News tagged with fatty acids

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Receptor for tasting fat identified in humans (w/ Audio)

Why do we like fatty foods so much? We can blame our taste buds.

Medical research created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Omega-3 fatty acids could prevent and treat nerve damage, research suggests

(Medical Xpress) -- Research from Queen Mary, University of London suggests that omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish oil, have the potential to protect nerves from injury and help them to regenerate.

Medical research created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Eat fish, build up brainpower

Can pregnant women help boost their children's brainpower by eating fish? The findings of a study, presented in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, show how children born to women who consumed more f ...

Health created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists link dietary DHA to male fertility

Who knew that male fertility depends on sperm-cell architecture? A University of Illinois study reports that a certain omega-3 fatty acid is necessary to construct the arch that turns a round, immature sperm cell into a pointy-headed ...

Health created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fish oil during pregnancy does not protect against excessive adipose tissue development

Is obesity in infants "programmed" in the womb? Previously, researchers assumed that consumption of "bad" fats during pregnancy contribute to excessive infant adipose tissue growth and that "good" omega-3 fatty acids prevent ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diet, nutrient levels linked to cognitive ability, brain shrinkage

New research has found that elderly people with higher levels of several vitamins and omega 3 fatty acids in their blood had better performance on mental acuity tests and less of the brain shrinkage typical of Alzheimer's ...

Neuroscience created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Virgin olive oil, fish fatty acids help prevent acute pancreatitis

Scientists at the University of Granada have shown that oleic acid and hydroxytyrosol -present in a particularly high concentration in virgin olive oil- and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids -found in fish- relieve the symptoms ...

Health created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fish oil may hold key to leukemia cure

A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, according to Penn State researchers. The compound -- delta-12-protaglandin J3, or D12-PGJ3 ...

Cancer created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Bile acids may hold clue to treat heart disease

Heart disease is a major cause of death in industrialised countries, and is strongly associated with obesity and diabetes. Many scientists believe that what links these conditions is a chronic, low-grade inflammation. The ...

Cardiology created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Young women may reduce heart disease risk eating fish with omega 3 fatty acids

Young women may reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease simply by eating more fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids, researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Cardiology created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unsaturated fat breakdown leads to complications of acute pancreatitis in obese patients

The toxic byproducts produced by the breakdown of unsaturated fats lead to a higher likelihood of severe inflammation, cell death and multi-system organ failure among acute pancreatitis patients who are obese, say researchers ...

Medical research created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Omega-3 key in reducing diabetes and heart disease

(Medical Xpress) -- Omega-3 can help to reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease especially as people age, says Massey University nutrition professor Bernhard Breier, co-author of a new international ...

Health created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Python circulating fatty acids study could benefit diseased human heart

A surprising new University of Colorado Boulder study shows that huge amounts of fatty acids circulating in the bloodstreams of feeding pythons promote healthy heart growth, results that may have implications ...

Medical research created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Childhood diet lower in fat and higher in fiber may lower risk for chronic disease in adulthood

A recent study has found that a childhood behavioral intervention to lower dietary intake of total fat and saturated fat and increase consumption of foods that are good sources of dietary fiber resulted in significantly lower ...

Health created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

You are what you eat: Low fat diet with fish oil slowed growth of human prostate cancer cells

A low-fat diet with fish oil supplements eaten for four to six weeks prior to prostate removal slowed down the growth of prostate cancer cells -- the number of rapidly dividing cells -- in human prostate cancer tissue compared ...

Cancer created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast