Nutrition

Last week, experts converged to discuss their latest updates at the Endocrine Society annual meeting, or ENDO 2023.

SAN FRANCISCO — Nutritional psychiatry is a new term that encompasses the bidirectional brain-gut microbiome activity, Bhagwan A. Bahroo, MD, says in this Healio video at the American Psychiatric Association meeting.

Information about nutritional treatment for the atopic triad on YouTube tends to be dubious, with a recent study of 91 videos by Høj et al. classifying 65% of them as misleading and only 32% of them as useful.

Almonds could be incorporated into the diets of habitual snackers to improve diet quality without concerns about weight gain, according to the results of a year-long randomized controlled trial published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

For National Women’s Health Week, the Healio Editors compiled news on nutrition of interest to women’s health providers.

SAN DIEGO — Nutritionally diverse plant-based diets are ideal for CVD prevention in patients, according to Danielle Belardo, MD, a preventive cardiologist practicing in Newport Beach, California.

Dietary patterns focused on eating more whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts and seeds are best for the management of diabetes, according to an updated guideline published in Diabetologia.

Poor diet was responsible for seven in 10 new cases of type 2 diabetes worldwide in 2018, according to researchers.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who drink more coffee, tea, water and low-fat milk have a lower risk for all-cause mortality, and replacing sugar-sweetened beverages with healthier drinks after diabetes diagnosis can reduce mortality risk.

In a Healio video exclusive, Sam Jactel, CEO and founder of Ayble Health, highlights how the symptom management mobile app could improve quality of life for patients with chronic gastrointestinal conditions.