A gut bacterial metabolite called imidazole propionate has gone from obscure molecule to validated driver of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, heart failure, and atherosclerosis. Inside the University of Gothenburg…
A February 2026 JAMA Network Open study of more than 5,000 women found that a firm hand grip predicted survival even in those who fell short of exercise guidelines or…
A quiet conclusion has emerged from microbiome science: variety, not any single superfood, predicts a resilient gut and lower systemic inflammation. Inside the American Gut Project finding that launched the…
New 2026 research is converging on a quiet conclusion: a ten-minute walk after dinner blunts the postprandial glucose spike, protects blood vessels, sharpens cognition, and improves sleep. Inside the science,…
A major study being presented this week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting found that patients with early-stage cancer who took GLP-1 receptor agonists were 38 to…
Twenty years of research from Stuart Phillips, Donald Layman, and the PROT-AGE consortium has produced one of the cleanest signals in nutrition science: adults over 40 need more protein than…
A proteomics study tracking 3,000 proteins during a seven-day water-only fast found that the body’s most dramatic biological changes do not appear until 72 hours in. The implications are reshaping…
A 2004 Harris and von Schacky proposal in Preventive Medicine turned omega 3 status into a measurable, modifiable blood marker. Two decades of cohort and trial evidence, from VITAL to…
A University of Sydney trial published in Aging Cell found that just four weeks of eating differently produced measurable reductions in biological age among adults between 65 and 75. The…
Akkermansia muciniphila lives in the gut mucus layer and may be one of the most consequential microbes in longevity medicine. Inside the de Vos discovery, the Cani lab mechanism, the…
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