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Insulin Resistance and the Brain-Gut-Liver Axis
Featured Image sourced from "Brain-gut-liver interactions across the spectrum of insulin resistance in metabolic fatty liver disease," World J Gastroenterol. 2021 Aug 14; 27(30): 4999–5018. Published online 2021 Aug 14. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i30.4999 While glucose...
Gut-liver-brain axis links
Avenues within the gut-liver-brain axis linking chronic liver disease and symptoms Symptoms of fatigue, social withdrawal and mood disturbances are commonly encountered in patients with chronic liver disease and have a detrimental effect on patient quality of life....
The Gut-Liver-Brain Axis
The gut-liver-brain axis is a three-way highway of information interaction among the gastrointestinal tract, liver, and nervous systems. In the past few decades, breakthrough progress has been made in this axis, mainly through understanding its formation mechanism and...
Study explores the intricate gut-brain-liver connection and its impact on health
What is the gut-brain-liver axis? The axis connecting the gut, brain, and liver, which is otherwise known as the gut-brain-liver axis, is a three-way interaction that has recently garnered increasing scientific interest. Over the last two decades, researchers have...
Why the double standards on ultra-processed foods? Because some have better PR than others
In the fevered world of diet and nutrition, the past year has been dominated by heated arguments about the evils (or not) of ultra-processed foods. These have not just been confined to the media but have, unusually, engendered equally fractious debate in academic...
Ultra-processed foods: The evidence keeps piling up
Ultra-processed foods: largest ever review shows many ill effects on health – how to understand the evidence Ultra-processed foods, such as cereals and fizzy drinks, have been linked to 32 harmful health effects, according to the largest review of the evidence to...
Sustainable Food Systems to Add $10 Trillion in Value Per Year
Move to sustainable food systems could bring $10tn benefits a year, study finds Existing production destroys more value than it creates due to medical and environmental costs, researchers say A shift towards a more sustainable global food system could create up to...
Obesogens: a unifying theory for the global rise in obesity
Most everyone thinks obesity is about calories, known as the Energy Balance Model (EBM). But that doesn’t explain why certain foods cause more obesity, it doesn’t take the role of the microbiome into account, and it doesn’t explain why certain chemicals cause...
Global diabetes cases to soar from 529 million to 1.3 billion by 2050
Global diabetes cases to soar from 529 million to 1.3 billion by 2050 Every country in the world is expected to see rates increase SEATTLE, Wash. June 22, 2023 – More than half a billion people are living with diabetes worldwide, affecting men, women, and children of...
The True Cost of Food
Transforming the Global Food System for Human Health and Resilience - an Insight Report from the World Economic Forum Preface Post World War II, the global food system focused on producing safe, inexpensive, high-calorie food for the world’s growing population. While...