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Fatty Liver Diet: Protect the Liver With Seed Oils

We definitely know that energy balance is the primary determinant of the accumulation of fat in the liver, which is why calorie control is a...

Posted in Metabolic Health, Nutrition Research, Nutrition Science

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Diet & Gastric Cancer: Does Salt Increase Stomach Cancer Risk?

In relation to the relationship between hypertension and CVD, the data is unequivocal: hypertension profoundly increases risk for CVD events and mortality, and this relationship...

Posted in Micronutrient Nutrition, Nutrition & Cancer

Weight Loss Research: Brain MRI Scans, Food Cravings, and Weight Regulation

Two systems are commonly referred to in the neurobiology of eating and obesity: the "homeostatic" and "hedonic" systems. Homeostatic systems regulate eating relative to energy...

Posted in Nutrition & Brain Health, Nutrition Research

Zinc & Brain Health: Mechanisms and Depression

In the early 1960s, a series of case reports related zinc deficiency to stunted growth and sexual maturation in both male and female adolescents. It...

Posted in Micronutrient Nutrition, Nutrition & Brain Health

Intuitive Eating Research: Is It Useful for Your Relationship with Food?

The term ‘intuitive eating’ was coined by research dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch in 1995, and, as highlighted in ongoing intuitive eating research, is...

Posted in Nutrition & Behaviour, Research Methodology in Nutrition, Women’s Health Nutrition

Low Carb Diet Research: Exploring the “Metabolic Advantage”

The question of “is a calorie a calorie?” is as old as nutrition research, and it frequently surfaces in modern low carb diet research. Understanding...

Posted in Controversies in Nutrition, Metabolic Health, Research Methodology in Nutrition

Diet & Heart Disease: How Nuts and Unsaturated Fats Lower Risk

This historic focus of nutrition science was on single nutrients and the potential interaction of isolated nutrients. For example, the replacement of saturated fat with unsaturated...

Posted in Macronutrients Science, Metabolic Health, Nutrition & Metabolism

Ultra Processed Foods: How Protein Affects Energy Intake

According to the NOVA classification system, ultra-processed foods [UPF] are defined as: “formulations of ingredients, mostly of exclusive industrial use, typically created by a series...

Posted in Macronutrients Science, Metabolic Health, Nutrition & Metabolism

Iodine Requirements During Pregnancy: Timing, Thyroid Hormones, and Fetal Brain Development

In a 2019 survey sample of women in a UK, only ~20% were aware of the increased requirements for iodine for perinatal nutrition, despite clear...

Posted in Macronutrients Research, Women’s Health Nutrition

Appetite Regulation, Hunger & Satiety: Mechanisms and Implications for Weight Loss

Let's define the terms "appetite" and "hunger", two central concepts in appetite regulation. Appetite may be considered the process that influences food intake; hunger reflects...

Posted in Macronutrients Research, Metabolic Health, Nutrition Research

The Dietary Guidelines are Good for You

Why have dietary guidelines become such a focal point of nonsensical arguments? Like much contemporary noise in nutrition, the hard-chargers come from the low-carb world,...

Posted in Controversies in Nutrition, Dietary Guidelines, Nutrition Policy, Nutrition Research

Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day?

As a single meal, breakfast has perhaps received more emphasis and focus in the literature than any other. It has taken strong hold in public...

Posted in Chrononutrition, Metabolic Health, Nutrition Research