Ah, cherries! Whether they’re sweet or sour, fresh or frozen, they’re refreshing, juicy, and fun to eat. Fortunately, they’re good for us, too. Unfortunately, these fruits are often served up along with a hefty dose of sugar, be it in a pie, jam or jelly....
In one of the largest longitudinal studies of the microbiome to date, researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and the DIABIMMUNE Study Group have identified a connection between changes in gut microbiota and the onset of type 1...
If you had an inkling that fake sugar was bad for you, more evidence that you could be right. New research on artificial sweeteners suggests that they may disrupt the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar, causing metabolic changes that can be a precursor to...
Does a recent meta-analysis put the debate to rest? By Mona Morstein, ND, and Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO Reference Allen RW, Schwartzman E, Baker WL, Coleman CI, Phung OJ. Cinnamon use in type 2 diabetes: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Fam Med. 2013;11(5):452-459. Design A meta-analysis was performed...
“What if we’ve confused cause and effect? What if it’s not overeating that causes us to get fat, but the process of getting fatter that causes us to overeat?” asks David S. Ludwig in Opinion. These ideas aren’t entirely new. The notion that we overeat because...