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About one-third of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) develop disordered eating habits and perceptions about food that may trigger digestive symptoms and even an unhealthy preoccupation with healthy eating. In particular, many people with the condition believe eating gluten or wheat is the main culprit triggering their symptoms. This prompts them to exclude these foods from their diets without consulting a dietitian, which in turn may lead to more severe IBS symptoms and an altered fecal microbiota composition. A new randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled crossover trial found gluten and wheat might be safe to eat for many people with IBS,…
Both fish oil and magnesium have a number of health benefits. Taking fish oil supplements may help lower your triglycerides, ease inflammation and pain, and lower blood pressure. Magnesium supplements may also help reduce your blood pressure, as well as manage your calcium levels and prevent hardening of the blood vessels.Because these supplements have some overlapping effects, it’s important to speak with your doctor before taking the two together. Taking them at the same time may lead to too much of a good thing, such as causing your blood pressure to drop too low and uncomfortable symptoms.How Do Fish Oil…
A planned clinical trial to assess the safety of puberty blockers in children with gender distress poses too many ethical and methodological problems to proceed.That was the verdict from experts discussing their concerns at a webinar on 16 September organised by the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG), a group of UK and Irish clinicians calling for higher standards of evidence based care in transgender medicine.At the event, chaired by the retired psychiatrist David Bell, a whistleblower of poor care at the now closed Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service, speakers said that the proposed Pathways trial—currently undergoing ethical…
U.S.-based global aloe vera supplement brand Desert Harvest has teamed up with Helaina Biotech, makers of effera, to bring a first-of-its-kind milk protein to the burgeoning menopause market. The formulation is designed to address hormonal fluctuations and vaginal dryness, iron deficiency and fatigue, gut and microbiome changes, as well as inflammation and immune stress. “This product was developed in response to consistent feedback from clinicians and women in midlife who wanted non-hormonal options for fatigue and iron imbalance, vaginal dryness, gut shifts and immune stress,” said Heather Florio, CEO of Desert Harvest. “Effera Human-Identical Lactoferrin is well suited to these…
Ina Garten’s French Apple Tart has just six ingredients and looks impressively elegant.Her fall dessert picks highlight seasonal fruits like apples, pears and cranberries.Garten’s buttery pastry dough comes together quickly in a food processor. It’s officially fall, and that means it’s time to turn our thoughts to pumpkin spice lattes, falling leaves and trips to the orchard to pick fruits like apples and pears. After a hot, sweaty summer, everyone’s getting excited for autumn, including Ina Garten, who recently shared some of her favorite fall desserts on Instagram. Hint: They’re all about sweet, crisp pastry and flavorful fall fruits. In…
Gut health solutions are no longer just about solving digestion issues. With the rise of microbiome science, consumer knowledge is growing, and so are demands for targeted solutions for overall well-being. Nutrition Insight speaks to ADM, Beneo, dsm-firmenich, and Kaneka Probiotics to learn about biotics for metabolic health, fiber innovations, mood and cognition boosters, and whole-body wellness. Vaughn DuBow, senior director, Product Portfolio Marketing, Health & Wellness, ADM, says the gut-brain axis has brought transformative insights into signaling pathways that influence overall health.“Specifically, the newest addition to our health and wellness portfolio, Lactobacillus gasseri CP2305 postbiotic, addresses demand for stress, mood support, and…
The heart is the pillar of the body. Because of that, many different health concerns can impact them, including what you ingest. It’s clear that preparing heart-healthy food at home,—whatever that looks like for you—is an effective way to take care of this beating muscle. However, with meal prep comes the need for food storage containers. For years, many of us have turned to plastic, but evidence has shown that these vessels shed microplastics over time, potentially impacting cardiovascular health. I chatted with two cardiologists to discuss the kitchen items they would never use (or want patients to use, for…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year in the U.S. In a new study published in Nature Microbiology titled, “Polymyxin B lethality requires energy-dependent outer membrane disruption,” researchers from University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London have now shown how antibiotics, termed polymyxins, can pierce the armor of harmful bacteria to overcome microbial resistance. Discovered more than 80 years ago, polymyxin antibiotics disrupt the outer membrane of bacterial cells by targeting lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to cause leakage of intracellular contents and cell death. These antibiotics are a last-resort…
Scientists found that nearly half of medications included in their study had long-term effects on the gut microbiome.Image credit:©iStock, AsiaVisionTaking antibiotics can often lead to a collection of side effects: constipation, diarrhea, and bloating, for example. This happens because antibiotics are meant to target infection-causing bacteria, and as collateral damage they kill off other bacteria in the gut as well. However, increasingly, researchers are finding that non-antibiotic drugs affect the gut microbiome too.1,2A recent study found that past medication usage—even those used years prior—may have a lasting effect on the gut microbiome.3 This was true for antibiotics as well as…