Hacker News with Generative AI: Nutrition

Clinical trial: novel nutritional formula treats gut microbial overgrowth (medicalxpress.com)
Cedars-Sinai researchers have developed a novel nutritional formula, mBiota Elemental, a palatable elemental diet (PED) that reduces the abundance of key gut microbiome taxa and improves symptoms in patients with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and intestinal methanogen overgrowth (IMO).

Clinical Trials, Gut Health, Nutrition, Medical Research

64 points by wglb 2 days ago | 25 comments

High blood pressure? Eat more bananas (uwaterloo.ca)
New research from the University of Waterloo suggests increasing the ratio of dietary potassium to sodium intake may be more effective for lowering blood pressure than simply reducing sodium intake.

Health, Nutrition, Blood Pressure, Potassium, Sodium

10 points by gnabgib 4 days ago | 1 comments

Trump admin accused of censoring NIH's top expert on ultra-processed foods (arstechnica.com)
Kevin Hall, a prominent nutrition expert who led influential studies on ultra-processed foods, has resigned from his long-held position at the National Institutes of Health, alleging censorship of his research by top aides of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Politics, Health, Nutrition, Research, Censorship

26 points by pmags 8 days ago | 5 comments

Low Vit K Intake Impairs Cognition/Neurogenesis/Elevates Neuroinflamma in Mice (sciencedirect.com)
In addition to its important roles in blood coagulation and bone formation, vitamin K (VK) contributes to brain function.

Health, Nutrition, Science, Neuroscience

6 points by bookofjoe 13 days ago | 1 comments

Hunger shifts attention towards less healthy food options, study finds (medicalxpress.com)
New research suggests that when people are hungry, they focus more on the tastiness of food and tend to ignore nutritional information, which may contribute to poor dietary decisions.

Nutrition, Psychology, Food, Health, Research

67 points by PaulHoule 13 days ago | 19 comments

4:3 Intermittent fasting shows greater weight loss than caloric restriction (medicalxpress.com)
A randomized clinical trial compared the effects of 4:3 intermittent fasting versus daily caloric restriction on weight loss when combined with comprehensive behavioral support in adults with overweight or obesity.

Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss, Clinical Trials, Intermittent Fasting

18 points by PaulHoule 18 days ago | 3 comments

Protein is being added to yoghurt, bread, coffee – is it beneficial? (theconversation.com)
Protein intake dominates fitness advice. Whether you want to build muscle, improve your fitness or watch your weight, the common advice handed out by everyone from fitness influencers to doctors is that we need more protein.

Nutrition, Food, Health, Fitness

4 points by gnabgib 20 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: OpenNutrition – A free, public nutrition database (opennutrition.app)
Nutrition search, reimagined.

Nutrition, Health, Open Source, Databases, APIs

311 points by joshdickson 23 days ago | 150 comments

Ask HN: Do You Take Protein Suppliments? Any Noticeable Benefits? (ycombinator.com)

Fitness, Nutrition, Supplements, Health

15 points by samrohn 24 days ago | 13 comments

Omega-6 fatty acid promotes the growth of an aggressive type of breast cancer (sciencedaily.com)
Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in seed oils such as soybean and safflower oil, and animal products including pork and eggs, specifically enhances the growth of the hard-to-treat "triple negative" breast cancer subtype, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Breast Cancer, Health, Nutrition, Science, Fatty Acids

17 points by FollowingTheDao 24 days ago | 1 comments

Healthy Diets Linked to Holistic Healthy Aging in Long-Term Harvard Study (thecrimson.com)
Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that certain dietary patterns — such as avoiding processed foods and eating a balance of animal and plant-based foods — promote healthy aging after 30 years, according to a long-term study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine.

Health, Nutrition, Science, Aging, Research

9 points by mikhael 28 days ago | 0 comments

Medical Benchmarks and the Myth of the Universal Patient (newyorker.com)
When my daughter was ten and a half months old, she qualified as “wasted,” which UNICEF describes as “the most immediate, visible and life-threatening form of malnutrition.”

Medicine, Healthcare, Children, Nutrition, Malnutrition

12 points by pseudolus 30 days ago | 3 comments

Study casts doubt on gluten as cause of gut ailments among non-coeliacs (theguardian.com)
People who report being gluten intolerant but do not have coeliac disease may be experiencing gut symptoms unrelated to gluten intake, new research suggests.

Health, Science, Nutrition, Gluten Sensitivity

46 points by pseudolus 30 days ago | 32 comments

Non-caloric sweetener Sucralose stimulates greater hunger response (nature.com)
Sucralose, a widely used non-caloric sweetener, provides sweet taste without calories.

Food Science, Health, Nutrition, Artificial Sweeteners

27 points by coloneltcb 30 days ago | 5 comments

Short-term dietary changes can lead to obesity, shows research (theconversation.com)
After a long, stressful day at work, or when pressed for time, the temptation to have a quick, satisfying snack – like crisps or a chocolate bar – can be strong. Research shows that these ultra-processed, high-calorie foods play a significant role in the development of obesity, but the lasting effects these foods have on the brain was not clear – until now.

Obesity, Nutrition, Research, Health, Food

3 points by PaulHoule 34 days ago | 0 comments

% of calories from carbs is a robust predictor of overweight prevalence (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Health, Nutrition, Statistics

6 points by MrBuddyCasino 37 days ago | 4 comments

Ultra-processed babies: are toddler snacks one of the food scandals of our time? (theguardian.com)
For time-poor parents, straws, sticks, pouches and powders can seem like a quick, convenient and even healthy option. But these oversweetened, mushy foods are creating a generation of choosy consumers whose teeth are already rotting

Food Industry, Health, Children, Nutrition, Consumerism

7 points by pseudolus 41 days ago | 1 comments

Replacing butter with plant-based oils cuts premature death risk by 17 percent (news.harvard.edu)
Substituting butter with plant-based oils daily may lower risk of premature death by up to 17 percent, according to a new study out of Mass General Brigham, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Broad Institute.

Health, Nutrition, Science, Food

4 points by dmichulke 44 days ago | 3 comments

Immune cells convert bacteria into critical nutrients, scientists discover (medicalxpress.com)
Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't stash them in specialized compartments as once thought, but turn them into critical nutrients that build proteins, create energy and keep the cells alive, according to a new study from scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Science, Biology, Immune System, Nutrition

5 points by PaulHoule 46 days ago | 0 comments

Magnesium Self-Experiments (gwern.net)
The elemental metal magnesium (Examine.com), like lithium or potassium (which didn’t help me & damaged my sleep), plays many biological roles and has an RDA for me of 400mg which is higher than I likely get (most people apparently get less, with 68% of American adults <RDA; and while I frequently eat oats, milk, peanut butter, and whole-wheat bread, I don’t eat many leafy greens and my tap water is very soft).

Health, Nutrition, Self-Experimentation

193 points by yamrzou 48 days ago | 131 comments

Kennedy and influencers bash seed oils, baffling nutrition scientists (apnews.com)
Until recently, most Americans had never heard the term “seed oils,” even though they’ve likely cooked with and consumed them for decades.

Nutrition, Health, Food, Social Media, Science

27 points by XzetaU8 49 days ago | 25 comments

Emulsifiers Make Food More Appealing. Do They Also Make You Sick? (wsj.com)
They keep salad dressing from separating, ice cream from dripping and muffins from hardening. Emulsifiers, used to improve the texture of food, are in all sorts of products. But there is growing concern about the potential health risks from eating them.

Food Science, Health, Food Additives, Nutrition

9 points by domofutu 53 days ago | 4 comments

Short-term high-caloric diet has prolonged effects on men's brain insulin action (nature.com)
Brain insulin responsiveness is linked to long-term weight gain and unhealthy body fat distribution. Here we show that short-term overeating with calorie-rich sweet and fatty foods triggers liver fat accumulation and disrupted brain insulin action that outlasted the time-frame of its consumption in healthy weight men.

Health, Nutrition, Neuroscience, Men's Health

5 points by rntn 60 days ago | 0 comments

'Healthy' Vitamin B12 Levels Not Enough to Ward Off Neuro Decline (ucsf.edu)
Meeting the minimum requirement for vitamin B12, needed to make DNA, red blood cells and nerve tissue, may not actually be enough – particularly if you are older. It may even put you at risk for cognitive impairment.

Health, Nutrition, Aging, Cognitive Decline, Vitamin B12

8 points by geox 64 days ago | 0 comments

Low-carb diets work. Why does American Diabetes Assoc. push insulin? (2024) (theguardian.com)
For a glimpse into how big business influences the $4tn US healthcare system, look no further than the world’s most powerful diabetes advocacy and research non-profit, the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

Health, Nutrition, Diabetes, Advocacy, Business

18 points by hilux 65 days ago | 9 comments

Gut microbiota functions:metabolism of nutrients and other food components(2017) (nlm.nih.gov)
The diverse microbial community that inhabits the human gut has an extensive metabolic repertoire that is distinct from, but complements the activity of mammalian enzymes in the liver and gut mucosa and includes functions essential for host digestion.

Microbiology, Human Health, Nutrition, Metabolism

6 points by BiraIgnacio 72 days ago | 1 comments

Daily omega-3 fatty acids may help human organs stay young (medicalxpress.com)
Consuming one gram of omega-3 per day may slow down the rate of biological aging in humans, according to an analysis of data from a clinical trial involving over 700 older adults over a three-year period.

Health, Science, Nutrition, Aging

143 points by gmays 75 days ago | 65 comments

Can Dieting Lead to Long-Term Weight Loss? (nytimes.com)
Dieting has long been viewed as the path to smaller bodies and better health. Stick to the right diet, the $75 billion U.S. weight loss industry may have you think, and you, too, can lose weight and keep it off.

Weight Loss, Health, Diet, Nutrition

5 points by paulpauper 77 days ago | 0 comments

The Mediterranean diet is a lie (politico.eu)
It’s the most famous diet in the world.

Health, Nutrition, Mediterranean Diet

5 points by bookofjoe 79 days ago | 1 comments

Omega-3s Can Slow Down Aging Process (news.uzh.ch)
A daily intake of one gram of omega-3s can slow down biological aging by up to four months, according to an analysis of clinical data from the international DO-HEALTH study led by the University of Zurich. For the first time, epigenetic clocks were used to measure the aging process.

Health, Nutrition, Science, Aging

4 points by geox 79 days ago | 0 comments