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- Evolutionary Health and Aging
Evidence On Chronic Ketosis In Traditional Arctic Populations
This study challenges claims that traditional Arctic peoples avoided ketosis, suggesting they may have actually been in ketosis regularly despite low-carb diets.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Evidence On The Effects Of Exercise Therapy In The Treatment Of Chronic Disease
Research shows that exercise therapy safely improves fitness and strength in people with chronic diseases, and may also reduce pain and improve survival in certain conditions.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Evidence On The Effects Of Exercise Therapy In The Treatment Of Chronic Disease(1)
Research shows that exercise therapy safely improves fitness and strength in people with chronic diseases, and may also reduce symptoms and improve survival.
- Nutrition and Health
Evidence That Supports The Prescription Of Low Carbohydrate High Fat Diets A Narrative Review
Research shows low-carb, high-fat diets can safely improve most heart disease risk factors, blood sugar control, and weight loss, though cholesterol responses vary between individuals.
- Evolutionary Health and Aging
Evolution, Medicine, And Public Health [2019] Pp. 183–189 Doi 10.1093 Emph Eoz026 Human Enhancement Genetic Engineering And Evolution
This research examines how genetic engineering to enhance human abilities could affect our evolution and requires careful consideration of complex biological interactions and ethical boundaries.
- Dental Health
Evolutionary And Population Genomics Of The Cavity Causing Bacteria Streptococcus Mutans
Scientists studied the genetics of Streptococcus mutans, the main bacteria that causes tooth decay, and found it evolved to become more cavity-causing around 10,000 years ago when humans started farming.
- Evolutionary Health and Aging
Evolutionary Basis For The Human Diet Consequences For Human Health
This research traces how human diets evolved over millions of years, from fruit-eating ancestors to meat-rich diets to modern grain-based foods, explaining today's health challenges.
- Evolutionary Health and Aging
Evolutionary Trajectories Of Complex Traits In European Populations Of Modern Humans
Researchers tracked genetic changes in Europeans since ancient times, finding increases in height and intelligence but also higher heart disease risk through lower protective HDL cholesterol.
- Heart Health
Evolving Concepts Of Myocardial Energy Metabolism More Than Just Fats And Carbohydrates
Scientists are discovering that the heart uses more than just fats and carbohydrates for energy - it also burns ketones and amino acids, which may affect heart disease.
- Nutrition and Health
Examining The Effect Of Consuming C 8 Medium Chain Triglyceride Oil For 14 Days On Markers Of NLRP3 Activation In Healthy Humans
Researchers found that taking MCT oil daily for two weeks, despite raising ketone levels, did not reduce inflammation markers in healthy young adults.
- Environment and Health
Exaptation Traits For Megafaunal Mutualisms As A Factor In Plant Domestication
This research explores how the extinction of large ancient animals may have influenced which plants humans eventually domesticated for agriculture.
- Nutrition and Health
Excessive Intake Of Sugar An Accomplice Of Inflammation
Research shows that eating too much sugar promotes inflammation in the body, which may worsen autoimmune diseases and contribute to chronic health problems.
- Heart Health
Excessive Intimal Hyperplasia In Human Coronary Arteries Before Intimal Lipid Depositions Is The Initiation Of Coronary Atherosclerosis And Constitutes A Therapeutic Target
This research challenges the common belief that high cholesterol directly causes heart disease, suggesting that thickening of artery walls happens first and creates conditions for cholesterol buildup.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Exercise And Metabolic Health
Exercise improves metabolic health not just through muscle changes, but by benefiting multiple organs including the liver, fat tissue, blood vessels, and pancreas.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Exercise And Metabolic Health(1)
Exercise improves metabolic health not just through muscle changes, but by enhancing how your liver, fat tissue, blood vessels, and pancreas work together to regulate blood sugar and prevent disease.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Exercise And OA
This research review examines how different types of exercise can help treat osteoarthritis by understanding the biological mechanisms that make exercise effective for joint health.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Exercise And OA(1)
Exercise can help treat osteoarthritis by reducing joint inflammation and tissue breakdown, but the type, intensity, and frequency of exercise matters for effectiveness.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Exercise Increases The Proportion Of Fat Utilizati 2007 The American Journal
Exercise helps your body burn fat more efficiently when eating a high-fat diet, reducing the time needed to adapt to dietary changes.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Exercise Increases The Proportion Of Fat Utilizati 2007 The American Journal(1)
Exercise helps your body burn fat more efficiently when eating a high-fat diet, reducing the time needed to adapt to dietary changes.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Exercise Induced ‘browning’ Of Adipose Tissues 201
Exercise can transform white fat cells that store energy into "beige" fat cells that burn calories and generate heat, potentially explaining why physical activity improves metabolic health.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Exercise Induced ‘browning’ Of Adipose Tissues 201(1)
Exercise can transform fat cells from energy-storing "white" fat into energy-burning "beige" fat, which may help explain why physical activity improves metabolic health.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Exerise And Metabolic Health
Exercise improves metabolic health not just through muscle changes, but by benefiting multiple organs including the liver, fat tissue, blood vessels, and pancreas.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Exerise And Metabolic Health(1)
Exercise improves metabolic health not just through muscle changes, but by benefiting multiple organs including the liver, fat tissue, blood vessels, and pancreas.
- Nutrition and Health
Exogenous Antioxidants—Double Edged Swords In Cellular Redox State
Antioxidants from food and supplements can be beneficial at normal doses but potentially harmful at high doses, making balance crucial for health.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Exogenous Ketones Lower Post Exercise Acyl Ghrelin And GLP 1 But Do Not Impact Ad Libitum Energy Intake
Ketone supplements changed hunger hormones after exercise but didn't actually affect how much people ate afterward.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Experimental Physiology 2020 Halsey Are Humans Evolved Specialists For Running In The Heat Man Vs Horse Races
Researchers found that humans maintain running speed better than horses do when temperatures get hot, supporting the idea that we evolved to be heat-resistant endurance runners.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Experimental Physiology 2020 Halsey Are Humans Evolved Specialists For Running In The Heat Man Vs Horse Races(1)
Research comparing human and horse racing performance found that humans maintain their running speed better than horses do when temperatures get hot.
- Evolutionary Health and Aging
Exploring Late Paleolithic And Mesolithic Diet In The Eastern Alpine Region Of Italy Through Multiple Proxies
Researchers studied ancient teeth and bones from 14,000-year-old hunter-gatherers in Italy to understand how our ancestors' diets changed with environmental shifts.
- Evolutionary Health and Aging
Exploring The Relationship Between Lifestyles, Diets And Genetic Adaptations In Humans
Scientists studied how major dietary changes over the past 12,000 years may have influenced human genetic evolution, particularly genes involved in processing food and nutrients.
- Environment and Health
Exposome And Nutritional Pharmacology Toxicology
Researchers propose using targeted nutrition to counteract harmful environmental exposures and enhance beneficial ones by identifying how chemicals affect our body's metabolism.
- Liver and Kidney Health
Expression Analysis Of Oxalate Metabolic Pathway Genes Reveals Oxalate Regulation Patterns In Spinach
Researchers studied why some spinach varieties contain more oxalates (compounds that can interfere with nutrient absorption and kidney health) than others.
- Environment and Health
Eye Diseases Caused By Blue Light
Blue light from phones, computers, and screens can damage your eyes, causing dryness, fatigue, blurred vision, and potentially more serious eye diseases over time.
- Liver and Kidney Health
Factors Associated With 24 Hour Urinary Volume The Swiss Salt Survey
Researchers studied what factors affect daily urine output in healthy people, finding that higher urine volume may help protect kidney function over time.
- Environment and Health
Family Meals Systemic Review
Regular family meals are linked to better mental health outcomes in children and teens, including less depression, substance use, and eating disorders.
- Nutrition and Health
Farmed Blue Mussels (Mytilus Edulis)—a Nutrient Dense Resource Retaining Nutritional Value Through Processing
Blue mussels are a nutrient-dense superfood that retain their high levels of essential amino acids and omega-3 fatty acids even after cooking and processing.
- Nutrition and Health
Fasting How To Guide
Researchers reviewed fasting methods to create practical guidelines for doctors, finding that while fasting can improve weight loss and longevity, safe protocols are still needed.
- Nutrition and Health
Fasting Molecular Mechanisms And Clinical Applications
Research shows that fasting triggers beneficial cellular changes that may help prevent diseases like diabetes and heart disease while potentially extending lifespan.
- Heart Health
Fasting Mimicking Diet
A fasting-mimicking diet performed monthly for five days helped prevent weight gain, heart problems, and blood sugar issues caused by eating high-fat foods in a two-year mouse study.
- Gut Health
Fasting Mimicking Diet Modulates Microbiota And Promotes Intestinal Regeneration To Reduce Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pathology
A fasting-mimicking diet helped reduce inflammation and heal the gut in both mice with inflammatory bowel disease and healthy humans by improving gut bacteria.
- Heart Health
Fasting Mimicking Diet On Cardiometabolic Risk
A fasting-mimicking diet used monthly for two years prevented weight gain and heart problems in mice fed unhealthy high-fat diets.
- Evolutionary Health and Aging
Fasting Mimmicking Diet And Aging
Researchers studied whether a fasting-mimicking diet could improve markers of aging and reduce risk factors for diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.
- Liver and Kidney Health
Fasting Time And Lipid Parameters Association With Hepatic Steatosis — Data From A Random Population Sample
This study found that how long you fast before blood tests significantly affects cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and fatty liver disease makes these changes even more pronounced.
- Heart Health
Fat Based Metabolism
This research explores how fat-burning metabolism (ketosis) affects sleep patterns differently than sugar-burning metabolism, potentially explaining why ketogenic diets benefit both brain and body health.
- Nutrition and Health
Fat Label Compared With Fat Content Gastrointestinal 2018 The American Jou
This study found that food labels influence digestive symptoms more than actual fat content, showing that what people think they're eating affects how they feel.
- Nutrition and Health
Fatty Acid Analysis Of Wild Ruminant Tissues Evolutionary Implications For Reducing Diet Related Ch
Wild game animals have healthier fat compositions than grain-fed cattle, suggesting our ancestors ate better fats that may help prevent modern chronic diseases.
- Environment and Health
Fatty Acid Composition, Proximate Analysis, And Consumer Sensory Evaluation Of United States Retail Grass Fed Ground Beef
This study found that grass-fed ground beef contains three times more omega-3 fatty acids than grain-fed beef, but grain-fed beef scored higher on taste tests.
- Mental Health
Fatty Fish Intake And Attention Performance In 14–15 Year Old Adolescents FINS TEENS A Randomized Controlled Trial
A study of 426 teenagers found that eating fatty fish three times per week for 12 weeks improved attention and processing speed compared to eating meat or taking omega-3 supplements.
- Liver and Kidney Health
Fatty Liver Due To Increased De Novo Lipogenesis Alterations In The Hepatic Peroxisomal Proteome
Researchers found that when the liver makes too much fat internally, it causes major changes in cellular structures called peroxisomes that help break down fats.
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