Some artificial sweeteners, such as saccharin and acesulfame K, have a bitter aftertaste that affects consumer acceptance of reduced-calorie foods and beverages. New research in FEBS Open Bio reveals the potential of compounds that inhibit bitter…
Category: 5. Health
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A hidden sugar source in ketchup, salad dressing, and toothpaste
It turns out those cellulose-based thickening agents found in common foods can be digested.
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown that our gut bacteria can feed on these large molecules — something thought to not be…
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“One Health” Is The New Global Policy Framework
AIHOLE, KARNATAKA, INDIA – 2013/12/04: A farmer is ploughing a field, using white oxen for pulling the plough. (Photo by Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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When COVID-19 swept the globe in 2020, the shock…
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‘Ozempic Vulva’ Is Leading Some Women To Get Labia Puffing And Surgery
“Ozempic vulva” is an unoffcial term that women have been using to describe what they’ve been noticing in their genital areas after starting Ozempic or some other glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist. (Photo: Getty)
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Your brain works overtime at night to burn fat and prevent sugar crashes
The brain controls the release of glucose in a wide range of stressful circumstances, including fasting and low blood sugar levels.
However, less attention has been paid to its role in day-to-day situations.
In a study published in Molecular…
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Why irregular sleep puts heart failure patients in danger
People recovering from heart failure should consider improving the regularity of their sleep, a study led by Oregon Health & Science University suggests.
The research team found that even moderately irregular sleep doubles the risk of having…
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A Famine Has Been Declared In Gaza. Here’s How It Can Affect The Health Of Its Citizens
TOPSHOT – Palestinian women and children hold out their empty pots in front of a charity kitchen in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 21, 2025. Rights group Amnesty International earlier this week accused Israel of enacting a…
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Stopping time in cells exposes life’s fastest secrets
Optical microscopy is a key technique for understanding dynamic biological processes in cells, but observing these high-speed cellular dynamics accurately, at high spatial resolution, has long been a formidable task.
Now, in an article published…
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Tiny green tea beads trap fat and melt away pounds without side effects
Weight-loss interventions, including gastric bypass surgery and drugs that prevent dietary fat absorption, can be invasive or have negative side effects. Now, researchers have developed edible microbeads made from green tea polyphenols, vitamin E…
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Too much salt can hijack your brain
A new study finds that a high-salt diet triggers brain inflammation that drives up blood pressure.
The research, led by McGill University scientist Masha Prager-Khoutorsky in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team at McGill and the Research…
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