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- Nutrition and Health
Plant Based Dietary Patterns Plant Foods And Age Rela 2019 Advances In Nut
Research shows that plant-rich diets, especially those high in berries, nuts, and vegetables, may help protect brain function and slow cognitive decline as we age.
- Nutrition and Health
Plant Based Diets What Should Be On T 2003 The American Journal Of Clinical
Plant-based diets rich in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables are linked to longer life and lower heart disease risk, while refined grains may be particularly harmful for some populations.
- Heart Health
Plant Based Diets And Cardiovascular Health
Research shows that plant-based diets rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and nuts are linked to better heart health and lower cardiovascular disease risk.
- Environment and Health
Plant Based Meats, Human Health, And Climate Change
Plant-based meat alternatives may have lower environmental impact than feedlot beef but are nutritionally different from real meat, despite marketing claims of equivalence.
- Nutrition and Health
PLANT POISONING IN FREE LIVING WILD ANIMALS A REVIEW
This research examines how wild animals naturally avoid or cope with toxic plants, offering insights into how nature handles harmful substances.
- Heart Health
Plant Sterols In Serum And In Atherosclerotic Plaques Of Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy
Researchers found that plant sterols from diet accumulate in artery-blocking plaques, and statin medications may increase this accumulation.
- Evolutionary Health and Aging
Plant‐eating Carnivores Multispecies Analysis On Factors Influencing The Frequency Of Plant Occurrence In Obligate Carnivores
Scientists found that smaller wild cats eat plants more often than larger ones, possibly to help with parasites and digestion efficiency.
- Environment and Health
Plants Containing Urinary Tract, Gastrointestinal, Or Miscellaneous Toxins That Affect Livestock
This veterinary research identifies common plants that can cause kidney, digestive, and other health problems in livestock, helping farmers recognize and prevent plant poisoning.
- Heart Health
Plaque Begets Plaque, ApoB Does Not
A study found that in healthy people following ketogenic diets, existing arterial plaque predicted future plaque growth, but elevated cholesterol levels did not.
- Heart Health
Plaque Neovascularization Is Increased In Ruptured Atherosclerotic Lesions Of Human Aorta Implications For Plaque Vulnerability
Researchers found that dangerous arterial plaques that rupture and cause heart attacks have more tiny blood vessels growing into them than stable plaques.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Plasma Acylcarnitines And Risk Of Lower Extremity Functional Impairment In Older Adults A Nested Case–control Study
Researchers found that higher blood levels of certain fat-processing compounds called acylcarnitines may predict increased risk of mobility problems in older adults.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Plasma Acylcarnitines And Risk Of Lower Extremity Functional Impairment In Older Adults A Nested Case–control Study(1)
Researchers found that higher blood levels of certain fat-processing molecules called acylcarnitines may predict increased risk of leg weakness and mobility problems in older adults.
- Heart Health
Plasma And Dietary Omega 3 Fatty Acids Fish Intake 2012 The American Journa
This study of nearly 20,000 male physicians found that eating fish more than once per month was associated with lower heart failure risk.
- Heart Health
Plasma Concentrations And Genetic Variation Of Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 And Prognosis Of Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
Higher blood levels of a protein called MMP-9 were linked to increased risk of death from heart disease in patients who already had coronary artery disease.
- Hormone Health
Plasma Ghrelin Levels And Hunger Scores In Humans Initiating Meals Voluntarily Without Time And Food Related Cues
Scientists found that ghrelin, a hormone that makes you feel hungry, naturally rises before people choose to eat meals on their own schedule.
- Hormone Health
Plasma Ghrelin Levels And Hunger Scores In Humans Initiating Meals Voluntarily Without Time And Food Related Cues(1)
Researchers found that ghrelin, a hormone that signals hunger, naturally rises before people choose to eat meals on their own schedule, supporting its role in triggering appetite.
- Heart Health
Platelet Aggregation, Eicosanoid Production And Thrombogenic Ratio In Individuals At High Cardiovascular Risk Consuming Meat Enriched In Walnut Paste. A Crossover, Placebo Controlled Study
Eating meat enriched with walnut paste improved blood clotting factors and reduced cardiovascular risk markers compared to low-fat meat in high-risk adults.
- Liver and Kidney Health
Polyamine Synthesis As A Target Of MYC Oncogenes
Researchers are studying how blocking polyamine production (molecules that help cells grow) could be a new way to treat certain cancers, especially childhood neuroblastoma.
- Gut Health
Polyphenols And Gut
Plant compounds called polyphenols promote the growth of a beneficial gut bacteria that helps protect against obesity, diabetes, and inflammation.
- Gut Health
Polyphenols As Drivers Of A Homeostatic Gut Microecology And Immuno Metabolic Traints Of Akkermansia Muciniphila
Polyphenols found in colorful plant foods can boost levels of Akkermansia muciniphila, a beneficial gut bacteria that helps protect against obesity, diabetes, and inflammation.
- Environment and Health
Pork Meat Increases Iron Absorption From A 5 Day Fully Controlled Diet When Compared To A Vegetarian Diet With Similar Vitamin C And Phytic Acid Content
A study found that eating pork meat significantly improves iron absorption compared to a vegetarian diet, even when both diets contain similar levels of vitamin C and phytic acid.
- Nutrition and Health
Possible Adverse Effects Of Frying With Vegetable Oils
Research shows that repeatedly heating vegetable oils at high temperatures during frying creates potentially harmful chemical compounds, though the actual health risks remain unclear.
- Liver and Kidney Health
Possible Nonneurological Health Benefits Of Ketogenic Diet Review Of Scientific Reports Over The Past Decade
A comprehensive review found that ketogenic diets may offer health benefits beyond treating epilepsy, including weight loss, better blood sugar control in diabetes, and improved heart health markers.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Post Exercise Ketosis
Researchers found that untrained people develop elevated ketones (fat-burning byproducts) hours after exercise, while trained athletes typically don't, suggesting fitness level affects how the body burns fuel after workouts.
- Liver and Kidney Health
Post Hoc Analyses Of Surrogate Markers Of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) And Liver Fibrosis In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes In A Digitally Supported Continuous Care Intervention An Open Label, Non Randomised Controlled Study
A digital health program using nutritional ketosis significantly improved liver health markers in people with type 2 diabetes compared to usual care.
- Heart Health
Postprandial Hyperglycemia Impairs Vascular Endothelial Functi 2011 The Jour
Eating glucose causes temporary spikes in blood sugar that immediately impair blood vessel function in healthy young men, potentially increasing heart disease risk.
- Heart Health
Postprandial Lipid Metabolism In Normolipidemic Subjects And Patients With Mild To Moderate Hypertriglyceridemia
Different types of fats affect blood triglyceride levels differently after meals, with medium-chain fats causing less increase than saturated or monounsaturated fats.
- Hormone Health
Postprandial Spillover Of Dietary Lipid Into Plasma Is Increas 2012 The Jour
This study found that eating moderate amounts of fat causes more dietary fat to spill into the bloodstream than expected, especially in leaner older men.
- Hormone Health
Postprandial Spillover Of Dietary Lipid Into Plasma Is Increas 2012 The Jour(1)
When older men eat moderate amounts of fat, more dietary fat "spills over" into their bloodstream, and this effect is greater in leaner individuals.
- Nutrition and Health
Potato Lectin
Scientists studied a protein found in potatoes called potato lectin, discovering how it binds to specific sugar molecules and its detailed chemical structure.
- Liver and Kidney Health
Potential Role Of Sugar (fructose) In The Epidemic Of Hypertension, Obesity And The Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, Kidney Disease, And Cardiovascular Disease
Researchers propose that fructose (a type of sugar) may be a key driver behind the rising rates of obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and kidney disease.
- Heart Health
Prediction Of Cardiovascular Risk Factors From Retinal Fundus Photographs
Researchers developed artificial intelligence technology that can predict heart disease risk by analyzing photographs of the blood vessels in the back of the eye.
- Evolutionary Health and Aging
Preference For The Nearer Of Otherwise Equivalent Navigational Goals Quantifies Behavioral Motivation And Natural Selection
Researchers discovered that humans naturally prefer choosing closer goals over farther ones when options are equally good, which could help us understand decision-making and behavior change.
- Hormone Health
Pregnancy Loss Of Control Over Eating A Longitu 2018 The American Journal O
Pregnant women who frequently lose control over their eating tend to gain more weight during pregnancy and have children with higher birth weights who are more likely to be overweight as teenagers.
- Hormone Health
Pregnancy Loss Of Control Over Eating A Longitu 2018 The American Journal O(1)
Pregnant women who experience loss of control over eating gain more weight, have larger babies, and their children are more likely to be overweight as teenagers.
- Nutrition and Health
Prepregnancy Low To Moderate Alcohol Intake Is Not Associa 2016 The Journal
A large study of nearly 28,000 pregnancies found that light to moderate alcohol consumption before pregnancy does not increase the risk of miscarriage or stillbirth.
- Nutrition and Health
Preschool Iron Folic Acid And Zinc Supplementation In Childre 2011 The Journ
A study in Nepal found that giving preschoolers iron, folic acid, and zinc supplements after their mothers took similar supplements during pregnancy provided no additional cognitive benefits.
- Environment and Health
Present Status And Perspectives On The Use Of Alkylresorcinols As Biomarkers Of Wholegrain Wheat And Rye Intake
Scientists are developing ways to measure compounds called alkylresorcinols in blood and urine to objectively track how much whole grain wheat and rye people actually eat.
- Heart Health
Prevalance Of Heart And Kidney Metabolic Syndromes In US 2025
A major study found that over 10% of US adults have advanced cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, a condition linking heart, kidney, and metabolic diseases.
- Nutrition and Health
Prevalence Of Optimal Metabolic Health In American Adults National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey 2009–2016
Only 12% of American adults have optimal metabolic health markers like healthy blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels.
- Evolutionary Health and Aging
Prey Size Decline As A Unifying Ecological Selecting Agent In Pleistocene Human Evolution
Researchers propose that the disappearance of large animals during human prehistory forced our ancestors to adapt by developing bigger brains, better tools, and new hunting strategies.
- Gut Health
Priming For Life Early Life Nutrition And The Microbiota Gut Brain Axis
The bacteria in our gut are established during the first 1000 days of life and are heavily influenced by early nutrition, potentially affecting brain development and long-term health.
- Evolutionary Health and Aging
Principal Aspects Regarding The Maintenance Of Mammalian Mitochondrial Genome Integrity
This research explores how cells maintain the health of mitochondrial DNA - the genetic material in our cellular powerhouses that's crucial for energy production and aging.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Principle Of Transformation Between Fibrous Connective Tissue And Adipose Tissue
Researchers propose that muscle, scar tissue, and fat can transform into each other based on energy levels in the body.
- Joint, Muscle Health and Exercise
Principle Of Transformation Between Fibrous Connective Tissue And Adipose Tissue(1)
Researchers propose that muscle, connective tissue, and fat can transform into each other based on energy and pressure levels in the body.
- Dental Health
Private Interests And The Start Of Fluoride Supplemented High Carbohydrate Nutritional Guidelines
This research reveals how private interests influenced dental organizations to promote fluoride use alongside high-carbohydrate diets, despite evidence that low-carb diets alone prevent tooth decay.
- Gut Health
Probiotics Lactobacillus Gasseri KS 13 Bifidobacterium Bif 2017 The Americ
A specific combination of three probiotic strains improved quality of life and reduced allergy symptoms in people with seasonal allergies during an 8-week spring study.
- Heart Health
Progress In Understanding The LDL Receptor And HMG CoA Reductase, Two Membrane Proteins That Regulate The Plasma Cholesterol
Scientists discovered how two key proteins work together to control cholesterol levels in blood, helping explain why some people develop high cholesterol and heart disease.
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