- Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome
- Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut mi… [Nature. 2014] – PubMed – NCBI
- “Here we show that the short-term consumption of diets composed entirely of animal or plant products alters microbial community structure and overwhelms inter-individual differences in microbial gene expression… these results demonstrate that the gut microbiome can rapidly respond to altered diet, potentially facilitating the diversity of human dietary lifestyles.”
- Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality Among US Adults
- Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseas… [JAMA Intern Med. 2014] – PubMed – NCBI
- “Adjusted [hazard ratios] were 1.30 (95% CI, 1.09-1.55) and 2.75 (1.40-5.42; P = .004), respectively, comparing participants who consumed 10.0% to 24.9% or 25.0% or more calories from added sugar with those who consumed less than 10.0% of calories from added sugar… Most US adults consume more added sugar than is recommended for a healthy diet. We observed a significant relationship between added sugar consumption and increased risk for CVD mortality.”
- High dairy fat intake related to less central obesity: A male cohort study with 12 years’ follow-up
- High dairy fat intake related to le… [Scand J Prim Health Care. 2013] – PubMed – NCBI
- “A low intake of dairy fat at baseline (no butter and low fat milk and seldom/never whipping cream) was associated with a higher risk of developing central obesity (OR 1.53, 95% CI 1.05–2.24) and a high intake of dairy fat (butter as spread and high fat milk and whipping cream) was associated with a lower risk of central obesity (OR 0.52, 95% CI 0.33–0.83) as compared with medium intake (all other combinations of spread, milk, and cream) after adjustment for intake of fruit and vegetables, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, age, education, and profession.”
- The relationship between high-fat dairy consumption and obesity, cardiovascular, and metabolic disease
- The relationship between high-fat dairy consumpti… [Eur J Nutr. 2013] – PubMed – NCBI
- “In 11 of 16 studies, high-fat dairy intake was inversely associated with measures of adiposity. Studies examining the relationship between high-fat dairy consumption and metabolic health reported either an inverse or no association. Studies investigating the connection between high-fat dairy intake and diabetes or cardiovascular disease incidence were inconsistent. We discuss factors that may have contributed to the variability between studies, including differences in (1) the potential for residual confounding; (2) the types of high-fat dairy foods consumed; and (3) bovine feeding practices (pasture- vs. grain-based) known to influence the composition of dairy fat.”
- Peer Victimization in Fifth Grade and Health in Tenth Grade
- Peer Victimization in Fifth Grade and Health in T… [Pediatrics. 2014] – PubMed – NCBI
- “Bullying was associated with worse mental and physical health, greater depression symptoms, and lower self-worth over time. Health was significantly worse for children with both past and present bullying experiences, followed by children with present-only experiences, children with past-only experiences, and children with no experiences.”
- Fragmented sleep accelerates tumor growth and progression through recruitment of tumor-associated macrophages and TLR4 signaling.
- Fragmented sleep accelerates tumor growth and pro… [Cancer Res. 2014] – PubMed – NCBI
- “Fragmented sleep (SF) is a highly prevalent condition and a hallmark of sleep apnea, a condition that has been associated with increased cancer incidence and mortality… We found that SF enhanced tumor size and weight compared to control mice… Our findings offer mechanistic insights into how sleep perturbations can accelerate tumor growth and invasiveness through TAM recruitment and TLR4 signaling pathways.”
- Current Thyroid Cancer Trends in the United States
- Current Thyroid Cancer Trend… [JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014] – PubMed – NCBI
- “Since 1975, the incidence of thyroid cancer has now nearly tripled… Virtually the entire increase was attributable to papillary thyroid cancer… The absolute increase in thyroid cancer in women… was almost 4 times greater than that of men… The mortality rate from thyroid cancer was stable between 1975 and 2009… The epidemiology of the increased incidence, however, suggests that it is not an epidemic of disease but rather an epidemic of diagnosis. The problem is particularly acute for women, who have lower autopsy prevalence of thyroid cancer than men but higher cancer detection rates by a 3:1 ratio.”
- Dietary habits and mortality in 11,000 vegetarians and health conscious people: results of a 17 year follow up.
- The Scent of Disease: Human Body Odor Contains an Early Chemosensory Cue of Sickness
- The Scent of Disease: Human Body Odor Contains a… [Psychol Sci. 2014] – PubMed – NCBI
- “We activated the innate immune system in healthy individuals by injecting them with endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide). Within just a few hours, endotoxin-exposed individuals had a more aversive body odor relative to when they were exposed to a placebo. Moreover, this effect was statistically mediated by the individuals’ level of immune activation. This chemosensory detection of the early innate immune response in humans represents the first experimental evidence that disease smells and supports the notion of a “behavioral immune response” that protects healthy individuals from sick ones by altering patterns of interpersonal contact.”