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People with lower levels of education are statistically more likely to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a younger age, based on patterns of DNA methylation observed in a large group of patients.
People exposed to the herbicide picloram have a higher statistical likelihood of developing colorectal cancer before age 50 compared to those who develop it after age 70, based on patterns of DNA...
In the United States, more adults aged 50 to 64 are being diagnosed with and dying from colorectal cancer, especially when the cancer is already advanced at diagnosis, even though many in this group...
People born after 1950 have a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer at a young age compared to earlier generations, suggesting that factors in their early environment or lifestyle, rather than...
Since 2004, the number of deaths from colorectal cancer has risen by 1% each year among people under 50 in the United States, even as deaths from this cancer have decreased in older adults. This...
In the United States, rectal cancer now makes up a larger share of all colorectal cancer cases than it did in the mid-2000s, primarily because more younger adults are being diagnosed with rectal...
Since 2013, the number of new colorectal cancer cases per year has risen by 3% each year among U.S. adults aged 20 to 49, while cases have decreased in older adults.
Dietary guidelines for children in Western countries that limit animal proteins and favor plant-based foods may be linked to slower growth and lower cognitive performance, based on population-level...
In Denmark and Norway, decreases in average IQ scores over time have been linked to lower quality of dietary protein consumed 7 to 11 years earlier, suggesting that nutrition during early childhood...
In wealthy Western countries, children who are growing shorter than previous generations are also more likely to become obese, which may be linked to inadequate nutrition during their development...
In countries where people consume more animal protein from dairy and pork relative to cereal proteins, average male height tends to be taller. This pattern is observed across 136 populations.
People in Western countries who eat more high-glycemic carbohydrates like sugar, sweeteners, potatoes, and refined grains have a higher rate of developing type 2 diabetes, with the strongest link...
In affluent Western countries, a shift away from animal proteins like dairy and pork toward more cereals and sugary carbohydrates coincides with a slowdown in the historical increase of adult male...
After eating meals containing only sugars like glucose and fructose—without any fat—healthy adult men experience a sustained drop in free fatty acids in their blood for up to six hours, primarily due...
After eating different types of meals, healthy adult men show different patterns in cortisol levels over time: glucose causes a temporary rise followed by a drop below normal, while protein and...
In healthy adult men, levels of free fatty acids and cortisol in the blood rise together at certain times after eating a high-fat meal, and these changes are statistically linked.
After eating a meal with both fat and other nutrients, cortisol levels in healthy men drop to their lowest point at 4 hours and stay low for 6 hours. After eating a meal with only fat, cortisol drops...
When healthy adult men eat a large mixed meal high in fat, their blood free fatty acid levels rise slowly and peak after 6 hours. When they eat a meal with 75 grams of pure fat, their free fatty acid...
Eating a protein-rich snack before a meal makes you feel full, but this feeling is not caused by the release of three specific gut hormones. Instead, it may result from the stomach stretching or...
Consuming a protein-rich drink before a meal reduces feelings of hunger and increases fullness in healthy young men, but introducing fat directly into the upper intestine does not significantly...
When healthy young men consume protein before a meal and fat is delivered directly to the upper intestine, the total amount of food they eat is not lower than when they consume protein alone. This...
In healthy young men, introducing fat directly into the upper intestine increased a hormone linked to fullness but did not lead to a meaningful reduction in how much they ate.
Consuming a protein-rich drink before a meal leads to a 19% reduction in the amount of food eaten during that meal in healthy young men.
Many tropical hunter-gatherer groups regularly ate foods like tubers and legumes, which the Paleo Diet excludes. This suggests the Paleo Diet's restrictions are not consistent with the actual eating...