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Variety in Diet Can Hamper Microbial Diversity in the Gut

By Guest PostJuly 4, 2014Healthaustin, birgit poehn, business invest, chad, diabetes, feineinstellungen der tagesuhr, female genital mutation, gut, heart disease, microbial diversity, neutral online environment, online data room, rhythmen des lebens, risk of obesity, rob knight, tagesuhr, tessmar raible, thomas hummel, university of texas, virtual data rooms

AUSTIN, Texas — Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions have discovered that the more diverse the diet of a fish, the less diverse are the microbes living in its gut. If the effect is confirmed in humans, it could mean that the combinations of foods people eat can influence the diversity of their gut microbes. (more…)

The most important meal?

By Guest PostOctober 5, 2013Healthabdominal obesity, andrew odegaard, between, cardia, correlation, data, diet quality, dietary guidelines, eating breakfast, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, reduced risk, risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, university of minnesota

Research shows a correlation between eating breakfast and a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes

As Americans continue to fight the obesity epidemic and try to stem the incidence of type 2 diabetes, dietary guidelines are becoming increasingly important.

Among the possible keys to better health? Eating breakfast, for starters. (more…)