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How to boost your mood through food
Date: 30/03/2022
Foods high in sugar, refined flour or saturated fats activate inflammation, which is strongly linked to depression.
Artificial Sweeteners during pregnancy may affect baby's microbiome and increase obesity risk
Date: 17/01/2022
A new study investigates the link between consuming sweeteners during pregnancy and a child's risk of obesity. Pregnant rats fed with stevia or aspartame gave birth to pups that had a higher risk of obesity and specific changes in their gut microbiome. The findings highlight the importance of maternal nutrition during pregnancy.
Your gut senses the difference between real sugar and artificial sweetener
Date: 13/01/2022
Many people struggle with sugar cravings, and now we have a better understanding of how the gut senses sugars (and why artificial sweeteners don't curb those cravings)
How does excess sugar affect the developing brain throughout childhood and adolescence?
Date: 11/01/2022
A neuroscientist explains how research indicates that consumption of sugary food is associated with mental distress – such as anxiety and depression – and disrupted sleep.
What is the short-term impact of sugary drinks in the classroom?
Date: 03/11/2021
The results from this study clearly indicate a causal impact of sugary drinks on children's behavior and test scores
Looking to lose weight? Diet drinks might not be the sweet spot: study
Date: 28/09/2021
For females and people with obesity drinking artificially sweetened drinks may trick the brain into feeling hungry, which may in turn result in more calories being consumed
Clues to brain health may lie in the gut
Date: 08/09/2021
The gut contains sensors that rapidly send messages to the brain to help it decide what foods to eat, how well to sleep and even whether to feel pain.
Study shows potential dangers of sweeteners
Date: 25/06/2021
This study is the first to show that some of the sweeteners most commonly found in food and drink—saccharin, sucralose and aspartame—can make normal and 'healthy' gut bacteria become pathogenic.
Mouse studies find sugar-free energy drinks just as harmful
Date: 17/05/2021
The study showed long-term energy drink intake, sugar-free or not, results in heightened blood glucose and bad fats (triglycerides), which are the common feature of diabetes. It also increased body fat without any changes in weight.
Researchers call for clearer disclosures about added sugars, diet sweeteners and percent juice on product packages
Date: 08/04/2021
Current labeling regulations and practices fail to give parents and caregivers adequate information, and likely contribute to widespread consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks by young children, according to new research.
The gut mycobiome influences the metabolism of processed foods
Date: 05/03/2021
Researchers found that exposure to a processed diet, which is representative of a typical Western diet, led to persistent differences in fungal communities that significantly associated with differential deposition of body mass in male mice, as compared to mice fed a standardized diet.
You know sugar is bad for your kids—here's what you can do
Date: 04/01/2021
More than two-thirds of all packaged foods contain added sweeteners. Why does that matter? Research has found links between kids' high-sugar diets and problems with sleep, learning and emotional health, not to mention serious conditions like diabetes and fatty liver disease.
Artificially sweetened drinks may not be heart healthier than sugary drinks
Date: 27/10/2020
This study suggests that sugary drinks and artificially sweetened beverages are associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease
Excessive fructose consumption may cause a leaky gut, leading to fatty liver disease
Date: 24/08/2020
Excessive consumption of fructose—a sweetener ubiquitous in the American diet—can result in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
How does sugar drive consumption? Scientists discover gut-brain sugar sensor in mice
Date: 15/04/2020
The discovery of a specialized gut-brain circuit offers new insight into the way the brain and body evolved to seek out sugar. By laying the foundation for new ways to modify this circuit, this research offers promising new paths to reducing sugar over-consumption.
9 April 2020 - MedicalXpress - The science of how diet can change the way sugar tastes
Date: 09/04/2020
The food animals eat can change how they perceive future food. Researchers have discovered the basic science of how sweet taste perception is fine-tuned in response to different diets. This response uses the same machinery that the brain uses to learn.
3 March 2020 - Science Daily - The origin of satiety: Brain cells that change shape after a meal
Date: 03/03/2020
Researchers reveal the mechanisms in our brains that lead to feelings of satiation after eating. They involve a series of reactions triggered by a rise in blood glucose levels.
Resolving bitter debate over low-cal sweeteners
Date: 03/03/2020
Sucralose linked to problematic metabolic and neural changes, when consumed along with a certain carbohydrate, while drinks with low-calorie sweeteners or sugar alone do not provoke the changes.
30 January 2019 - MedicalXpress - Low-calorie sweeteners do not mean low risk for infants
Date: 29/01/2020
Consumption of low-calorie sweeteners during pregnancy increases body fat in offspring and disrupts their gut microbiota - study.
Food additives and sweeteners found to impact gut microbiome diversity
Date: 27/01/2020
Certain additives and artificial sweeteners can change microbial composition, say scientists, who note the altered profile is similar to that seen in those with inflammatory bowel disease or obesity.
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