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Diet and Global Burden of Disease

Major study in The Lancet about global burden of disease and diet. Low intake of certain nutrients seems associated with greater impact than the high intake of deprecated foods. Diets low in whole grains (<125 g/day) are associated with the greatest loss of  Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY), across the world, but really in every region. Low Read More

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Vitamin B supplementation and effects of PM2.5

Individual-level prevention of some of the effects of exposure to PM2.5 through nutrient supplementation (vitamin B complex) was demonstrated in a recent study by the Harvard Clean Air Research Center in the Proceedings of the national Academies of Sciences. In a blind, sham- and placebo-controlled crossover intervention trial, ten healthy volunteers received B6, B9, and Read More