Why eating seaweed might help prevent Parkinson’s disease

A study has suggested that consuming ecklonia cava – a type of brown algae – could prevent or delay the onset of Parkinson’s disease.

Marine Krzisch, Lecturer in Neuroscience, University of Leeds • conversation
Aug. 22, 2024 ~7 min

Blood sugar fluctuations after eating play an important role in anxiety and depression

High-carb diets, especially of ultraprocessed foods, create blood sugar spikes, while diets high in leafy, green vegetables and whole grains are absorbed more slowly and produce smaller fluctuations.

Mary Scourboutakos, Family Medicine Resident and Nutrition Expert, Eastern Virginia Medical School • conversation
Aug. 20, 2024 ~9 min


The health benefits of seaweed – a bath full of bladderwrack might be just what the doctor ordered

Seaweed can offer a variety of health benefits as a food and topical treatment

Leanne Timpson, Lecturer in Microbiology, Department of Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Aug. 2, 2024 ~7 min

Athletes looking for a competitive edge may find it within their gut microbiome

Athletes have different gut microbiomes compared with the general population. Some of these microbes are thought to improve endurance and recovery by optimizing the cell’s powerhouses.

Christopher Damman, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington • conversation
July 23, 2024 ~10 min

Ultra-processed food makes up almost two-thirds of calorie intake of UK adolescents

Adolescents consume around two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), new research from the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 17, 2024 ~5 min

Nutrition Facts labels have a complicated legacy – a historian explains the science and politics of translating food into information

The process of converting food into nutritional information is more than just a scientific process. It involves many political and technical compromises that continue to shape the food industry today.

Xaq Frohlich, Associate Professor of History of Technology, Auburn University • conversation
July 16, 2024 ~11 min

Some Americans are eating better, but health inequities remain

“While we’ve seen some modest improvement in American diets in the last two decades, those improvements are not reaching everyone..."

Taraneh Pettinato-Tufts • futurity
June 18, 2024 ~6 min

Fish and chips on Mars: our research shows how colonists could produce their own food

Aquaponics could help feed Martian colonies in the future and offer a sustainable food system on Earth.

Benz Kotzen, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Nature Based Solutions, University of Greenwich • conversation
June 11, 2024 ~6 min


Exercising during pregnancy normalises eating behaviours in offspring from obese mice

Maternal obesity in pregnancy changes the eating behaviours of offspring by increasing long-term levels of particular molecules known as microRNAs in the part

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 4, 2024 ~3 min

Exercising during pregnancy normalises eating behaviors in offspring from obese mice

Maternal obesity in pregnancy changes the eating behaviors of offspring by increasing long-term levels of particular molecules known as microRNAs in the part

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 4, 2024 ~3 min

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