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Transformation of the global food system is urgently needed as more than 3 billion people are under- or overnourished, and food production is exceeding planetary boundaries – driving climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. To meet this challenge, dietary...

Das Tempo, in dem die biologische Uhr tickt, lässt sich durch eine Diät verlangsamen. Dies haben Forscher der Temple University in Philadelphia mit einer Analyse spezieller Veränderungen am Erbgut belegt. Quelle: Mit Kalorien-Reduktion lässt sich das Altern...

Microbes in the human gut have a role in obesity by influencing the human body’s ability to extract and store calories. The aim of this study was to assess if there is a correlation between change in body weight over time and gut microbiome composition. A new study...

Data strongly suggest that lower BMI is better for heart disease. A new study analyzing genetic mutations predisposing to increased body mass index (BMI) provides strong evidence that higher BMI plays a causal role in type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and coronary heart...

Cocoa can be seen as a dietary supplement to protect human cognition and can counteract different types of cognitive decline. Researchers have examined the available literature for the effects of acute and chronic administration of cocoa flavanols on different...

Uncovering the secrets of telomeres, the caps that protect the ends of our chromosomes. An RNA molecule called TERRA helps to ensure that very short (or broken) telomeres get fixed again. The work of researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) and Johannes...

Your skin is crawling with single-celled microorganisms -- and they're not just bacteria. A study by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Medical University of Graz has found that the skin microbiome also contains...

Common diabetes drug may work by changing gut bacteria, study findsA group of diabetics taking metformin had drastic changes in their gut floraThe drug speeds growth of two types of bacteria which help control blood suga Quelle: Common diabetes drug may work by...

Biologists distinguish between two types of age: biological age, a measure of how well your body functions, and chronological age, which expresses how old you are Quelle: How epigenetics may help us slow down the ageing clock