Here are some interesting reads from last week.

• cool work, nice post on it: Evolving Health: One Tomato at a Time: Feeding the World with Controlled Environment Agriculture
• a potential mechanism on why PUFAs are consistently found positive to cardiovascular health PUFAs acutely affect triacylglycerol-derived skeletal muscle fatty acid uptake and increase postprandial insulin sensitivity
• a meta-analysis finds a 20% crop yield gap between organic and conventional agriculture: GMO Pundit
• Good post by Mike Gibney on risk perceptions gibneyonfood: Snakes, astronauts and consumer risk perception
• theobromine is why chocolate is toxic to some pets, interesting article: The Curious (Toxic) Chemistry of Chocolate | Speakeasy Science
• great post filled with references Chiropractic: An Indefensible Profession – Skeptical Health : Skeptical Health
• I like this summary by Yoni Freedhoff and Scott Kahan (I’ve blogged on both Cochrane reviews) 2011 – Review: Interventions to reduce dietary salt do not reduce mortality or morbidity

Here are some interesting reads from the week of February 11.

• Larry Parnell, Jose Ordovas et al have a new paper on SIRT1 & CLOCK variants on resistance to weight loss: SIRT1 and CLOCK 3111T>C combined genotype … [Int J Obes (Lond). 2012] – PubMed – NCBI
• policy worked: Blood Levels of Trans Fats Are Declining in Americans – NYTimes.com
• space-nutrition? Vision Changes after Spaceflight Are Related to Alterations in Folate– and Vitamin B-12–Dependent One-Carbon Metabolism
• very interesting work but a lot still needed to get to an appropriate confidence in humans: Fasting might boost chem’s cancer-busting properties
• important editorial on the (lack of) solid evidence for some practices: Nutrition for Critically Ill Patients – — JAMA
• interesting pilot study on seasonal micro-nutrition: Periconceptional maternal micronutrient supplementation leads to widespread changes in the epigenome: a study of a unique resource in the Gambia
• Yoni commented on the (diet) soda/vascular event paper that I blogged on: Weighty Matters: Why that Diet Soda/Stroke Paper is Worthless and a Failure of Peer Review
• Excellent post by Scott Gavura: Science-Based Medicine » IgG Food Intolerance Tests: What does the science say?

Here are some interesting reads from the week of February 4th.

• hope to do a long post on the PCRM eventually, but this was annoying. NPR consulted an embassy for an alternative perspective to the PCRM claims about cheese on their billboards instead of the science. Poor journalism in my opinion Billboards Slather On The Guilt With Anti-Cheese Campaign : The Salt : NPR
• PLoS ONE: Mimicry of Food Intake: The Dynamic Interplay between Eating Companions
• Interesting about treating to cardiovascular risk (multiple risk factors) instead of to target LDL levels Hayward and Krumholz: Open Letter to the Adult Treatment Panel IV of the National Institutes of Health « Marilyn Mann’s Blog

Playing catch-up on my weekly links: here are some interesting reads from the week of January 28th:

• people are irrational, part eleventy million There Are No Fetal Cells In Soda, But Fear Is A Real Threat To Biotech – Forbes
• Huge Study Finds Risk Factors Do In Fact Predict Risk
• more evidence in humans Brown Fat Burns Ordinary Fat, Study Finds
• PLoS ONE: Modulation of miRNA Expression by Dietary Polyphenols in apoE Deficient Mice: A New Mechanism of the Action of Polyphenols
• the 1500mg/day sodium goal set for a subpopulation of Americans is not compatible with the 2010 dietary guidelines for nutrient-adequate diets, concludes this study A conflict between nutritionally adequate diet and meeting the 2010 dietary guidelines for sodium [Am J Prev Med. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI

Here are some interesting reads from last week.

• A large position paper: Pesticides and Health, myths vs. realities
• EDIT: See comments about the group who wrote this paper
• Another lab shows beetroot juice (dietary nitrate) benefits on endurance (cycling) performance Nitrate Supplementation’s Impro… [Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI
• Emily Willingham published a great piece about the shoddy Atlantic article mentioned last week Genetically modified foods: Ari Laux’s alarmism in the Atlantic – Slate Magazine
• Another study finds microRNA in breast milk Immune-related MicroRNAs are Abundant in Breast Milk Exosomes [Int J Biol Sci. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI (older one here)
• More information on the resveratrol research fraud Red Wine and Lies – Percolator – The Chronicle of Higher Education
• 13.8% of Americans (NHANES sample) had antinuclear antibodies and they are lower in overweight/obese- wonder what that means Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of antinuclear antibodies in the United States – Satoh – Arthritis & Rheumatism – Wiley Online Library
• Yoni has a rational take on Paula Deen: Paula Deen has diabetes and takes Victoza, so what?

Here are some interesting reads from last week.

• This nonsensical story caused a huge backlash last week- I linked to some telling comments after the article The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods – Ari LeVaux – Health – The Atlantic
• This was a great response The Biology Files: Why did The Atlantic publish this piece trying to link miRNAs and GMOs?
• I have read the paper too and agree with Emily’s post.
• Monsanto even put out a comment: Paper on miRNA danger from food – Monsanto
• A big news story of last week, still developing: UConn resveratrol researcher Dipak Das fingered in sweeping misconduct case « Retraction Watch Lots more at Retraction Watch if you’re interested.
• The Cognitive Benefits of Chewing Gum
• Is animal cruelty illegal but ethical? The Business Ethics Blog
• Programming of adipose tissue miR-483-3p and GDF-3 expression by maternal diet in type 2 diabetes. [Cell Death Differ. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI
• A smack-down on bad reporting Red wine research DOESN’T show it can ‘reduce breast cancer risk’ : Cancer Research UK – Cancer Research UK – Science Update blog
• This long report contains some good nutrition related research summaries AHA update “Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2012 Update

Here are some interesting reads from a couple weeks ago.

• n3 PUFA suppresses TH17 cells in a mouse model of colitis, by the mechanism maybe it would benefit in celiac too? Th17 Cell Accumulation Is Decreased during Chronic Ex… [J Nutr. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI
• a 6-month RCT of several beverages showed that 1 liter of soda per day increased ectopic but not total fat mass increased Sucrose-sweetened beverages increase fat stor… [Am J Clin Nutr. 2011] – PubMed – NCBI
• Was wondering what was next after the initial RCT showed no metabolic benefits Can Brown Rice Slow the Spread of Type 2 Diabetes? – January 03, 2012 -Features – News at HSPH – Harvard School of Public Health
• Don’t ice before exercise, at least: Why Ice May Be Bad For Sore Muscles
• A nice post by Orac that could be said within nutritional practices too: Revisiting the question of “individualization” of treatments in “alternative” medicine : Respectful Insolence
• new analysis of the EPIC data shows that baseline fruit/veg intake not associated with self-reported weight change Fruit and vegetable consumption and prospective weight change in participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition–Physical Activity, Nutrition, Alcohol, Cessation of Smoking, Eating Out of Home, and Obesity study haven’t had a chance to read it yet, wondering if measuring only baseline intake is reliable enough.