The authors exposed rats to the compound Bisphenol A (BPA), which is an endocrine disruptor and neurotoxin found throughout our environment, and they found that the lycopene-fed rats performed significantly better on memory and cognition tests as their hippocampi were protected from BPA intoxication and neuronal cells lived longer in the presence of lycopene.
The authors discovered that drinking tomato juice daily decreased inflammatory markers in obese and overweight women because lycopene benefits can lead to breaking the link between obesity and inflammatory conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The authors revealed some of the molecular pathways by which lycopene benefits sperm, of which the two main ones are decreasing reactive oxygen species (ROS) and increasing antioxidant activity.
The authors followed 60 participants for 12 weeks and discovered that 12 weeks of lycopene supplementation improved sperm motility and morphology in healthy young men, compared to the placebo.
The authors described the successful application of a novel membrane with high filtering effects and they tested the two dispersion paints that had proved potentially harmful to living organisms - the membrane can retain typical color components such as nanoparticles of titanium dioxide and polyacrylate and microparticles of calcium carbonate.
The authors obtained samples from countries worldwide and assayed the samples for their total antioxidant content and found that there are several thousand-fold differences in the antioxidant content of foods. Moreover, spices, herbs, and supplements are the most antioxidant-rich products, which are followed by berries, fruits, nuts, chocolate, vegetables, and other plant-based food.
The authors show that vitamin A is an “indirect” antioxidant, which is involved in the regulation of genes for the body’s antioxidant responses and helps to protect cells from oxidative/free radical damage.
The authors examined around 4,500 adolescents (age 18) for 17 years and found that drinking alone as an adolescent and young adult (ages 23/24) strongly increases the risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD) in adulthood (age 35), which is especially high for women.
The authors examined 72,083 individuals (55 years of age or older and did not have dementia at the beginning) and found that substituting ultra-processed foods (e.g. soft drinks, salty and sweet snacks, ice cream, sausage, deep-fried chicken, yogurt, canned tomatoes and baked beans, ketchup, mayonnaise, chips, and cookies) with healthy foods such as fresh fruit is linked with an almost 20% lower risk of dementia.
By examining data from around 2,700 adolescents and young adults collected in the period 2021-2022, the authors discovered that over 50% of people engaged in at least one “cheat meal,” which is the practice of deviating from one’s established dietary practices to consume “prohibited” calorie-dense meals only to later return to previous dietary practices. Cheating on meals was linked to behaviors such as binge eating, overeating, compulsive exercise, and fasting.
The authors combined cell biology and neuroscience and found that a well-known gene called Tob works to withstand psychiatric stress (i.e. reducing depression, fear, and anxiety), which could have vast implications for developing therapeutics for psychiatric stress.
The authors found a variant located in the MFGE8 gene (produces a protein called lactadherin) that is typical of the Finnish population that protects against heart diseases - carriers have around a 20% lower chance of getting heart disease than the general population, which is probably due to the carriers’ lower-than-average arterial stiffness.
The authors discovered that artichoke polyphenols blended into a cosmetic cream produced antiaging effects by improving the integrity and function of skin cells (i.e. the enhancement by 19.74% of roughness and 11.45% of elasticity).
The authors discovered that a couple of different artichoke extracts (one with luteolin) prevented insulin resistance and inflammation even in mice that were being fed an unnaturally high-fat diet - artichokes benefit metabolic health by aiding the body in metabolizing fat for energy, rather than storing it in adipose tissue.
This systematic review and meta-analysis of multiple studies (eight clinical trials conducted on 552 participants) concluded that artichoke supplementation may significantly decrease systolic and diastolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients, and artichoke supplementation for 12 weeks may significantly improve diastolic blood pressure.
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