Here are many highlights from referenced readings in the recent past. Numbers match the longer comments below at SUMMARIES.
GET EXERCISE
6. 23 minutes of treadmill exercise increases DHEA levels and decreases cortisol levels, both beneficial for health and longevity.  AGE
7. Chronic physical training increases blood oxidative damage but promotes health in elderly men. Age 01/2012
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May your holidays help the world to be free and safe  -See summaries and links to published articles after these one sentence summaries
3. Eat berries 4. Eat capsaicin and protein - Energy intake restriction causes a yo-yo effect by decreasing energy expenditure (EE) and decreasing fullness.During dieting, protein and capsaicin promoted a negative fat balance and protein treatments also [...] Read more »

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Headlines: OBESITY 1. Why eating carbs is so dangerous – The search for lifestyle changes that will slow the obesity epidemic and its adverse sequelae has turned to dietary sugar. But apart from weight gain from excess sweet calories, what are the specific metabolic consequences that are harmful to [...] Read more »

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American Jrnl of Clinical Nutrition Feb, 2012- A special welcome to my nutrition class updating articles on wikipedia. Read the Feb AJCN summaries after these 14 headlines. From Science 20 Jan 2012
1. Why exercise is close to the fountain of youth – Exercise has many benefits, but the mechanisms behind them remain murky. Because autophagy’s [...] Read more »

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  Read the summaries after these headlines. Here are the headlines.

GOOD THINGS: 1. Get the D and Dairy – 1000 mg daily Calcium is helpful for prevention of weight gain, cardiovascular disease, and cancer (It’s worth going to the link for summary of this) 2. n−3 PUFAs are beneficial to fight cancer, recover from surgery, [...] Read more »

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FEATURED DISCOVERY: 1. Galactooligosaccharide (GOS) supplementation reduces stress-induced gastrointestinal dysfunction and days of cold or flu – In a study with students during exam week, it was found that GOS reduced diarrhea and colds caused by stress. GOS are found in chicory, all of the “onion [...] Read more »

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I had to develop a speech for middle school kids, and I thought some of you might know some kids and want to let them know this stuff too.  Sorry there are no references. But my web site has them if you search it.
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Exercise is wonderful nutrition!  Here are two recent discoveries to get you exercising and keep you running.
BOOST MUSCLE STEM CELLS WITH EXERCISE – Science 330: 573 (2010) – Exercising can help you age gracefully by keeping you fit. But it turns out that endurance exercise, like running, doesn’t just tone muscles, [...] Read more »

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There is so much in this issue. Please scan the many ways to maintain good health.
SUMMARY – See this, longer synopses, and links to published articles further down this page at DETAILS.
GOOD NUTRITION FOR ALL 1. Mediterranean diet keeps people healthy – The Mediterranean diet has long been reported to be the optimal diet [...] Read more »

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updated when new ones added each winter
This is the entrance page to supervised literature reviews done by Beloit College students. I suggest you use the find command to search by key words. You can also see them sorted by main subject here. Most were done in connection with a biochemistry/nutrition course, Chem127. Read the disclaimer for Nutrition [...] Read more »

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