Nutrition

Agave fructans, which are sometimes added to yogurt or cheese but are not found in tequila or agave sweetener, may promote good gut bacteria and immune activity.

Moderate champagne consumption improved short-term vascular function in healthy people.

In a group of young children (9-36 months) with non-anaphylactic peanut allergies, eating very small daily doses of peanut protein for several months allowed approximately 80% of them to reintroduce peanuts to their diet.

The ecological footprint of beef is much higher than that of other meats.

For women aged 20-35, getting recipes from social media was associated with a higher body mass index (BMI). Getting recipes from cooking shows was also associated with a higher BMI, but only for women who cooked frequently from scratch.

Appetite
NPR

Strict vegan diets in children were linked to cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency and reduced performance on cognitive tests in adolescence.

A large US study found that increasing water intake was associated with reductions in overall caloric intake, as well as consumption of sodium, cholesterol, sugar, and saturated fats.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients receiving probiotics reported feeling less abdominal pain, less bloating, and were less likely to have persistent symptoms than IBS patients receiving a placebo substance.

American Journal of Gastroenterology

In a sample of people using an online weight management system, more engagement with the social aspects of the program (e.g. commenting on forums or messaging other users) was associated with greater weight loss.

A projection model suggests that, assuming diets of equal calorie content, vegetarian diets that include dairy can feed the most people using the current agricultural land in the USA. A vegan diet actually feeds fewer people than eating an omnivorous diet that includes meat with 20% to 40% of meals.

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene