Diet and Weight Loss News

June 13, 2025

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The Hunger Switch in Your Nose: How Smells Tell Your Brain to Stop Eating

June 12, 2025 — A team of scientists has discovered a direct link between the smell of food and feelings of fullness at least in lean mice. This brain circuit, located in the medial septum and triggered by food odors, helps animals eat less by making them feel ...

Beyond Ozempic: New Weight Loss Drug Rivals Surgery

June 12, 2025 — Tufts University scientists are aiming to revolutionize the future of weight loss drugs by engineering a new compound that targets four gut hormones instead of the usual one to three. These next-gen tetra-functional peptides may overcome the ...

This "Healthy" Fat May Secretly Be Fueling Obesity

June 11, 2025 — A popular fat found in olive oil may not be as innocent as it seems. Scientists discovered that oleic acid, a major component of many high-fat foods, uniquely spurs the growth of new fat cells by manipulating specific proteins in the body. Unlike ...

This Overlooked Supplement Could Help You Think Sharper and Age Better

June 10, 2025 — Creatine is gaining recognition far beyond its roots in athletic performance. Once seen as a gym-only supplement, it's now understood to play a vital role in cellular energy, cognitive function, and healthy aging. From boosting memory and reducing ...

Hidden in Your Dna: The Mutation Combo That Raises Clot Risk by 180%

June 8, 2025 — Genetic research in Sweden has unveiled three new gene variants that dramatically increase the risk of venous blood clots, sometimes by up to 180%. These discoveries build on existing knowledge of Factor V Leiden and suggest that genetics plays a ...

Why Your Diet Might Be Making You Sad--Especially If You're a Man

June 7, 2025 — New research reveals a surprising downside to calorie-cutting diets: a link to higher levels of depressive symptoms, especially in men and those who are overweight. Despite popular beliefs that healthy eating boosts mental wellness, real-life ...

Clinical Trial Finds Diabetes Pill Reduces Liver Scarring

June 6, 2025 — A diabetes drug may soon double as a treatment for liver disease. Dapagliflozin, an SGLT-2 inhibitor typically used for type 2 diabetes, significantly improved liver inflammation and scarring in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated ...

Eating an Array of Smaller Fish Could Be Nutrient-Dense Solution to Overfishing

June 3, 2025 — To satisfy the seafood needs of billions of people, offering them access to a more biodiverse array of fish creates opportunities to mix-and-match species to obtain better nutrition from smaller ...

Tea, Berries, Dark Chocolate and Apples Could Lead to a Longer Life Span, Study Shows

June 3, 2025 — Eating a colorful variety of flavonoid-rich foods like tea, berries, dark chocolate, and apples may significantly lower your risk of chronic diseases and even help you live longer. A major study ...

Mediterranean Diet Provides Symptom Relief for Patients With IBS in Pilot Study

May 30, 2025 — In a comparative pilot study, the Mediterranean diet and the low FODMAP diet both provided relief for patients with ...

Newly Identified Group of Nerve Cells in the Brain Regulates Bodyweight

May 28, 2025 — Obesity is a global health problem that affects many people. In recent years, very promising anti-obesity drugs have been developed. Despite these successes, there are patients who do not respond to these drugs or suffer from side effects. ...

Midlife Weight Loss Linked to Longer, Healthier Lives

May 28, 2025 — Losing weight via lifestyle adjustments can deliver significant long-term health benefits, without the need for surgery or anti-obesity drugs. Alongside preventing diabetes, it can help ward off chronic conditions including arterial and pulmonary ...

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A High-Fat Diet Sets Off Metabolic Dysfunction in Cells, Leading to Weight Gain

May 28, 2025 — Researchers find high-fat diets set off metabolic dysfunction in cells, leading to weight gain, but these effects can be reversed by treatment with ...

Global Shortage of Essential Nutrient Poses Health Concern

Apr. 30, 2025 — There is a global shortage of omega-3 partly due to environmental factors, according to new research. This is not just a healthcare issue; it is a public health and environmental ...

Boys Who Are Overweight in Their Early Teens Risk Passing on Harmful Epigenetic Traits to Future Children

May 27, 2025 — A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances ...

Weight Loss Linked to Nerve Cells in the Brain

May 27, 2025 — A specific group of nerve cells in the brain stem appears to control how semaglutide affects appetite and weight -- without causing ...

The Dietary Bug in a Cancer Therapy

May 21, 2025 — A study has uncovered a surprising link between diet, intestinal microbes and the efficacy of cancer ...

This Gene Variant Contributed to the Dietary and Physiological Evolution of Modern Humans

May 21, 2025 — Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have ...

Newfound Mechanism Rewires Cellular Energy Processing for Drastic Weight Loss

May 21, 2025 — Mice genetically engineered to lack the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, lost 30 percent of their body weight in a ...

Gut Bacteria and Acetate, a Great Combination for Weight Loss

May 19, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a new way to reduce obesity. Supplying the gut with extra acetate reduces fat and liver mass in both normal and obese mice, as long as bacteria of the Bacteroides species ...

Early Puberty Increases Risk of Overweight Later in Life for Girls

May 19, 2025 — Unique Danish longitudinal study with over 136,000 measurements reveals the connection between pubertal development and weight throughout ...

Molecules in Blood and Urine Could Reveal How Much Ultra-Processed Food You Eat

May 20, 2025 — Sets of metabolites found in blood and urine reliably correspond with how much energy from ultra-processed food a person consumes, according to a new ...

Eating Craved Foods With Meals Lessens Cravings, Boosts Weight Loss

May 20, 2025 — Small clinical study with obese dieters who had chronic health problems found that eating balanced meals and including craved foods with those meals helped dieters manage cravings, even into the ...

Fast Food, Fast Impact: How Fatty Meals Rapidly Weaken Our Gut Defenses

May 19, 2025 — A study has become the first in the world to unravel the immediate effects of a high-fat diet on our gut ...

Can the Brain Be Targeted to Treat Type 2 Diabetes?

May 15, 2025 — Successfully treating type 2 diabetes may involve focusing on brain neurons, rather than simply concentrating on obesity or insulin resistance, according to a new study. For several years, ...

School Dinners May Encourage Picky Teenagers to Eat Better, Says New Study

May 15, 2025 — Having school dinners rather than packed lunches could encourage picky eating 13-year-olds to eat a wider variety of foods, according to a new ...

'Rogue' Immune Cells Explain Why a Gluten-Free Diet Fails in Some Celiac Patients

May 15, 2025 — Researchers have discovered why some people with Celiac disease continue to suffer debilitating symptoms despite strictly avoiding ...

Exercise the Key to Maintaining Vitamin D Levels in Winter

May 14, 2025 — New research shows that regular exercise can help maintain Vitamin D levels during the darker ...

Research Shows How Hormone Can Reverse Fatty Liver Disease in Mice

May 14, 2025 — A pioneering research study details how the hormone FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21) can reverse the effects of fatty liver disease in mice. The hormone works primarily by signaling the brain to ...

Seek Medical Advice Before Attempting Water-Only Fasting Diets, Experts Warn

May 13, 2025 — Experts are urging people, especially those with existing heart or vascular conditions, to seek medical advice before attempting to lose weight using water-only fasting ...

Eating Ultra-Processed Foods May Harm Your Health

May 8, 2025 — Consumption of ultra-processed foods, such as sugar-sweetened beverages, potato chips and packaged cookies, may be associated with adverse health outcomes. Study finds each additional 100 grams/day ...

Lack of Sleep Can Increase the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

May 8, 2025 — Even a few nights with insufficient sleep promote molecular mechanisms linked to a greater risk of heart problems. This has been shown in a new study in which the researchers investigated how sleep ...

Eating Ultra Processed Foods May Speed Up Early Signs of Parkinson's Disease

May 7, 2025 — People who eat more ultra processed foods like cold breakfast cereal, cookies and hot dogs are more likely to have early signs of Parkinson's disease when compared to those who eat very few ...

Obesity a Leading Cause of Knee Osteoarthritis

May 7, 2025 — New research reveals that obesity, having a knee injury and occupational risks such as shift work and lifting heavy loads are primary causes of knee ...

Junk Food for Thought: Landmark Study Directly Links Ultra-Processed Foods to Poor Health

May 7, 2025 — A landmark study exploring consumption of chips, frozen pizzas, breakfast cereals and other ultra-processed foods typically loaded with fat, sugar and additives has confirmed these foods are directly ...

A Healthy Diet in Childhood Is Linked to Starting Menstrual Periods Later, Regardless of BMI or Height

May 6, 2025 — Eating a healthy diet as a child is linked to girls having their first menstrual period at an older age than those who consumed a less healthy diet, according to a new study. The findings remained ...

Food as Medicine: How Diet Shapes Gut Microbiome Health

May 6, 2025 — Researchers show how mice fed a Western-style diet are not able to rebuild a 'healthy,' diverse gut microbiome following antibiotic treatment. These mice were also more susceptible to ...

Neuroestrogen: The Brain's Secret Weapon Against Hunger

May 1, 2025 — Estrogens are known for their role in reproduction, but a new study reveals that neuroestrogens -- estrogens produced in the brain -- play a key role in appetite regulation. These brain-made hormones ...

Designer Microbe Shows Promise for Reducing Mercury Absorption from Seafood

May 1, 2025 — Scientists inserted DNA-encoding methylmercury detoxification enzymes into the genome of an abundant human gut bacterium. The engineered bacterium detoxified methylmercury in the gut of mice and ...

Does Your Biological Age Affect Your Risk of Dementia?

Apr. 30, 2025 — People whose biological age is higher than their chronological age may be more likely to develop dementia than people whose biological age matches or is lower than their chronological age, according ...

Protein Sources Change the Gut Microbiome -- Some Drastically

Apr. 30, 2025 — Protein sources appear to have major effects on both the population and function of the mouse gut ...

Seasonal Changes Affect Alcohol Tolerance and Your Waistline

Apr. 30, 2025 — Researchers have found that drug effectiveness, alcohol tolerance, and carbohydrate metabolism change with the seasons. Their findings are based on a comprehensive seasonal gene expression map, which ...