Invisible Helpers: How Probiotic Bacteria Protect Against Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Some lactic acid bacteria can alleviate inflammation and therefore prevent intestinal disorders. A team of biologists and nutrition scientists working with Prof. Dirk Haller from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) has now discovered the mechanisms at work behind this protective effect. In experiments with mice, the scientists observed that lactocepin, an enzyme produced from the lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus paracasei can selectively interrupt inflammatory processes. This new evidence might lead to new approaches for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases.
Evidence for DHA’s Role in All Aspects of Human Health
A review of literature published last year in the journal Nutrients confirms the scope of evidence supporting DHA's critical role in the evolution and maintenance of human physiology. From the late Paleolithic period, consumption of DHA-rich foods (i.e. seafood) began to correspond with brain development, which surged in the last 200,000 years. Modern science has delved deeply into this relationship, noting the technological and lifestyle changes that have contributed to radical alterations of dietary essential fatty acid ratios, and quite possibly certain negative health effects from inadequate DHA.
Nutrigenomics Study Shows Dietary Anti-inflammatories Also Decrease Oxidation and Metabolic Stress in Overweight Men
Nutrigenomicsis the study of the relationships between dietary factors and individual genes. New nutrigenomic research was reported from the Netherlands in which a combination product of fish oil, green tea extract, resveratrol, vitamins C and E, and a tomato juice extract produced changes to genes associated with inflammation, blood vessel health, and oxidation of fat in the liver, according to findings published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Mothers Nutrition during Pregnancy can Influence her Child's Risk of Obesity
Scientists have discovered that a mother's nutrition during pregnancy can strongly influence her child's risk of obesity many years later.
Nutrigenomics Shows Benefit of Magnesium’s Metabolic Actions
Magnesium may up and down-regulate a number of genes linked to metabolism: Magnesium's favourable effects on certain metabolic pathways is associated with changes in gene expression, says a new study that adds to our knowledge of nutrigenomics.
Science Validates Triglyceride form of Fish Oil to have up to 70% higher absorption than the Ethyl Ester form which is widely available
Dr. Dryberg and his Danish co-workers report that the availability of omega -3's in the Triglyceride form was significantly higher than omega-3's in the Ethyl ester form, according to new findings published in the form of Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. The blinded, placebo controlled study involved 72 people aged between 21 and 26.