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Immunity and Metabolism

In this week (22.5.24) Diabetes UK announced that there are now almost 168,000 people aged under 40 years in the UK who live with type 2 diabetes, an increase of more than 47,000 since 2016-17. Diagnoses up 39% in 6 years, with the condition fuelled by obesity, health inequalities and junk food – meaning ultra processed food. According to the report, the total cost associated with diabetes in the UK currently stands at £23.7 billion and is predicted to rise to £39.8 billion by 2035/6. To put this...

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Gastro Updates

It’s the very nature of the type of clinical care that practitioners who use nutrition as a key mechanism of clinical care that the gastrointestinal tract becomes central to interventional strategy. Whilst the gut is not always front and centre there is an inevitable engagement and understanding that all that is, or may be happening, in these remarkable tissues is an ongoing quest. One area that those involved in the care of people with inflammatory bowel conditions have long recognised is that psychological...

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HIIT and TRF resolves HbA1c and belly fat

The start of any new year always encourages a mixture of reflection and forward views, some of which may include changing body mass and shape as well as adopting a healthier lifestyle. Of course, there are a multitude of propositions to aim for, many of which are short-lived. But if you are wanting to modify visceral fat, control blood sugar and improve muscle-to -fat ratio and do it quickly then you will be comforted to learn of a successful trial published in the well-known Cell Metabolism Journal[1]...

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Blood Sugar and Metabolism

Recent articles in various journals have highlighted the challenge mere mortals have matching their metabolic needs with the foods they trust and like. When to eat In September 2022, a study from the University of Aberdeen, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, caused a stir by potentially dispelling a food timing myth[1]. It looked at the time of day people ate and whether it had any impact on metabolism and weight management. You see, Back in 2013 another study found that calories ingested...

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Vitamin C and some of its remarkable benefits

Vitamin C (or L-ascorbic acid, hereafter referred to as VitC) is a nutrient with a six-carbon structure, synthesised from glucose, abundant in fruits, vegetables and the kidney and liver of most animals. VitC is a potent water-soluble antioxidant that is produced in most mammals but is not endogenously synthesised in humans, who lack enzymes for its synthesis.[1] Hence we need to consume it to avoid deficiency-related diseases. Many animals can synthesise their own vitamin C. The researchers Axel...

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Akkermansia to the rescue

The connection between gut microbiota and human health is well recognised and described, yet areas of uncertainty remain. This ultimate collaboration on human health has helped scientists to explain the essential mutual dependence between humans and their gut bacteria. Gut microbiota can be choreographed through passive or active strategies. The former includes hygiene, diet, lifestyle, and environment, while the latter comprises antibiotics, pre- and probiotics. In addition, dietary constituents...

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What the Bs can do

B Vitamins make headlines from time to time, some positive and others less so. This is a short review of the key role they play in brain and immune health. Anxiety management A July 22 paper in the Journal of Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental[1]. Identified a mechanism with beneficial outcomes in the use of B6 for the reduction in anxiety, after analysing almost 500 young people over 5 years with self-reported anxiety and depression. Such an influence can be explained because, in...

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Normal, Nostalgia & the importance of Circadian Clocks

“Nostalgia” was first identified in 1688 by Swiss physician Johannes Hofer who recorded the impact of nostos (homecoming) and algia (pain) on Swiss soldiers abroad. He mused that nostalgia is part of what it means to be “modern”. No longer recognised as a medical diagnosis, this gnawing feeling of loss (often exaggerated by those who seek to politicise it) speaks to a world of rapid transformation and the severing of settled identities. It can be seen as collective or personal, reflecting a societal...

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The ‘cross talk’ between sleep, nutrition, and immunity

Sleep affects various immune parameters, and is associated with reduced infection risk and can improve infection outcome, autoimmunity, and vaccination responses[1]. Adequate nutrition is an essential factor that also supports the immune system[2]. Not only as it provides fuel for rapidly metabolising immune cells, but also many micronutrients operate as regulators of the immune system, including the generation of cytokines, antibodies, and many immune-active proteins and metabolites. Many modifiable...

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The Guts of Health

Our digestive tract is a repository for a multitude of information processing cells, some of which are human and others not. Harbouring a diverse population of organisms in the human gut, including bacteria, fungi, viruses and sometimes parasites, means they interact with each other and with the immune system. In the last few years next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques have revealed that the genes of gut microbes outnumber human genes by ~150- fold and that the gut microbiota displays unique...

Immunity and Metabolism

Gastro Updates

HIIT and TRF resolves HbA1c and belly fat

Blood Sugar and Metabolism

Vitamin C and some of its remarkable benefits

Akkermansia to the rescue

What the Bs can do

Normal, Nostalgia & the importance of Circadian Clocks

The ‘cross talk’ between sleep, nutrition, and immunity

The Guts of Health

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