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“It is the most common liver chronic liver condition among people living in the United States, affecting roughly 90 percent of people with obesity, or about 25 percent of the overall population. A dominant feature of NAFLD is dysbiosis, an imbalance in the types and numbers of microbes in the gut.”

“Rather than pointing to a single cause or risk factor, biological age measures may capture the cumulative effects of many influences that shape the body's internal environment over time, including metabolic health, inflammation, sleep, chronic stress, environmental exposures, diet, obesity, physical activity, and social conditions.”

“The trial included 193 adults with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a condition in which fat builds up in the liver alongside metabolic risk factors such as obesity, high blood sugar, or abnormal cholesterol levels.”

“The researchers analyzed data from a previous large German lifestyle intervention study, focusing on 234 adults with overweight or obesity (BMI around 30) who maintained or even gained a small amount of weight over one year.”

“The researchers followed mostly male participants with abdominal obesity or abnormal blood lipid levels from two earlier 18-month randomized lifestyle intervention trials designed to promote moderate weight loss through diet and physical activity.”

“Davidson reported that five minutes of daily Healthy Minds Program practice for 28 days produced a significant decrease in interleukin-6 (IL-6), a pro-inflammatory cytokine, measured three months after the formal intervention ended and compared with an untreated control group.”

“Although the findings of a large meta-analysis published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine indicated that there was no evidence to support the notion that consumption of saturated fat increased the risk of heart disease, the studies on which their conclusions were based were primarily observational.”

“In this Aliquot, I'm joined by exercise-oncology researcher Dr. Kerry Courneya to identify and prioritize the lifestyle behaviors that account for much of the difference in cancer risk and have the greatest long-term impact.”

“Recent discoveries in the field of epigenetics suggest we might be able to slow aging, based on the realization that not everyone ages at the same rate. Evidence suggests that drugs or other medical procedures can slow epigenetic aging, but other factors, such as diet and disease states influence it too.”

“Choline is particularly important during pregnancy and breastfeeding, but some evidence suggests that choline supplementation could carry some risks. In this Aliquot, I talk about the science surrounding choline.”