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Watch your red meat intake
Publicado em 19 de abril de 2023
Increased intake of refined rice and wheat as well as processed red meat, and low consumption of whole grains is causing a significant increase in the global cases of diabetes, according to a study.
The study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, showed that poor diet contributed to over 14.1 million cases of Type-2 diabetes, representing over 70 per cent of new diagnoses globally.
They found factors such as drinking too much fruit juice and not eating enough non-starchy vegetables, [...]
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Gene that naturally protects people against Covid discovered
Publicado em 22 novembro 2022Sao Paulo, Nov 22 (IANS) A team of Brazilian researchers has discovered that a gene can protect people, even those aged 90 and above, from the deadly Covid disease. Two research papers found that the frequency of variants of the gene ‘MUC22’ was twice as high in the mild Covid-19 group as in severe patients, and higher still in resilient super-agers. This gene belongs to the “mucin” family and is associated with the production of mucus, which lubricates and [...]ver notícia -
High vitamin D dose fails to help COVID patients recover
Publicado em 24 abril 2021Scientists now report that a high dose of vitamin D administered on admission to hospital has failed to improve the condition of patients with moderate or severe Covid-19. A clinical trial was conducted in Brazil with 240 patients who were given 200,000 IU of vitamin D3 on admission to hospital. The supplementation did not reduce length of stay or affect the proportion requiring intensive, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). In vitro [...]ver notícia