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The UK meat industry says most people don’t need to eat less red or processed meat because, on average, we’re already within safe limits — only heavy eaters are at risk, so big changes for everyone aren’t needed.
The UK meat industry says you need red and processed meat to stay healthy because it has important nutrients, and warns that eating less meat could leave women and kids missing key vitamins and minerals.
The UK meat industry says the science on red and processed meat causing cancer isn't clear, to make people worry less and stop strict rules on eating meat.
What mice eat affects the fats in their cell membranes, and since diet can change these fats, it might help explain how food could influence how long they live.
Cutting calories helps these specific mice live longer, no matter what kind of fat is in their food — it’s a reliable way to extend their lives.
In mice on a low-calorie diet, eating more fat from lard seems to help them live longer than eating fats from fish or soybean oil.
In male mice with gut inflammation, taking a specific probiotic every day might help strengthen the gut lining by boosting key protective proteins.
In male mice with mild gut inflammation, taking a specific probiotic called Bifidobacterium longum BL21 seems to help calm the immune system by boosting good signals and reducing bad ones in the gut.
Giving a specific good gut bacteria every day might help reduce gut inflammation and improve gut and pancreas health in male mice with chronic gut issues.
Giving a specific probiotic to mice with a condition like PCOS helped improve their gut bacteria, making it more diverse and increasing good types — which might be how it helps the body.
In mice with a condition like PCOS, taking a specific probiotic every day for 8 weeks seemed to lower harmful inflammation and boost good anti-inflammatory signals in their blood.
Giving a certain probiotic to mice with a condition like PCOS helped balance their hormones — boosting some that help with egg release and lowering others that are too high — which might mean their ovaries started working better.
Giving a specific probiotic to mice with a condition similar to PCOS helped their bodies handle sugar better after 8 weeks, which might mean it could help with insulin problems in PCOS.
Giving a specific probiotic to mice with a condition similar to PCOS helped them gain less weight over 8 weeks, which might mean this probiotic could help with weight and metabolism issues in PCOS.
Giving a specific probiotic to mice with a condition like PCOS helped boost a brain-protecting protein and lowered a hormone signal in their ovaries, possibly by connecting gut health to the brain and ovaries.
In mice with a condition like PCOS, taking a specific probiotic every day for 8 weeks seemed to improve the balance of good bacteria in their gut.
Giving a specific gut bacteria to mice with a condition like PCOS helped lower their body's inflammation and boosted anti-inflammatory signals, which might help with the condition.
Giving a specific probiotic to mice with a condition like PCOS helped balance their hormones — boosting good ones and lowering high ones — which might mean their ovaries started working better.
Giving a specific probiotic to mice with PCOS-like symptoms helped them gain less weight and process sugar better over 8 weeks.
Giving a specific probiotic to mice with a condition like PCOS seemed to boost a brain-protecting protein and improve gut health, which might help the brain through the gut-brain connection.
Giving a specific probiotic to mice with a condition like PCOS seems to improve their gut bacteria, boosting good kinds and reducing harmful ones after 8 weeks.
Giving a specific gut bacteria to mice with a condition like PCOS seemed to calm down their body's overactive immune response after 8 weeks.
Giving a specific probiotic to mice with a condition like PCOS helped balance their sex hormones — boosting some and lowering others — after 8 weeks.
Giving a specific probiotic to mice with a condition similar to PCOS helped them gain less weight and process sugar better over 8 weeks.