Published February 1, 2017

Researchers designed 25 different diets with varying levels of protein, carbohydrates, and fat to determine which foods feed good gut bacteria the best. They fed these diets to nearly a thousand mice, looking for patterns in whether the mice’s microbe species increased or decreased based on their diets. They found that nitrogen from protein was a primary food for bacteria and determines bacteria abundance.

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Published January 30, 2017

Researchers enlisted 80 patients getting radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy for their head and neck cancers. They gave half of them the usual iodine preparation. They had the other half gargle with a solution of the herb turmeric. The study showed that when compared with the traditional iodine gargle, “the group using turmeric as a mouthwash had delayed and reduced the levels of radiation-induced oral mucositis.”

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Published January 27, 2017

Researchers found that those individuals who had higher levels of hormone irisin have longer telomeres and are, therefore, more “biologically young” than those who have lower levels of irisin.

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