Daily Fiber Supplement May Improve Brain Function In 12 Weeks

The next time you are packing lunch snacks or looking for an afternoon nibble and find yourself reaching for commercially available gummy fruit snacks, remember that only three types of fruit snacks meet the latest recommendations for high-nutritional snacks set by the federal dietary guidelines. According to recent research published in the journal Nutrients from the University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientists, dried fruit, fruit puree, and canned fruit with juice are the best overall fruit-snacking products. However, the best choice remains fresh fruit.

Increasing the step count to 9-10,000 steps a day may counteract the risks of death and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in those who spend too much time being sedentary every day according to recent research from the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Adults who had amblyopia, which is often called ‘lazy eye', during childhood are more likely to experience obesity, metabolic syndrome, and hypertension, as well as an increased risk of heart attack in adulthood, according to a recent study led by the University College London (UCL) published in eClinicalMedicine. 

A recent study of American Veterans published in JAMA Network Open found that 10% of those diagnosed with dementia actually had a treatable liver condition called hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Hepatic encephalopathy can be mild and difficult to diagnose, symptoms can be as subtle as changes in sleep patterns and irritability. As this condition worsens, symptoms progress to include forgetfulness, disorientation, or confusion which could be mistaken for general symptoms of dementia. If not treated in its most severe form, HE can cause coma and death.