Penn State researchers strapped small weights to the legs of growing guinea fowl. As adults, those birds carried extra load without paying any extra energy cost, while their unloaded peers burned 23% more. What might this mean for human kids?
In mice, olive oil given before glucose blunted the early blood sugar rise by slowing the stomach and recruiting glucagon, GLP-1 and the vagus nerve. Here is what that does and does not tell us.
A 12-week Texas A&M trial in adults aged 45 to 65 found that daily creatine added lean tissue and strength, with or without a structured exercise program.
A pilot study of 20 people with depression found that swapping ultra-processed food for a healthier diet was linked to clear improvements in symptoms within weeks. The results are preliminary, but they set up a larger trial.
Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages on the planet, and it's long been linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. What's been murkier is why, the biological mechanisms behind those benefits have... Continue Reading →
Cheese has always felt like a bit of alchemy: milk, a handful of cultures, patience, and suddenly you have something with texture, aroma, and a personality of its own. A new study from the University of Reading, published in ACS... Continue Reading →
Gut bacteria need to eat, and if you don't feed them, they'll find something else to feed on, including you. Two new studies from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research's Princeton branch, led by Jenna AbuSalim and Joshua Rabinowitz, dig... Continue Reading →
Protein-fortified everything is having a moment, it's in cereal, in coffee, even in bottled water. So it might come as a surprise that a new scientific review is making the opposite case: that many of us, especially those who aren't... Continue Reading →
What does rapid long-distance travel actually do to the body's internal clock and gut bacteria, and can any of it be managed? Two clocks, one disruptionThe body runs on a central circadian clock in the brain's suprachiasmatic nucleus, which is... Continue Reading →