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Reduce the Risk of Autoimmune Disease with Vitamin D, n-3 Fatty Acid Supplements
A randomized, controlled trial that included older adults showed vitamin D3 2,000 units daily or n-3 fatty acids 1,000 mg daily over five years reduced the incidence of autoimmune diseases 25% to 30%.
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Tailoring Dietary Recommendations to Protect Cognitive Health
Preventing inflammation as patients age is becoming key focus of lowering dementia risk.
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Meat Consumption Associated with Less Anxiety and Depression
A meta-analysis of 20 studies showed meat consumption resulted in better mental health, with less anxiety and depression vs. meat abstinence.
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Coffee Consumption and the Curious Effects on the Heart
Real-time patient monitoring allowed researchers to observe a strange mix of short-term harms and benefits.
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Plant-Based Diets and Menopausal Hot Flashes
In this clinical trial, women randomized to a low-fat, vegan diet including one-half cup of cooked whole soybeans daily experienced a reduction in total hot flashes of 79% compared to 49% in the control group over 12 weeks of observation.
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Children and Electronics: A Longitudinal Study
This Finnish investigation of electronic media (e-media) use in young children revealed 95% of 5-year-olds studied exceeded guidelines for time spent with e-media. The authors noted an association between more screen time and additional psychosocial symptoms at 5 years old and found these associations were less prominent when measuring use of electronic games alone.
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Fish Consumption, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, and Cardiovascular Disease
Is there enough scientific evidence to suggest there are associations between fish consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, or of mortality, among people who consume fish compared to those who do not consume fish?
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NIH Awards Grant for Psychedelic-Related Investigation
First federal investment in decades indicates evolving attitudes on this area of research.
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Carbohydrates and Insulin Resistance: Pondering Food Quality vs. Quantity
Researchers posit that solving the obesity epidemic is not as simple as eating less and moving more.
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Vitamin D and COVID-19
Low levels of vitamin D are associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19, but causality is not yet known.