Personalize Your Fiber

From eNewsletter 9/4/2024

DID YOU KNOW that Yerba mate tea does more than just provide a tasty alternative for those who cannot drink coffee?

According to a study in Nutrients, Yerba mate has anti-inflammatory capacity and beneficial effects in different inflammatory contexts such as insulin resistance or obesity.

In fact, researchers found that Yerba mate promotes an immunosuppressive environment by enhancing anti-inflammatory M2 macrophage differentiation, reducing colitis symptoms, and suggest that Yerba mate consumption may be a cost-effective, supportive treatment for ulcerative colitis.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

From September 2, 2024

DID YOU KNOW that a study from Medrxiv found that tart cherry extract improved sleep quality, daytime alertness, insomnia symptoms, and anxiety without impacting sleep duration and latency in a group of adults? Moreover, there was greater improvement with longer-term consumption.

In another study from Nutrients, researchers discovered that tart cherry extract was found to be beneficial for optimizing the human metabolome, which is the sum of our metabolites (e.g. glucose, lactate, lipids) that reflect the sum of biochemical activities in our organ systems.

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Stress Mgt Works | Sale Ending

From eNewsletter 8/28/2024

DID YOU KNOW that technology alone can't replace the human touch to produce meaningful weight loss in obesity treatment? The new study appeared in JAMA and was performed by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Giving people technology alone for the initial phase of obesity treatment produces unacceptably worse weight loss than giving them treatment that combines technology with a human coach. The need for low cost but effective obesity treatments delivered by technology has become urgent as the ongoing obesity epidemic exacerbates burgeoning health care costs.

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