News tagged with human diets

Study shows calories drive earlier puberty

(Medical Xpress) -- Environmental pollutants, eating habits, lack of exercise and genetic traits have all been raised as possible causes of earlier puberty onset in girls in recent years.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Eating less keeps the brain young

Overeating may cause brain aging while eating less turns on a molecule that helps the brain stay young.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Endangered orangutans offer a new evolutionary model for early humans

Starving orangutans in Borneo may be teaching us new lessons about human evolution.

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The disappearance of the elephant caused the rise of modern man 400,000 years ago

Elephants have long been known to be part of the Homo erectus diet. But the significance of this specific food source, in relation to both the survival of Homo erectus and the evolution of modern humans, has n ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

AMD-like lesions delayed in mice fed lower glycemic index diet

Feeding older mice a lower glycemic index (GI) diet consisting of slowly-digested carbohydrates delays the onset of age-related, sight-threatening retinal lesions, according to a new study from the Laboratory for Nutrition ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Against the grain, 'caveman' diet gains traction

Could Paleolithic man hold the key to today's nutrition problems?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 18

Gut microbe makeup affected by diet: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in the US has shown that the type of "good" bacteria that predominate in human stools varies with the diet.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Viruses in the human gut show dynamic response to diet

The digestive system is home to a myriad of viruses, but how they are involved in health and disease is poorly understood. In a study published online today in Genome Research, researchers have investigated the dynamics of vir ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dark beer has more iron than pale beer

A team of researchers from the University of Valladolid (Spain) has analysed 40 brands of beer, discovering that dark beer has more free iron than pale and non-alcoholic beers. Iron is essential to the human ...

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers connect gene to pre-Alzheimer's

(Medical Xpress) -- Cornell scientists have shown a significant correlation for the first time between a human gene and people's risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI), often a precursor to Alzheimer's disease and related ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Canada seeks to breed a better honey bee

Following a massive bee die-off in parts of the world, two Canadian universities on Wednesday launched an effort to breed honey bees resistant to pests and diseases.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pollinators make critical contribution to healthy diets

Fruits and vegetables that provide the highest levels of vitamins and minerals to the human diet globally depend heavily on bees and other pollinating animals, according to a new study published in the international ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ancient sewer excavation sheds light on the Roman diet

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists working in a system of connected sewers and drains under the ancient town of Herculaneum in the Bay of Naples area of Italy have analyzed the human excrement found there and ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (17) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Experts prove link between phosphate intake and heart disease

Lowering phosphate intake in humans can reduce heart disease, according to research by experts at the University of Sheffield.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Obesity increases the risk of fetal and infant death, and the risk of complications after hysterectomy

Women who are obese during early pregnancy have a significantly increased risk of their baby dying before, during or up to one year after birth, according to research published in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0