The importance of fats in our body In these first twenty years of the 21st century, fats have finally taken a revenge on all the other molecules that represent our body and diet, because their indispensability for the body health has been...
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Cell membrane lipidomics: one of the most current and important tools for the molecular health In recent decades the disciplines related to health and nutrition, thanks to molecular techniques, have made giant leaps forward. Lipidomics is one of...
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Tips for a balanced shopping cart It is now known that following a varied and balanced lifestyle is the basis of well-being and prevention. Where do you start to lead "a life in balance"? Certainly a fundamental element is nutrition. In this...
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The irritable bowel syndrome: main features The irritable colon (IBS acronym from Irritable Bowel Syndrome) concerns disorders characterized by alterations of the function of the digestive tract accompanied by pain, abdominal swelling and...
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The microbiota-intestine-brain bond In the 4th century B.C. Hippocrates claimed that diseases originated in the intestine. Nowadays, the progress of scientific research confirms the key role of this organ and its microbiota (for further...
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Emerging food regimes: THE KETOGENIC DIET The ketogenic diet (KD) or even ketonic as it can be found in literature, is a diet with very little carbohydrate intake. More than a diet, due to its potential and its application in certain...
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Foods as epigenetic modulators and low-grade systemic inflammation How can a food play such an important role in determining a state of health or illness? The answer is epigenetics with epigenetic modulators. Each food is made up of molecules...
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Lipidomic membrane analysis: introduction It is true that there are many news surfing on the net and that, especially in medicine, you have to make a real "slalom" while reading: we should be able to distinguish between what has a solid knowledge...
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Keep our "machine" efficient to fight fatigue In a very simplistic way, we can compare the human body to a machine. Despite having an unimaginable complexity - thinking only of billions of billions of biochemical reactions that take place every...
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"Downstream" considerations... We are part of an ecosystem ... but what exactly is an ecosystem? Any vocabulary defines it as: "a set of living beings and non-living matter that interact in an environment, constituting a self-sufficient system in...
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Healthy ageing: from Lifespan to Healthspan A few weeks ago, an article was published in The New Yorker magazine entitled: Can We Live Longer but Stay Younger? The question of a not only longer but healthier life is emerging as a result of the...
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