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Night-time urination reduced by cutting salt in diet Science Daily Now a group of Japanese scientists have discovered that reducing the amount of salt in one's diet can significantly reduce excessive peeing -- both during the day and when asleep. A group of researchers from Nagasaki University, led by Dr Matsuo ... Night-time loo trips 'linked to salt in diet'BBC News Nighttime Bathroom Trips Reduced by Less Salt in Diet, Study SaysLaboratory Equipment Always Need To Wee At Night? Cutting Salt Could HelpHuffington Post Australia all 48 news articles »

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A new study finds that a diet high in fiber could help offset the occurrence of Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes.

Scientists found that instances of the rodent equivalent of juvenile diabetes was eliminated in a group of mice fed a particular high fiber diet, the Guardian reports.

The findings were provided by researches at Monash University in Melbourne working with Australias national science agency.

The hope is that successful testing in humans will lead to the development of a fiber supplement to be given to children, either in meals or beverages.

Type 1 diabetes is an anomaly in which the body produces little or no insulin, the hormone needed to process glucose. The condition usually develops in children before the age of 14.

Around 1.25 million children and adults in the U.S. were reported to have Type 1 diabetes in 2012, according to data from the American Diabetes Association.

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Atlanta Hawks center Dwight Howard (8) dunks over Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner (33) in the first half at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2016. (Photo: Mykal_McEldowney/Indy_Star)

If you've been trying to take your athletic talent to the next level and just can't seem to take the leap, maybe adopt Dwight Howard's approach.

Eat 5,000 calories per day. Of pure candy. That's the equivalent of two dozen candy bars a day. One every hour. If you're a dentist reading this, you've already passed out.

But that's exactly what Howard did for over a decade, according to a recentESPN feature.

"Skittles, Starbursts, Rolos, Snickers, Mars bars, Twizzlers, Almond Joys, Kit Kats and oh, how he loved Reese's Pieces," the article said."He'd eat them before lunch, after lunch, before dinner, after dinner, and like any junkie, he had stashes all over -- in his kitchen, his bedroom, his car, a fix always within reach."

Howard had a particular affinity for Skittles.

"Am I a big candy person? That's an understatement," he told ESPN in 2013. "My pantry is full of candy. Skittles just sent me 30 pounds of Skittles. I have a nightstand full of every candy you could think of. Skittles, blow pops, Laffy Taffy, Reese's Pieces, Kit Kats, all types of candy was in the drawer. They had to clear it out."

Lest you worry that Howard might be on a one-way road to diabetes, heremoved sugar from his diet in 2013 at the recommendation of Lakers nutritionistDr. Cate Shanahan. Howard overhauled his diet after saying he felt that his lack of conditioning was costing his team games.

It was quite the task to remove all the sweet stuff from his house.

"She told his assistants to empty his house, and they hauled out his monstrous candy stash in boxes -- yes, boxes, plural," the March ESPN article said.

Howard claims he feels better, but it is worth noting that his scoring output has dipped from 18.3 points per game in the 2013-14 season to 13.3 points per game this season.

Maybe he should start sneaking a candy bar or two into his pregame meal.

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MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - March is National Nutrition Month, so its a great time to add more fiber to your diet. Weve all heard we should eat more fiber. Thats because it helps you feel fuller, aids digestion and can potentially lower your cholesterol.

It serves two purposes: one, it can help slow food down as it moves through our body, which is good for our getting nutrients out of it, but sometimes the fiber actually speeds up the digestion to move things through the body so that we have an easier time with it, said Sarah Monte of the Marquette Food Co-Op.

There are two kids: insoluble and soluble. You can get them both through supplements like psyllium, but medical professionals said getting it through diet is better.

Sometimes the supplemental route is needed, but when you start to get things more through foods, you have other beneficial substances in the foods that are actually very healing and healthy for the body, UP Health System Marquette Registered Dietitian Sheryl Rule said. So if you can get it through your food, that's the best way to go.

The most fibrous foods are fruits, vegetables and grains.

The legumes, I mean, dried pea, any kind of bean, lentils, those are all fantastic sources of fiber. A lot of the dark green-colored products like cabbage or broccoli are going to be really good. And then of course things that have the peel, like apples.

The National Institutes of Health recommend getting between 22 and 35 grams of fiber per day, depending on your age and sex. To put that into perspective, an adult man should eat the same amount of fiber found in around two and a half cups of split peas, or around six medium pears, every day.

If youre not sure how to prepare for fiber-rich foods, the Marquette Food Co-Op has a whole foods prep guide to help get you started.

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A change in diet may have helped our brains get so big BBC News There are bones hidden away in almost every cupboard in many of the rooms of New York University's primatology department, and James Higham is keen to explain to me what they can tell us about an important part of our evolution: why we have such big, ... Is fruit eating responsible for big brains?Science Magazine Fruit foraging in primates may be key to large brain evolutionThe Guardian all 7 news articles »

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Testing blood sugar level. Patients are usually diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before the age of 14 and must have daily shots of insulin to control their blood sugar levels. Photograph: Trevor Smith/Alamy

Scientists have raised hope for the prevention of early-onset diabetes in children after a fibre-rich diet was found to protect animals from the disease.

More than 20 million people worldwide are affected by juvenile, or type 1, diabetes, which takes hold when the immune system turns on the body and destroys pancreatic cells that make the hormone insulin.

It is unclear what causes the immune system to malfunction, but patients are usually diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before the age of 14 and must have daily shots of insulin to control their blood sugar levels.

Working with Australias national science agency, CSIRO, researchers at Monash University in Melbourne created a diet rich in fibre that is broken down in the lower intestine into molecules known as short-chain fatty acids.

The team, led by immunologist Charles Mackay, believe that short-chain fatty acids called butyrate and acetate dampen down the immune system, and have the potential to treat a range of disorders from asthma to irritable bowel syndrome.

For the latest study, the scientists monitored the health of mice that were bred to develop the rodent equivalent of juvenile diabetes. On a normal diet, more than 70% of the animals had developed the condition after 30 weeks. But another group that received the high fibre diet was nearly entirely protected from the condition.

What we saw was dramatic, Mackay said. When we give the diet to mice that spontaneously develop type 1 diabetes, we could almost completely eliminate their disease.

Mackay said it was too early to know whether such medicinal foods could protect people from juvenile diabetes. There have been frustrations in the past that findings in these animals have not translated particularly well to human patients, but at other times they do, he said. But we think our study establishes the concept that we can stop a disease with natural medicinal food.

The diet is rich in a specific type of fibre that comes from a plant product called high amylose corn starch. The fibre is resistant to digestion in the upper intestine, and instead is fermented into acetate and butyrate by bacteria in the large intestine, or colon.

Tests on the mice found that acetate and butyrate may work in different ways to cool down the immune reaction that destroys pancreatic cells in type 1 diabetes. Acetate appeared to lower the number of immune cells primed to attack the pancreatic cells, while butyrate boosted other cells that dampen the immune reaction. The study is reported in the journal Nature Immunology.

Mackay now hopes to test the diet in humans. If trials show that it can slow or prevent juvenile diabetes, children could potentially have it as a powder on their meals, or dissolved in a drink.

John Cryan, professor of anatomy and neuroscience at University College Cork, said: It really reinforces the importance of diet at shaping physiology and offers potential for tailored dietary-based interventions for diabetes. It highlights how little we know about short-chain fatty acids despite them being the among the most important microbial-mediated dietary breakdown products.

But he said more work was needed on the potential side effects of diets that boost levels of short-chain fatty acids. One recent study found that in the brain, the compounds could affect immune processes that underlie Parkinsons disease. Of course, all diet studies in mice need caution as human diet, the microbiome, and their interactions, are so much more complex, he added.

Emily Burns at Diabetes UK said: We know that our immune system and gut work closely together. Understanding how the gut works in more detail could shed light on how to combat conditions that involve an immune attack, like type 1 diabetes. But theres still a lot we dont know.

The idea that a special medicinal diet could help to regulate the immune system and prevent type 1 diabetes from developing is interesting, but this research is at a very early stage. We wont know how effective this approach could be in people at risk of type 1 diabetes until research moves into human clinical trials.

What we currently know is that type 1 diabetes is not linked to diet or lifestyle and it cant be prevented. Diabetes UK is funding a great deal of research to find ways to stop the immune attack against the pancreas, in order to prevent type 1 diabetes in the future.

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If you've ever been out in the world, you've likely seen the word UNESCO and this weird square in a circle all over the place. UNESCO is tasked with identifying, protecting and preserving human heritage; buildings, landscapes, and monuments. But in 2013, they added something intangible: The "Mediterranean Diet."

You may have heard of the "Mediterranean" diet, it's a big fad in the United States as of late, and it's considered to be one of the healthiest in the world.But thanks to UNESCO, it's not just healthy, it's also a piece of human heritage.

The Mediterranean Diet includes plant-based foods, as well as "healthy" fats and so on. Plus, and this is serious, limiting the amount of red meat. Grilled fish is a popular item, as are other seafoods. It also offers an alcoholic component: a bit of red wine.

The problem is, if you look at U.S. magazines and blogs for the "Mediterranean Diet," as we see it, you'd find lists of restrictions and requirements of what to eat, what not to eat, and how to prepare your meals. Because that's how American's see a "diet," but they're getting it all wrong.

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Damage caused to the liver by a low protein diet can be repaired, a new study just published in the journal Nutrition has found.

During this study researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey in collaboration with the University of Sao Paulo examined the impact of a low protein diet on the liver. Monitoring groups of mice, one group receiving normal levels of protein in the diet and the other group nourished with low levels of protein for five weeks, researchers were able to uncover the damaging effect a reduction of protein can cause to the structure of this vital organ.

Using a novel method -- design-based stereology -- which enabled researchers to estimate the volume of the liver and the total numbers and sizes of its cells in 3D, it was found that the liver of mice on a low protein diet had decreased by 65%. It also found a 46% reduction in the volume of hepatocytes (liver cells) and a 90% increase in the total number of binucleate hepatocytes (liver cells with two nuclei), causing a decrease of the functionality of the organ. The research also discovered that a low protein diet led to a 20% reduction in albumin, a protein produced by the liver and an important biomarker of nutritional functionality of the organ.

Such damage to the liver can impair its ability to function properly, which can lead to a detrimental effect on both the nervous and the musculoskeletal systems and negatively impact upon the body's ability to metabolise medication. The research also detected the proliferation of binucleate hepatocytes a sign that the liver is attempting to rectify damage caused by a low protein diet.

After five weeks a normal protein diet was reintroduced to the malnourished group, leading to an 85% increase in the total number of uninucleate hepatocytes and a 1.5-fold increase in the volume of the liver. These findings demonstrate the liver's ability (plasticity) to regenerate itself and reverse the damage caused by a low protein diet. Researchers indicate that given more time the liver could potentially recover even further.

Dr Augusto Coppi from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey and lead author of the paper said: "It is important not to underestimate the importance of protein in our diet. From building and repairing tissues, to making enzymes and hormones, protein is a vital component of our bodies' functionality.

"Too little protein can have a damaging impact on our liver. Our research has shown a worrying atrophy of the liver and of its cells, which can affect the whole body metabolism. However, on the positive side, what we have also found is that this harm is not permanent, and the liver has an amazing capacity to regenerate itself and return to its normal functionality.

"This is an encouraging discovery for those having suffered long periods of malnutrition that no permanent damage has been caused. Our work is novel in using Stereology to monitor these 3D spatial changes in the structure of the liver after protein malnutrition followed by the reinstatement of a renutrition diet with adequate levels of protein."

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We can all take steps to reduce cancer through what we choose to eat, says University of Arizona researcher Cynthia Thomson.

The associate director for cancer prevention and control at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, Thomson will give a public talk next month about diet and cancer as part of the Bear Down. Beat Cancer lecture series that the UA Cancer Center is sponsoring in partnership with the Tucson Jewish Community Center.

This free lecture, open to the public, is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6, at the community center, 3800 E. River Road.

Thomson is expected to talk about inconsistencies in cancer research studies, as well as give advice about things we can all do quickly to help reduce the risk of cancer.

The talk is the third in a four-part lecture series about trends in cancer research and clinical care. The final talk, about breast cancer, is scheduled for May 4.

The Star recently spoke with Thomson about preventing cancer. The following are excerpts from the interview:

What is new in the area of cancer prevention and diet that we may not have known 5-10 years ago?

We are learning more about what we call personalized nutrition. So, based on someones genetics for example, they may benefit from certain dietary practices differently than someone who has a different genetic background.

We are getting to the point now where were understanding more about food, metabolism, how its metabolized, and how that either protects us or increases our risks for various cancers.

There is a lot of work going on where we can collect peoples urine or their blood, and it can tell us a lot about what metabolites are in their circulation, and what is the relationship with cancer risk. It may not matter just what I eat, it may matter how my body metabolizes it.

What should we be eating?

There are no magic foods. I know we go through periods where people go, Oh, well broccoli reduces your risk of cancer, and that might be true that if you put broccoli in a dish and feed broccoli to rats that it can reduce cancer rates.

We may see that if you eat more broccoli, you have a lower cancer rate, but thats not causal. That doesnt mean that because you ate broccoli you dont get cancer, theres not a cause-and-effect association.

If I tell you dairy reduces your risk of cancer, because a big study comes out, well then you find out, guess what? That dairy in Ireland reduces cancer because the cows were fed a grass-fed diet, and they grazed freely and it was a lower fat cow. But in America when we did that study, we didnt see that These studies always have these caveats.

If your blood sugars are high, and you secrete a lot of insulin to try to bring them down. Insulin is a growth hormone and it does promote tumor growth. But, if you have a normal physiology, when you eat, your body releases just enough insulin to get your blood sugars back down in an hour or so.

If you have diabetes or are insulin-resistant, then youre in a lot more trouble because when you eat, especially if you eat simple sugars, those sugars are going to stay high longer, the insulin is going to be higher and tumors can grow.

What about grocery shopping?

Start in the produce section and fill up at least a third of your cart with vegetables and fruit. If you do that, and you eat those, I guarantee you that by the end of the week youve gotten all the fruit and vegetables you need to be cancer healthy.

When you buy cereal, make sure it has less than five grams of sugar and more than eight grams of fiber.

Think of diet as a really low dose of medicine that wards off cancer. Just like you might take a drug to reduce your cholesterol, you eat a healthy diet and all the variety in your diet combined add up to like a big anti-cancer pill that you take every day.

What about organic produce?

While I think organic is better and that obviously if we can avoid pesticides that would be better, in reality, most people dont eat organic vegetables and fruit.

Its really not going to matter. If you eat that organic orange, you are going to avoid pesticides, and youre going to get maybe two milligrams more of vitamin C than if you had bought a pesticide-treated orange. The nutritional value is just not enough to make it worth it. In terms of the pesticides, I say to people, wash your produce. We know that we can get about 98 percent of pesticides off produce by washing them.

What is the biggest message you want to get across?

We dont want to lose the enjoyment of food and meals. We want to be able to share meals with our friends and enjoy good times over food.

The American Cancer Society guidelines, the American State of Cancer Research guidelines, tell you to eat more vegetables, to get more fiber, to watch your body weight and keep it healthy and keep it active every day.

If we do all those things, then we know we can cut our cancer risk in half, if not more. ... We know that people who do have all those healthy habits have anywhere from about a 10 percent to a 60 percent lower risk of getting cancer compared to people who dont follow those guidelines.

Make half of your plate vegetables at every lunch and every dinner.

Brandi Walker is a University of Arizona journalism student who is an apprentice at the Star.

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