Mini-intestine grown in a test tube for nutritional research

Organoids just a quarter of a millimeter across exhibit functions of the human intestine.Research efforts on the intestine have increased in recent years.

Pass the salt – using the fly to understand how pregnancy drives food cravings

Researchers at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon discover that fruit flies share the human craving for salt during pregnancy and shed light on how the nervous system controls this…

Vitamin D status related to immune response to HIV-1

Vitamin D plays an important part in the human immune response and deficiency can leave individuals less able to fight infections like HIV-1.

Daily sugar-sweetened beverage habit linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

A daily sugar-sweetened beverage habit may increase the risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HRNCA)…

TGen led study points towards new strategies for stopping the spread of Staph and MRSA

Twin study suggests that bacteria of the human nose are not genetically predetermined and that some nasal bacteria may protect against MRSAStaphylococcus aureus — better known as Staph — is a…

Study: Increased dietary magnesium intake associated with improved diabetes-related health outcomes

A recent analysis published in the Journal of Human Nutrition & Food Science reveals a beneficial relationship between dietary magnesium intake and diabetes-related outcomes including decreased risk…

Mind reading: Spatial patterns of brain activity decode what people taste

A team of researchers from the German Institute of Human Nutrition in Potsdam and the Charite University Hospital in Berlin have revealed how taste is encoded in patterns of neural activity in the…

Organically grown foods may offer greater health and safety than foods conventionally grown

Scientists have long recognized the dangers of cadmium (Cd) exposure to the human body.

Metabolism influenced by lifestyle via DNA methylation

An unhealthy lifestyle leaves traces in the DNA.

Improving fatty acid composition of rainbow trout

The health benefits of consuming omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids such as EPA and DHA are well established. The primary sources of these fatty acids in the human diet are through fish and seafood. Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, are studying new methods of improving the fatty acid composition of farmed fish…

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