Monthly Archives: April 2017
Antibiotics counteract the beneficial effect of whole grain
This is the first time that an animal experiment confirms a direct relationship between enterolignan concentrations and antibiotic treatments, says Knud Erik Bach Knudsen.
Mental Qigong can be just as rewarding as its physical cousin
“Mental practice of the dynamic Qigong technique Wu Qin Xi has the same effect on EEG brain activity as physical training.” In both cases — physical or mental-only practice — theta and alpha waves both increased in beneficial ways.”
Oral ketones increase HDL and decrease stomach fat
“Oral ketones improved blood lipid profile by raising HDL-cholesterol concentration and decreasing LDL/HDL ratio, while reduced visceral adipocyte volume.”
Breathing your way to preventing high blood pressure
“By interrupting the activity between these two groups of neurons during adolescence, we were able to dramatically reduce development of high blood pressure in adulthood,” says Prof Allen.”
Patients with drug-resistant malaria cured by plant therapy
“In just five days, all 18 people fully recovered. This small but stunningly successful trial offers hope to address the growing problem of drug-resistant malaria.”
Evidence microbiota communicate with mitochondria
“We have found evidence for the first time that bacteria and mitochondria can ‘talk to each other’ at the metabolic level,” Wang said.
Chili peppers and marijuana calm the gut
“I’m hoping to work with the public health authority in Colorado to see if there has been an effect on the severity of colitis among regular users of edible weed,”
The Mediterranean Diet Could Help Kids With ADHD
“Lower frequency of consuming fruit, vegetables, pasta, and rice and higher frequency of skipping breakfast and eating at fast-food restaurants were associated with ADHD diagnosis.”
Both sugary, diet drinks correlated with accelerated brain aging
“Researchers using data from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) found that people who drink sugary beverages frequently are more likely to have poorer memory, smaller overall brain volume, and a significantly smaller hippocampus.”
Inflammatory bowel diseases on the rise in young Canadian children
“Canada has amongst the highest rates of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the world, and the number of children under five years old being diagnosed increased by 7.2 per cent every year between 1999 to 2010”