Different Dietary Fibers Affect the Body in Unique Ways
Different Dietary Fibers Affect the Body in Unique Ways
Acting through the microbiome, the fiber arabinoxylan reduces cholesterol in many people, while another fiber, called long-chain inulin, increases inflammation, a study finds.
Acting through the microbiome, the fiber arabinoxylan reduces cholesterol in many people, while another fiber, called long-chain inulin, increases inflammation, a study finds.
nutrition studies
Nutrition Researchers Can Determine What You’ve Been Eating
Amber Dance | Dec 1, 2020 | 10+ min read
The study of diet, long plagued by inaccuracies in self reports, is entering a new age of precision with the methods of metabolomics.
Infographic: Deciphering Diet from Blood and Urine Samples
Amber Dance | Dec 1, 2020 | 1 min read
Nutrition researchers are beginning to use metabolomics to determine how healthy subjects’ diets are, and even to reveal specific properties of the foods they eat.
Inside a Lab Mouse’s High-Fat Diet
Kate Yandell | Nov 23, 2015 | 4 min read
Researchers should pay closer attention to the diets they use to study obesity in mice, experts advise.
Speaking of Science
The Scientist | Nov 1, 2015 | 2 min read
November 2015's selection of notable quotes
Leibel on Diets
The Scientist | Oct 31, 2015 | 1 min read
Columbia University researcher Rudy Leibel discusses a study that found benefit in a high-fat diet.
Trans Fats Linked to Heart Disease, Early Death
Kerry Grens | Aug 14, 2015 | 2 min read
The consumption of trans fats is tied to a higher chance of disease and dying sooner, according to a systematic review.
Nutrition Researcher Loses Libel Suit
Jef Akst | Aug 3, 2015 | 2 min read
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice rules that the Canadian Broadcasting Company did not commit libel in its documentary series on fraud allegations against Ranjit Chandra.
TS Picks: June 15, 2015
Tracy Vence | Jun 15, 2015 | 1 min read
Memory-based dietary assessments; organs-on-a-chip; scientists in Italy accused of spreading plant pathogen
A Lot to Chew On
Mary Beth Aberlin | Jun 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Complex layers of science, policy, and public opinion surround the things we eat and drink.
Contributors
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | Jun 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the June 2014 issue of The Scientist