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The combination of physical fitness as well as diet cannot be over emphasised. Much of the focus on the mechanisms of benefit of exercise and fitness have focused on prevention of atherosclerosis and its complications, the specific effects of exercise on cardiac structure and function suggest that low fitness might be particularly important for long-term…

New research shows that a recently discovered mechanism that removes waste products from the brain is mainly active during sleep. A team, from University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), write about their findings in Science. Lead author Dr. Maiken Nedergaard, co-director of URMC’s Center for Translational Neuromedicine, says: “This study shows that the brain has…

Nutrition and rate of eating Nutrition,rate of eating Collagen stiffening The rate of absorption of dietary nutrients is  important in ensuring that their post prandial  blood concentration doesn’t overwhelm their metabolic processing. If this happens there is stress to the orderly metabolic system and alternative pathways used  e. g.  into storage tissues such as fat. …

The relationship between tuberculosis and protein energy malnutrition M L H Hood Abstract Protein energy malnutrition  and tuberculosis  are the major public health issues, particularly in the developing country setting. Malnutrition is an underlying cause of many deaths and when left untreated devastates normal physical and cognitive development. TB continues to gather momentum as a…

Birth weight Birth weight, rapid weight gain in infancy and markers of overweight and obesity in childhood M R Sacco1, N P de Castro1, V L V Euclydes1, J M Souza2 and P H C Rondó1 European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2013) 67, 1147–1153; To evaluate the relationship between birth weight and rapid weight gain…

I think this is number 500 of these blogs. I do not know who, if any one, reads them but I enjoy looking at and recording different aspects of nutrition. I hope you enjoy the science of nutrition in all it exciting aspects.

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A good general book on practical nutrition What to eat: an Aisle to Aisle guide to savvy food choices and good eating.North Point Press 2006 624 pp $30