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We all know that the Mediterranean diet - packed with fish, vegetables and olive oil - is good for us.

The eating regime, originating out of Italy and Greece, has long been linked to longevity.

However, a new study has found that it could also boost brain function - with four foods singled out as being particularly beneficial.

New research has shown that those who ate diets rich in vegetables, whole grains, olive oil and fish had the lowest risks of cognitive impairment.

Read more: Getting fit during the lockdown could save your life from coronavirus, say health professors

The findings, published in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia, discovered that fish and vegetables were especially linked to a slower rate of decline.

Crucially, scientists discovered that the Mediterranean diet even appeared to benefit participants with a higher genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease - those carrying the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene.

Dr Emily Chew, lead study author from the National Eye Institute in Maryland, United States, said: Closer adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet was associated with lower risk of cognitive impairment but not slower decline in cognitive function.

"However, higher fish consumption was significantly associated with slower cognitive decline.

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"APOE genotype did not influence these relationships."

The team aimed to analyse whether sticking closely to a Mediterranean diet would impact cognition.

Nine Mediterranean foods were analysed - including whole fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, fish, and olive oil - as well as reduced consumption of red meat and alcohol.

The researchers assessed data from two large trials of nearly 8,000 people with varying severity of AMD, an age-related eye condition.

Read more: Certain foods can be eaten months after their best-before date

At the start of the study, both groups of participants were assessed for their diet.

The first set had their cognitive function tested using standardised tests at five years, while the second were tested more frequently, at two, four, and 10 years after the studys start date.

A questionnaire completed by each participant provided the researchers with their average consumption of each Mediterranean diet component over the previous year.

Participants who stuck most closely to the eating regime had the lowest risk of cognitive impairment and higher performance on cognitive tests.

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The evidence was strongest for those who maintained, but did not substantially alter their diet over the 10-year-period.

After the study period, participants who ate the highest fish consumption had the slowest rate of cognitive decline.

Dr Chew added: These findings may help inform evidence-based dietary recommendations, adding strength to evidence that Mediterranean-type diet patterns may maximise cognitive reserve against impairment and dementia.

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I dont want to die and leave specific instructions in my will to dress me in a long sleeve top because I hate my arms, writes Marisa Meltzer. I would like to be able to see a picture of myself and not have it ruin my day.

Meltzer, a journalist and author, exhumes her inner monologues around body image and shame in her new book, This is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World (and Me). She draws experiential parallels between her life and that of Jean Nidetch, a winsome housewife whose shame around her size propelled her to fight her compulsive eating and eventually found Weight Watchers.

Nidetch started a loose support group for herself and friends struggling with weight in 1961 in Queens, which grew so exponentially it became incorporated by 1963 as a dieting system and lifestyle. Nidetch was an evangelist for weight loss, and served as her own best example of what transformation could look like.

She had shed a significant amount of weight through a New York City obesity clinic, but the programs nutritional rigor was only effective when offset by sharing the exasperation of constant dieting with others. Through community she found release, and this became the lynchpin of her brand. Meltzer noted that Nidetch successfully had tapped into a collective anxiety of getting fat.

Woven in with Nidetchs journeyshe died in 2015 at age 91, her triumphant mogul influence dwindling over the years as she was gradually estranged from the organization she foundedare Meltzers own weight struggles. My body is tragic, but also ordinary, she writes. We all just accept dogs for showing up. I wish I could do that for myself.

Meltzer unpacks the micromanaging scrutiny she faced from her parents about her weight since childhood, and more broadly examines the twisted societal expectations that skew our apprehensions of physique. Meltzer wanted to open a dialogue about weight that doesnt feel overly confined by how you should feel about it, she said in a phone interview with The Daily Beast.

With unrelenting candor, she confesses to toxic social behavior (a game I play where I scan every room to see if Im the fattest person there), indulging in binges (solo delivery orders where the restaurant packs four sets of plastic utensils), and enduring humiliating remarks from retail workers who brashly insisted she must be postpartum. She talks about aspiring to Amber Valletas clavicles but relating to Nancy Drews plump friend Bess Marvin.

Meltzer not only wades through dieting culture and its grim statistics, but debunks coded language around body image on a broader scale. She writes: I say fat not as a reclamation but as a no-frills description. I hate every euphemism: curvy, plus-size, whatever. On the phone, she expanded on this double-speak: You see it with the bastardizations of self-care used to talk about botox and clean eating no matter what you call it, you're still trying to deal with the way that you look or age. Calling it something else is not helping anyone out with honest discussion about the real issues.

Our culture veers wildly between impossible standards of beauty and seemingly impossible standards of acceptance, to terrible effect to almost everyone

She added: Theres so much pressure to be a strong woman! these days, and to project as really confident. I understand it, but at the same time it feels like a faade, and one that is increasingly not doing anyone any favors.

While Meltzer criticizes the societal pressures to look a certain way, she is skeptical of the body positive movement as an antidote. She writes: our culture veers wildly between impossible standards of beauty and seemingly impossible standards of acceptance, to terrible effect to almost everyone. She continues:I may be my own worst critic, but my critical view is reinforced and also shaped by society. How am I supposed to not hate myself, to rise above when Im so attuned to the cruelty of others?

Meltzer finds it unrealistic to live as though others perceptions have no bearing on how we see ourselves: Loving yourself is a great ideaI wish it for everyonebut I also think that we live in a world where it can be hard to have a body, period, and if youre someone who is fat, youre going to be reminded of that all the time, she stated on the phone.

Its easy to pay a certain amount of lip service to body acceptance because its fashionable right now and shows a certain savviness, but I don't know how far that really goes

She emphasized that its not a personal failure to be influenced by societys messaging, however foolish it may be, when youve always been subjected to it. Meltzer doesn't want to shoulder the guilt for not being able to flout societys norms conformably or authentically.

Body acceptance says that its my fault that I don't feel great about my body because I haven't fully committed to loving it, Meltzer writes, but adds that overweight people are told to change our minds and set ourselves free, and then once we feel a little empowered, we have the old hegemonic handcuffs slapped right back on.

As she put it in conversation: Its easy to pay a certain amount of lip service to body acceptance because its fashionable right now and shows a certain savviness, but I don't know how far that really goes.

An avowed feminist, Meltzer expresses a certain ambivalence about Nidetchon the one hand, she founded a company in which women reclaim their bodies, but she unequivocally encouraged women to conform to aesthetic norms and, as Meltzer writes, keep up with the labor of femininity.

Meltzer also notes that Nidetchs career skyrocketed precisely during the same early 1960s period that Julia Childs and Betty Friedans did. These two cultural icons were celebrated for completely different approaches to embracing womanhood, be it through gustative indulgence or bulldozing the housewife trope.

Meltzers own understanding from reading feminist texts was: Good feminists, in short, do not diet. Nonetheless, she does not fall into this camp herself: For someone raised without religion, dieting has been a source of faith.

That sense of faith can be a perverse one. Meltzers obsessiveness around dieting makes her not only keenly observant but competitive. She mentions how celebrities she has profiled as a journalist (from Busy Phillips to Karlie Kloss to Roxane Gay) or simply encountered (Padma Lakshmi, in the waiting room of a lymphatic massage parlor) have eroded her sense of self and left her feeling deflated.

The modern celebritys mix of worship measpiration while maintaining an Im just like you accessibility promotes untenable standards for body acceptance. Meltzer rarely broadens the spectrum of who else is affected by these feelings of self-consciousness, but its interesting when she mentions otherslike a police officer in her Weight Watchers group who expresses unease about the fit of his bulletproof vest due to his size.

The book concludes on a wavering note of self-forgiveness. Meltzer doesn't tack on false epiphanies but gives herself room to keep clarifying her own needs. Her ultimate wish would be to live as though disembodied altogether, her fantasy to be whatever size it is and for no one to see me as fat; for the social perception of fatness to cease to exist... its less about a hatred of fat people or my body and more about wanting to be able to live in a way where I am noticed for what I choose.

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With everything going on, its important to stay healthy. It can feel like a lot of things are out of our hands, but food remains something which we can still in some capacity control. We have known for a while now that the food we eat impacts our mood. However, recent studies have found food to have an even larger impact on our functionality than just temperament.

The documentary "The Magic Pill" followed the lives of several people as they underwent a real-life experiment with their diet. The aim simply was to eat non-processed, whole foods for ten weeks straight. The technical term they threw out occasionally was Keto. But it has been endearingly nicknamed the Caveman Diet, and Id prefer to use that term for its unhampered realism. The hypothesis of this experiment which still has yet to be proven states that saturated fats cause heart disease. The people involved in this experiment had a plethora of physical and mental ailments, ranging from diabetes to autism to cancer. Each person experienced a form of stabilization or partial remission. One patient with early onset dementia lost 40 pounds by the end of the first five weeks, and stopped taking her pain meds, explaining that her intense migraines had entirely dissipated. Another patient with non-verbal autism was able to feed himself after only the first five days, and later improved even more in his independence and self-care skills. He was also able to articulate in full sentences his fears and joys. A cancer patient with aggressive, metastatic breast cancer diminished the size of her tumor without chemotherapy or radiotherapy. She simply followed the ketogenic diet, but with her own little spin. She aimed to eat 80% healthy fats, 10-14% protein, and no more than 12g of carbs per day. This kind of eating alone prodded her toward partial remission.

It seemed to indicate that there might be something wrong with the food pyramid, and that it should be flipped. At the very top should be grains and cereals, and at the bottom should be fats and oils. Even though the food pyramid has since been replaced by the plate, this newer version still seems to be lacking. It is ambiguous in its proportions, seeming to have equal parts of fruits, grains, vegetables, protein and dairy. The plate seems to be a bit careless, even more so than the food pyramid, which at least indicates portions (even if they arent proper). Its true that all of this, at the end of the day, is largely speculation. The documentary found a lot of evidence that clean eating can improve and stabilize a variety of adverse conditions. Nothing has been proven, but it might be worth a shot while were all trapped at home to try eating clean foods: unsaturated, unprocessed foods. With everything going on, anything can help. And if diet can help with anxiety, stress and other physical ailments, why not give it a try? The Caveman way certainly wont be easy, especially for lovers of junk food, but the effect it can have will definitely taste just as sweet.

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This report focuses on the global status of weight loss and diet management, future forecasts, growth opportunities, the key market and the main players.The objectives of the study are to present the development of Weight Loss and Diet Management in the United States, Europe and China.

In 2017, the global market for weight loss and diet management was millions of U.S. dollars and is expected to reach one million U.S. dollars by the end of 2025, with a CAGR of 2018-2025.

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Les principaux acteurs couverts par cette tudeWeight WatchersAbbott NutritionThe Coca-ColaPepsicoNutrisystemMedifastKraft FoodsKelloggHerbalife LtdGeneral MillsAmylin PharmaceuticalsAmer Sports CorpAlpro LtdAjinomoto CoAIDP IncAHD InternationalAcatris

Market segment by type, product can be divided intoBetter-for-You-Food & BeveragesWeight loss supplementsMealreplacements Low calorie sweetenersOthers

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Market segment by application, divided intosupermarkets and hypermarketsHealth and beauty storesIndependent retailersOnline distribution

Market segment by region / country, this report coversthe United StatesEuropeChinaJapanSoutheast AsiaIndiaCentral and South America

The objectives of the study in this report are: Toanalyze global status of weight loss and diet management, future forecasts, growth opportunity, key market and key players.Present the development of Weight Loss and Diet Management in the United States, Europe and China.Establish a strategic profile of the main players and thoroughly analyze their development plan and strategies.Define, describe and forecast the market by product type, market and key regions.

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In this study, the years considered to estimate the size of the weight loss and diet management market are as follows:Historical Year: 2013-2017Base year: 2017Estimated year: 2018Forecast year 2018 to 2025For data information by region, company, type and application, 2017 is considered the base year.Whenever data were not available for the base year, the previous year was taken into account.

Contents

Chapter One: Overview of the Report

1.1 Scope of the study

1.2 Key market segments

1.3 Actors covered

1.4 Market analysis by type

1.4.1 Global weight loss and diet management Growth rate in market size by type (2013-2025)

1.4.2 Better for-you-Food & Beverages

1.4.3 Weight loss supplements

1.4.4 Meal replacements

1.4.5 Sweeteners

low calorie 1.4.6 Others

1.5 Market by application

1.5.1 Global market share of weight loss and diet management by application (2013-2025)

1.5.2 Supermarkets and hypermarkets

1.5.3 Health and beauty product stores

1.5.4 Independent retailers

1.5 .5 Online distribution

1.6 Objectives of the study

1.7 Years considered

Chapter Two: Trends in Global Growth

2.1 Weight loss and diet management Market size

2.2 Growth trends in weight loss and diet management by region

2.2.1 Size of the weight loss and diet management market by region (2013-2025)

2.2.2 Market share of weight loss and diet management by region (2013-2018)

2.3 Industry trends

2.3.1 Main market trends

2.3.2 Market drivers

2.3.3 Market opportunities

Chapter Three: Market share of the main players

3.1 Weight loss and diet management Market size by manufacturers

3.1.1 Global weight loss and food management recipes by manufacturers (2013-2018)

3.1.2 The global income market for weight loss and diet management is

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Putting some fizz into a family vacation

Dropping a bunch of Mentos candies into a bottle of Diet Coke is a favorite science demonstration, as the action results in an impressive geyser of foam to rival Old Faithful. Thomas S. Kuntzleman, a chemistry professor at Spring Arbor University, says he first saw this demo in elementary school and that was itI was hooked. Now, he has taken the famous Diet Coke fountain demo to new heights by measuring the amount of foam produced at different altitudes (J. Chem. Educ. 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b01177).

The rough surface of Mentos candies provides nucleation sites for bubbles to form and grow from the carbon dioxide dissolved in the Diet Coke. Kuntzleman hypothesized that atmospheric pressure should affect the frequency of bubble formation and was inspired to put this to the test.

He recruited a friend, chemistry teacher Ryan Johnson, to measure the foam produced during a climb up Pikes Peak in Colorado (4,300 m elevation). Kuntzleman also did the experiment himself during a summer vacation as he and his family drove through a range of altitudes, from Death Valley, California (13 m below sea level), to a snowy spot near Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park (3,260 m elevation). He used 500 mL bottles of Diet Coke, making sure they all came from the same manufacturing lot because carbon dioxide leaks out over time. He also made sure the bottles were at a consistent 27 C using the heat and air-conditioning from the car.

To his delight, he saw that the amount of foam did increase at the high altitudes, and he was able to model the bubble nucleation. Im tickled that we figured out how to do that, he says.

Brewing up a water filter

Some people partial to carbonated beverages enjoy imbibing kombucha, a fizzy, fermented drink made from tea, sugar, and a mushroom-like mother known as a SCOBYsymbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. Katherine R. Zodrow, an assistant professor and head of the Environmental Engineering Department at Montana Technological University, saw a micrograph of the network of thin cellulose fibers in a SCOBY and thought that it looked a lot like a membrane. Ive wanted to make membranes that are alive for a long time, and this was the perfect place to start, she says.

So Zodrow and her colleagues grew kombucha SCOBYs about 11.5 mm thick and tested their ability to filter particles from water. They found that the living membranes could remove more than 98% of 50 nm particles and 99% of 100 nm particles, suggesting that a SCOBY filter could remove most bacteria and protozoa. Whats more, the membranes heal themselves when punctured (Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00019). With more optimization, perhaps SCOBYs will one day serve a dual purposefiltering water as well as making a bubbly drink.

Corinna Wu wrote this weeks column. Please send comments and suggestions to newscripts@acs.org.

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The majority of Americans who regularly get their news from conservative sources inaccurately believe that the coronavirus pandemic is no more deadly than the common seasonal flu, according to new polling data.

A new survey by Gallup conducted from March 17 to 29 showed that 57 percent of Americans with a "conservative news diet" including sources such as Fox News, Breitbart, One America News and the National Review believed that the coronavirus posed the same risk or less of a risk than the seasonal flu. In reality, health experts have estimated that the novel virus is at least 10 to 20 times more deadly.

Conversely, the Gallup survey found that only 28 percent of those turning to only "liberal" media including MSNBC, The New York Times, CNN and Vox believed that coronavirus was less or equally deadly as the common flu. Meanwhile, just 36 percent of those who consumed a mix of conservative and liberal media believed incorrectly that the coronavirus was no more deadly than the flu.

Some right-wing pundits and conservative lawmakers have faced criticism from medical professionals and health experts for repeatedly downplaying the threat of the coronavirus by comparing it to the common flu. President Donald Trump also repeatedly made the comparison, even as the number of deaths and confirmed cases rose rapidly across the country.

"So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on," Trump tweeted on March 9.

But Trump's tone has changed significantly in recent days. During a White House press briefing last Tuesday, the president said that "a lot of people" had previously compared coronavirus to the flu. Trump said that people had suggested: "Ride it out, don't do anything, just ride it out and think of it as the flu."

"But it's not the flu. It is vicious," he added.

The overall death rate from the coronavirus remains unclear. As of early Thursday afternoon, there were about 1.45 million confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world. Of those, close to 92,000 have died, while more than 340,000 have already recovered. Those numbers put the death rate from confirmed cases at a little over 6 percent. Comparatively, the seasonal flu has an average death rate of about 0.1 percent.

But health experts have noted that there are almost certainly many cases of coronavirus that have gone uncounted. Some individuals never show any symptoms, despite having contracted the virus. Additionally, a large number of individuals only experience mild symptoms. These people may never get tested and may not even be aware that they could have the coronavirus.

The death rate has also appeared to vary between countries. Analysts have noted that this could be due to a lack of testing. Many countries have struggled to adequately test their populations, meaning that often only the sickest patients get tested and are confirmed to have the virus. There could be a large number of sick individuals with mild cases that have been left uncounted in official totals. Despite the discrepancies and lack of testing, however, the data clearly shows that the coronavirus poses a far greater risk to human health than the common flu.

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DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., April 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --A peer-reviewed study, performed at Cell Science Systems, Corp., has reported that simple blood tests can determine micronutrients and antioxidants that boost immunity and protect the body's cells.

The study highlights new research on how food sensitivities, as well as nutrient deficiencies, may play a vital role in keeping people healthy. Further, it reports that people with more food sensitivities and an unhealthy diet and lifestyle have more nutrient deficiencies and are less able to resist oxidative stress.

The paper entitled "A randomized observational analysis examining the correlation between patients' food sensitivities, micronutrient deficiencies, oxidative stress response and immune redox status" appears in the current issue of the journal Functional Foods in Health and Disease.

One of the biggest detriments to health is inflammation, whichdrives metabolic syndrome; includingoverweight, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Other conditions linked to food sensitivity include asthma, rhinitis, migraine, eczema, IBS and arthritis.

Avoidance of individual food sensitivities, tested through the Alcat Test, reduces overweight; the major factor that drives these high-risk conditions. Interestingly, food sensitivity reactions, not only promote inflammation but also impair nutritional status, according to the study.Food-induced inflammation, coupled with nutrient deficiencies, are factors that contribute to the underlying conditions that render one more susceptible to the serious effectsof infections.

The main point is: "This study suggests that high food sensitivity is associated with a higher nutrient deficiency, a stronger oxidative stress response and a lower immune redox status (sic, that is, protection from oxidative damage)."

"This is all about prevention, immune balance, and effective diet and lifestyle changes. Underlying conditions lay the ground for less protection from infections,"says lead author Dr. Irena Steele.

These findings are especially relevant today because they show that through laboratory testing one can determine with precision the exact foods and/or nutritional supplements that prevent inflammation, boost T-cell immunity (needed to fight pathogens and destroy infected cells) and also protect the bodies' cells from the ravages of oxidative stress, which can be caused by infections, such as the new coronavirus, stress, environmental pollution, and other factors. The coronavirus, can, in severe cases, induce dramatic and potentially fatal oxidative stress ("cytokine storm").

"Personalization of diet, according to scientific testing, reduces chronic inflammatory conditions and confers a healthier immune state," says Roger Deutsch, CEO of Cell Science Systems. "This is not something we're proposing as a cure for someone already infected; but, it's potentially great news for prevention."

Cell Science Systems, Corp. is a federally and state-licensed laboratory and FDA-registered medical device manufacturer specialized in preventive medical lab tests that measure how the immune system responds to foods, nutrients and other substancesto create a truly personalized diet and health plan.Cell Science Systems was voted"Company of the Year for Food intolerance Testing" by international consulting firmFrost & Sullivan.

CONTACT: Roger Deutsch; Phone: 954 999 8308; Email: [emailprotected]; more information: http://www.CellScienceSystems.com

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You've felt it: That burning sensation that starts in your chest and slowly creeps up your throat like a slow-burning fire. It goes by many names, including the expletive-laden terms sufferers keep to themselves, but the most common are acid reflux, heartburn and acid indigestion.

An acid reflux diet can be a healthy way to eat if you include lots of low-acid fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy.

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If it only happens every once in a while, that means you probably ate something that didn't agree with you. If it happens more than twice a week, though, you may have a more serious condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Either way, your diet is the best place to start to tame the symptoms of acid reflux so it doesn't get out of control.

Taking a good look at your diet is the first line of defense in combatting acid reflux, especially because most symptoms are reported after a meal, according to July 2017 research published in the Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility.

If you have acid reflux, chances are you have trigger foods, meaning those that provoke the burning pain, regurgitation or difficulty swallowing many sufferers experience. Trigger foods can vary from person to person.

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Following an acid reflux diet means you should take out the foods that commonly cause heartburn and add in foods that are known to tame the symptoms.

For most people, that means removing suspect foods and monitoring the effect on symptoms, then slowly adding them back in, one at a time, to see if the acid reflux reemerges. That's how you find your personal trigger foods.

Much of how diet affects acid reflux has to do with a ring of muscle that relaxes to let food pass from the esophagus to the stomach, called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES).

Some foods and lifestyle behaviors cause the LES to relax too much, and that allows stomach contents to come back up into the esophagus, according to August 2019 research published in the Journal of Thoracic Disease.

An acid reflux diet is extremely personalized, since a trigger food for you may not be a trigger food for someone else. This type of eating can be healthful overall, though, and you might see the quality of your diet improve.

Some common trigger foods are ones that should be limited in the diet anyway, and others are just known to cause the LES to relax too much.

This Peaches and Creamy Coconut Quinoa Oatmeal Bowl is a good breakfast option for those with acid reflux.

Since caffeine typically aggravates acid reflux, opt for caffeine-free herbal teas like chamomile. Avoid peppermint or spearmint tea, though, as it may trigger symptoms. Other drinks that are usually safe for those with acid reflux include:

Obviously, there are some foods on the "avoid" list that are healthy foods, but that doesn't mean you can't get those nutrients in other foods that won't aggravate your symptoms of acid reflux.

Following an acid reflux diet that is high in fruits, vegetables and whole grains may help tame your symptoms and, yes, it is a very healthy way to eat.

According to November 2017 research published in the Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, people who had a higher intake of fiber in their diet had a lower risk for GERD. In addition, an August 2019 research article published in the Journal of Thoracic Disease found that people who increased their fiber intake saw a reduction in symptoms of acid reflux.

Pros

Symptoms and severity of acid reflux may decrease by eliminating common trigger foods.

It can take a long time to figure out your trigger foods.

Your overall diet may improve

Meal planning may become more difficult.

If your symptoms calm down after eliminating foods, you decrease your risk for developing esophagitis (inflammation of the esophagus) or Barrett's esophagus (cancer), according to the Mayo Clinic.

Some healthy foods are eliminated from the diet.

It may be harder to eat away from home.

You may have to eliminate foods you love to eat.

If your symptoms of acid reflux are bothering you enough to seek out solutions to tame them, then you should try modifying your diet.

However, diet isn't the only change you should make. There are many lifestyle factors that are also known to cause acid reflux, and diet alone may not be enough to completely get rid of the heartburn.

The Mayo Clinic suggests other modifications you can make to your lifestyle that may tame your symptoms:

While you should mostly avoid desserts that are high in fat or that contain chocolate, peppermint or spearmint, according to UPMC HealthBeat, the following sweets are typically safe for those with heartburn:

Even though occasional acid reflux is fairly common, if you have continuing symptoms that don't get better with diet and lifestyle modifications, seek help from your doctor for other remedies or medication.

If you have difficulty or painful swallowing, pain when you eat, problems breathing or are vomiting in large amounts, it has a strange color, or looks like coffee grounds, you should seek help immediately, per the NIH.

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A study published in the Journal of Human Evolution reveals for the first time the diet of fossil baboon Theropithecus oswaldi discovered in the Victoria Cave in Cartagena (Murcia), the only site in Europe with remains of this primate, which is four million years old and came from eastern Africa.

The new work analyses the diet of this primate based on its sole European fossil remains and thanks to the analysis of the oral micro-wear patterns on the teeth resulting from eating food. According to the conclusions, the feeding pattern of this guenon the most common primate in the fossil registry of the Pleistocene in the African continent would be different to that of baboon Theropithecus gelada, which is phylogenetically currently the closest species to T. oswaldi. Baboon T. gelada, which lives in the Simien mountains in northern Ethiopia, usually feeds on fresh herbs and sprigs.

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The work, headed by professors Laura Martnez and Alejandro Prez-Prez, from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona (UB), was also produced by expert from the Department of Biotechnology of the University of Alicante (UA) Alejandro Romero, as well as experts from the Faculty of Earth Sciences and the Faculty of Psychology of the UV, from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Municipal Museum of Prehistory and Palaeontology of Orce (Granada) and George Washington University (USA).

Diet of the fossil baboon in the south of the Iberian Peninsula

According to UA researcher Alejandro Romero, the analysis with electronic microscopy that we did of the enamel of the teeth from Theropithecus oswaldi revealed a good state of preservation, which made it possible to define oral micro-wear. The pattern of micro-grooves that were observed on the enamel, adds Romero, is a reflection of the abrasive nature of the food that was chewed. Therefore, when compared with models of primates with known diets, it is possible to deduce the type of feeding ecology of fossil species.

In this sense, the analysis of the grooves caused to the vestibular side of the teeth resulting from eating these abrasive foods confirms that T. oswaldi specimens from the Victoria Cave had to have a more abrasive diet than the current T. gelada, and more similar to the solid food-based diet of other primates, such as mangabeys (Cercocebus sp.) and baboons (Mandrillys sphinx), who eat fruits and seeds, some of them with hard coats, in wooded and semi-open ecosystems, adds Laura Martnez from the Faculty of Biology of the UB.

However, other more recent studies based on observations of T. Gelada from the region of Guassa, also in Ethiopia, describe a more diverse diet, with the presence of rhizomes and tubers during the most unfavourable season. The difference found between T. oswaldi and T. gelada specimens add study authors indicates that the specialisation observed in current baboons could be derived from the fact that there were no fossils in their lineage. This could be a consequence of a regression in their ecological niche as an adaptation to ecosystems that were altered anthropically or as a result of climate change.

Victoria Cave: the long journey of the African baboon

The Theropithecus genus expanded beyond the Sahara desert, from the east to the north and south of the African continent. Their evolutionary lineage, which is also currently present in some geographical areas of Europe and Asia, came very close to disappearing some 500,000 years ago. Today, it would only be represented by the Theropithecus gelada species, a baboon that basically feeds on herbs and has an ecological profile closer to herbivores than primates.

In 1990, the digging campaign led by palaeontologist Josep Gibert found the first fossil remain, a tooth of Theropithecus oswald (Journal of Human Evolution, 1995), in the Victoria Cave (Cartagena). This karstic cave an old manganese mine has provided fossil remains of close to 100 species of vertebrates and is one of the few European sites from the Lower Pleistocene that has human remains. Outside the African continent, the fossil registry of baboon fossils is very scarce, as other remains have only been found in Ubeidiya (Israel) and Minzapur (India).

The new fossil remains of T. oswaldi with between 900,000 and 850,000 years of age were recovered by a team from the Faculty of Earth Sciences of the UB. The presence of this African guenon in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula strengthens the hypothesis of dispersion models of fauna from the African continent in Europe during the Pleistocene through the Strait of Gibraltar.

The study published in Journal of Human Evolution is framed within the Paleobaboon Research Project, which analyses the dental and cranial adaptations of primates from the papionine tribe as an analogous model of the evolution of the Hominini lineage, who they shared a common geographical space with at similar dates.

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