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Fasting diets are not better than calorie counting for weight loss

26 June 2023

Diets that involve intermittent fasting or time-restricted eating have become popular in recent years, but it seems they help people lose weight simply by eating less

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Junk food diet may disrupt sleep by altering brain activity

31 May 2023

Men who tried a high-fat, high-sugar diet developed disrupted electrical brain activity during the deepest stage of their sleep, suggesting that the food reduced their sleep quality

Calorie boost may explain why adults evolved ability to digest milk

6 May 2023

Why some people evolved the ability to digest milk in adulthood hasn't been clear, but the extra calories that young children got may have been key

Keto diet may treat epilepsy by changing the gut microbiome

12 April 2023

Mice that received gut microbes from children with epilepsy on the ketogenic diet were protected from seizures. The finding suggests the microbiome is behind the diet's seizure-reducing effect

Ingesting microplastics may increase fat absorption by 145 per cent

31 March 2023

Using a model of a human small intestine, researchers found that microplastics in high-fat foods significantly increase the absorption of fat

We may finally know why people tend to regain weight after losing it

24 March 2023

When mice lose weight, brain signals that trigger hunger are dialed up, making the animals eat more until they return to their starting weight

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Mediterranean diet may prevent cognitive issues for people with MS

1 March 2023

People with multiple sclerosis who eat a Mediterranean diet are less likely to show signs of cognitive impairment than people with the condition who don't follow the diet

Multicolored ice cream - one sweetener added to some ice creams may raise the risk of heart attacks

Artificial sweetener erythritol linked to heart attacks and strokes

27 February 2023

Lab experiments show a popular sweetener can prompt clot formation in human blood, while research also links the product with a raised risk of heart attack and stroke

Dogs that eat raw food rather than kibble have better gut health

9 February 2023

According to surveys of 7000 owners, dogs that ate mostly dog food were 29 per cent more likely to develop gastrointestinal problems compared to dogs that mostly ate raw foods