Your Better Nutrition News – August 2021

Each month we present Your Better Nutrition News for practitioners. Discover evidence-based insights to help you better personalize recommendations. Here’s what we found interesting in the news this month.

A surprising pandemic side effect: People are more engaged with their health

https://www.statnews.com/2021/06/17/surprising-pandemic-side-effect-people-more-engaged-with-their-health/

Waiting on Lab Results? Here’s One Way to Keep Clients Engaged

https://www.rupahealth.com/post/waiting-on-lab-results-heres-one-way-to-keep-clients-engaged

Bitter Taste Signaling is a Whole Body Health Event

https://pro.bigboldhealth.com/bitter-taste-signaling-is-a-whole-body-health-event

Timing of chocolate intake affects hunger, substrate oxidation, and microbiota: A randomized controlled trial

https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1096/fj.202002770RR

CRISPR injected into the blood treats a genetic disease for first time

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/crispr-injected-blood-treats-genetic-disease-first-time

Is crying good for you?

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-crying-good-for-you-2021030122020

What really makes junk food bad for us?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25033380-700-what-really-makes-junk-food-bad-for-us-heres-what-the-science-says/#ixzz6zKWoLfd7

Sweeteners ‘can turn healthy gut bacteria into harmful microbes’

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-40322081.html

Dietary calcium intake and change in bone mineral density in older adults: a systematic review of longitudinal cohort studies

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-021-00957-8

Impulsiveness tied to faster eating in children, can lead to obesity

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210707140721.htm

International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ajcn/nqab233/6320814?login=true

Body Composition, Energy Availability, Training, and Menstrual Status in Female Runners

https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/16/7/article-p1043.xml