Jun 7, 2016 06:36 PM
High-fat Mediterranean diet does not lead to weight gain: study
https://cosmosmagazine.com/life-sciences...gain-study
EXCERPT: Are the days of calorie counting numbered? They should be, according to a new study published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology – eating a Mediterranean diet high in vegetable fats doesn't lead to significant weight gain in older people compared to a low-fat diet. The Mediterranean diet, which is rich in "good fats" such as those found in vegetables, fish and nuts, has known health benefits. Yet many countries' health guidelines recommend low-fat diets without differentiating between the good fats and "bad fats", such as those found in red meat and butter. So researchers in Spain randomly placed 7,447 men and women aged more than 55 years on one of three diets: a Mediterranean diet supplemented with olive oil, a Mediterranean diet with added nuts, and a low-fat diet....
Tarantula venom helps untangle irritable bowel syndrome
https://cosmosmagazine.com/life-sciences...l-syndrome
EXCERPT: Tarantulas are, for most people, the stuff of nightmares – but their venom is helping scientists find a drug to relieve irritable bowel syndrome. Researchers from Australia and the US isolated a toxin from the venom of West African tarantula Heteroscodra maculata and found it kept pain nerves in the colon “switched on” and transmitting to pain signal the brain. They published their work in Nature....
https://cosmosmagazine.com/life-sciences...gain-study
EXCERPT: Are the days of calorie counting numbered? They should be, according to a new study published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology – eating a Mediterranean diet high in vegetable fats doesn't lead to significant weight gain in older people compared to a low-fat diet. The Mediterranean diet, which is rich in "good fats" such as those found in vegetables, fish and nuts, has known health benefits. Yet many countries' health guidelines recommend low-fat diets without differentiating between the good fats and "bad fats", such as those found in red meat and butter. So researchers in Spain randomly placed 7,447 men and women aged more than 55 years on one of three diets: a Mediterranean diet supplemented with olive oil, a Mediterranean diet with added nuts, and a low-fat diet....
Tarantula venom helps untangle irritable bowel syndrome
https://cosmosmagazine.com/life-sciences...l-syndrome
EXCERPT: Tarantulas are, for most people, the stuff of nightmares – but their venom is helping scientists find a drug to relieve irritable bowel syndrome. Researchers from Australia and the US isolated a toxin from the venom of West African tarantula Heteroscodra maculata and found it kept pain nerves in the colon “switched on” and transmitting to pain signal the brain. They published their work in Nature....
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