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“Additionally, they had a 50% improvement on a test which measures the ability to manage emotions in social situations. Those individuals that did not exercise had no improvements and no increase in BDNF.”

“A new study found that for each additional hour of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, adolescents fell asleep 18 minutes earlier, slept 10 minutes longer, and had about 1% greater restfulness that night.”

“BMI is a flawed method for measuring obesity since a high percentage of muscle mass may give a high BMI. Many studies included in the review also include waist circumference in addition to BMI.”

“In addition to the cognitive benefits, meditation has also been shown to result in better emotional regulation and an improved capacity for compassion and empathy (which probably improves the social environment of the classroom).”

“This is one more link between the microbiome and inflammation. In addition, the individuals with Crohn's disease had higher levels of a certain type of immune cell (Th17) and the proinflammatory cytokine IL-23.”

“While typical muscle-oriented creatine supplementation protocols (3–5 grams daily) can benefit bone indirectly through increased muscle mass, emerging evidence suggests that higher doses (up to ~8–10 grams/day) might be optimal for maximizing creatine's potential bone benefits in aging populations, especially when paired with weight-bearing exercise.”

“The skin cells were reprogrammed to form neural stem cells that deliver common cancer treatments to glioblastomas in mice. Mouse tumors injected directly with the reprogrammed stem cells shrank 20- to 50-fold in 24–28 days compared with nontreated mice. In addition, the survival times of treated rodents nearly doubled.”

“The combination of ursolic acid and resveratrol (from grape skin) also shrank the prostate tumors in mice. Many different tumor types rely on glutamine as a carbon source for energy and as a nitrogen source for building more DNA and proteins (macromolecular synthesis). Additionally, these compounds also activated pathways involved in cell death.”

“The study found that that mice that were fasted for 24 hours were less responsive to inflammatory pain compared to mice that did not fast. In addition to increasing many genes that are anti-inflammatory, the fasting also increased the production of a neurotransmitter, called NPY, which selectively blocks inflammatory pain responses.”

“Also interesting and from the article... > In addition to its pain modulating properties, GABA may also be capable of inhibiting inflammation. Recent studies have shown that immune cells called macrophages also possess GABA receptors. When these receptors were activated on the macrophages there was a decrease in the production of compounds responsible for inflammation.”