Nutrition/Nutrients

Credit: Daniel Whisenant Progeria is a very rare disease that affects about one in 18 million children and results in premature aging and death in adolescence from complications of cardiovascular disease. In a study on mice and…

New mechanism to explain how the cell organelle that sorts and distributes substances entering a cell is formed and maintainedCredit: Tokyo University of Science The cells in our body are workshops that continuously operate to…

Bacteria associated with Crohn's disease rely on multiple stress responses to survive, multiply, and tolerate antibiotics within white blood cells called macrophages, according to a study published November 14 in the open-access journal…

A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics breaks new ground by evaluating a nationally representative sample of infant and toddler diets and consumption of added sugarsCredit: CDC/NCHS, National Health and…

Ever wonder why science can't settle simple diet-related questions? In part it's because most clinical trials involving diet, even those published in good journals, lack the rigor of most drug trials. They're often small, of short…

New strategy for encapsulating nutrients makes it easier to fortify foods with iron and vitamin A About 2 billion people around the world suffer from deficiencies of key micronutrients such as iron and vitamin A. Two million children die…

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new proof-of-concept study details how an automated system driven by artificial intelligence can design, build, test and learn complex biochemical pathways to efficiently…

A new clinical trial at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) aims to reduce malnutrition among patients with lung cancer by…

Well-known foods taste the best, but if we know where the food comes from and how it is made, it gets better, even if we don't think the taste is spot on. New research from Future Consumer Lab at the University of Copenhagen demonstrates…

Study also finds women immigrants more depressed than Canadian-born women Surrey, B.C. & Toronto, Ont., Canada - Your diet can put you at risk of depression, according to a new study. The study also found that the likelihood of…