological and psychological states. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Daily Consumption of 85% Dark Chocolate May Improve Your Mood

Dec 22, 2021 by Sergio Prostak

New research by scientists from Seoul National University, Korea Food Research Institute and Chungnam National University suggests that dark chocolate...

Redondo et al. found a greater accuracy for both the horizontal and random motion paths of DVA after caffeine ingestion. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Caffeine Intake Improves Reaction to Moving Targets, New Study Suggests

Dec 8, 2021 by News Staff

New research suggests that caffeine intake (i.e., a capsule containing 4 mg/kg) has an ergogenic effect on dynamic visual acuity (DVA) — the ability...

Pacheco et al. investigated the impact of two levels of avocado allotment, plus a standard nutrition education intervention on the nutritional status of Hispanic/Latino families. Image credit: Sandid.

Study: High Avocado Consumption Improves Family-Level Nutritional Status

Dec 2, 2021 by News Staff

A new clinical trial has demonstrated that a differential allotment of avocados may impact overall self-reported caloric consumption, as well as macro-...

Habitual coffee intake may be a protective factor against Alzheimer’s disease; specifically, increased coffee consumption could contribute to slower cognitive decline potentially by slowing the rate of cerebral Aβ-amyloid accumulation, and in doing so, ameliorate the associated neurotoxicity from Aβ-amyloid-mediated oxidative stress and inflammatory processes. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Higher Coffee Consumption Associated with Slower Cognitive Decline

Nov 24, 2021 by News Staff

A new long-term study led by Edith Cowan University scientists further supports the hypothesis that coffee intake may be a protective factor against Alzheimer’s...

Marcus et al. found that coffee consumption increases ventricular ectopy, increase physical activity, and reduces sleep duration. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Coffee Consumption Has Both Beneficial and Harmful Short-Term Health Effects, Says New Study

Nov 18, 2021 by News Staff

In a new randomized trial, participants who drunk caffeinated coffee for two weeks were more physically active, yet they also had an increased number of...

Zhang et al. found that drinking coffee and tea separately or in combination were associated with lower risk of stroke and dementia; intake of coffee alone or in combination with tea was associated with lower risk of poststroke dementia. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Study: Coffee and Tea Consumption Lowers Stroke and Dementia Risk

Nov 16, 2021 by News Staff

In a large prospective cohort study published today in the journal PLoS Medicine, a team of researchers from Tianjin Medical University and Yale University...

Yang et al. provide novel preliminary information about the effects of grape intake on the gut microbiome, host cholesterol, and bile acid metabolism. Image credit: Bruno.

Grape Consumption Modifies Gut Microbiome, Lowers Blood Cholesterol Levels: Study

Nov 12, 2021 by News Staff

Consuming grapes significantly increases the diversity of gut bacteria, decreases cholesterol levels as well as bile acids which play an integral role...

Cocoa and green tea flavonoids may be beneficial in the nutritional management of age-related deterioration of the neuromuscular system. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Green Tea and Cocoa-Enriched Diet May Help Prevent Age-Associated Neuromuscular Changes

Sep 2, 2021 by Natali Anderson

A new study in mice provides insights into the use of green tea and cocoa flavonoids as nutritional interventions for the treatment of aging-related neuromuscular...

Regular walnut consumption may be a useful part of a multicomponent dietary intervention or dietary pattern to lower atherogenic lipids and improve CVD risk. Image credit: Lubos Houska.

Walnut-Supplemented Diet May Help Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Aug 31, 2021 by News Staff

Eating 30-60 grams (15% of energy) of walnuts every day for two years lowered levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or ‘bad’) cholesterol and reduced...

Guarneiri et al. saw an average drop of 5% in total cholesterol and between 6% and 9% in LDL among participants who consumed pecans. Image credit: Jackie Matthews.

Daily Pecan Consumption May Help Reduce Cholesterol Levels

Aug 24, 2021 by News Staff

In a new randomized, controlled trial, participants at risk for cardiovascular disease who ate pecans (Carya illinoinensis) during an eight-week intervention...

Kennedy et al. found that fetal gut colonization of healthy term infants does not occur before birth. Image credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health.

Fasting Can Protect from Intestinal Bacterial Infections, Study Suggests

Aug 10, 2021 by News Staff

Fasting before and during exposure to invasive food-borne bacteria protects mice from developing a full-blown gastrointestinal infection, in part through...

Pham et al. examined whether habitual coffee consumption is associated with differences in brain volumes or the odds of dementia or stroke. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Excessive Coffee Consumption is Associated with Smaller Brain Volumes, Increased Odds of Dementia

Jul 23, 2021 by News Staff

Coffee is a highly popular beverage worldwide, containing caffeine which is a central nervous system stimulant. In a study of 398,646 UK Biobank participants,...

Kim et al. found no evidence that moderate coffee consumption can cause arrhythmia. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Researchers Find No Link between Habitual Coffee Consumption and Arrhythmia

Jul 21, 2021 by News Staff

In a large, prospective, population-based community cohort study of 386,258 coffee drinkers, greater amounts of habitual coffee consumption were inversely...

Reuter et al. found that high doses of caffeine (800 mg) consumed over a six-hour period almost doubled the amount of calcium lost in the urine. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Excessive Caffeine Consumption May Increase Risk of Osteoporosis

Jul 20, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

In a double-blind clinical study, researchers examined the impact of high-dose, short-term caffeine intake on renal clearance of calcium, sodium and creatinine...

Khan et al. performed a meta-analysis of 38 randomized controlled trials of omega-3 fatty acids, stratified by EPA monotherapy and EPA+DHA therapy. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes, Review Says

Jul 8, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

In a systematic review and meta-analysis of 38 randomized controlled trials comprising 149,051 participants, omega-3 fatty acids — such as eicosapentaenoic...

In healthy eyes, photopic visual acuity improved significantly after cocoa flavanols ingestion and showed a non-significant trend to an improvement with red-berries anthocyanins. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Study: Eating Pure Cocoa Improves Visual Acuity in Daylight

Jun 29, 2021 by Natali Anderson

A duo of researchers in Spain has examined the acute effect of compounds found in cocoa and red berries on retinal functions in healthy eyes. In healthy...

The postmenopausal females studied by Hernández-González et al. did not gain body weight with chocolate intake. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

High Intake of Chocolate in the Morning Could Help Burn Body Fat, Reduce Blood Glucose Levels

Jun 25, 2021 by Natali Anderson

A new study, led by Brigham and Women’s Hospital scientists, suggests that having chocolate in the morning or in the evening/night results in differential...

Drinking any type of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of developing chronic liver disease and related liver conditions.

All Types of Coffee are Protective against Chronic Liver Disease, Study Shows

Jun 22, 2021 by News Staff

In a study involving almost 500,000 adults from the United Kingdom, a team of scientists from the University of Southampton and the University of Edinburgh...

A healthy diet that includes the consumption of popular fruits, such as apples, bananas and oranges, but not fruit juice, may play a role in mitigating risk of type 2 diabetes. Image credit: Romanov.

Healthy Diet Rich in Whole Fruits May Play Role in Mitigating Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Jun 3, 2021 by News Staff

In a study of 7,675 Australians, higher total fruit consumption was associated with better measures of glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity; furthermore,...

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