The impact of sugar consumption on stress driven, emotional and addictive behaviors

While it is known that diet can alter the gut microbiota composition by providing the microorganisms with certain nutrients, Townsend et al. (2019) provides an example of how diet can regulate the level of bacterial protein and thereby also controlling gut colonization by a beneficial gut commensal bacterium. This paper explains that fructose, a common […]

In this study by Grech et al. (2022), the authors utilized data from the Australian National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey to validate the predictive outcomes of the protein leverage hypothesis (PLH). PLH implies that the excessive intake of energy and resultant obesity occurs in the setting of stringent protein intake regulation with concomitant current […]