In 2025, Ewelina Młynarska and a team from the Medical University of Lodz reviewed studies on creatine monohydrate supplementation combined with exercise for preventing type 2 diabetes. They focused on how skeletal muscle, which handles most body glucose, loses function in type 2 diabetes due to insulin resistance and sarcopenia (muscle wasting), and how creatine monohydrate—found in meat/fish or supplements—might help alongside workouts like weights or aerobics.

In 2025, Amy Amla Kartar and colleagues from the Colasanti Lab at Brighton and Sussex Medical School in the UK studied how high-ventilation breathwork (HVB) with music affects the brain and emotions. They tested 42 participants during 20-30 minute sessions of cyclic breathing, followed by questionnaires on altered states of consciousness (ASCs) and scans for blood flow changes.

In 2023, Daniel P. Windred and a team studied sleep patterns in thousands of adults across multiple cohorts, finding that sleeping in on weekends, called social jetlag, disrupts your body’s internal clock. Each hour of jetlag raises heart disease risk by 11% and worsens mood, obesity, and unhealthy habits like smoking or poor diet. A 2019 study by C.M. Depner showed that catching up on sleep after five short nights still caused 10-15% worse insulin sensitivity and higher calorie intake, leading to weight gain risks.

In 2023, Mark Hyman from the UltraWellness Center reviewed research on mitochondria, the cell powerhouses that convert food to energy. They decline with age, causing fatigue, brain fog, muscle weakness, and inflammation linked to diseases like Parkinson's, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Exercise triggers mitophagy, clearing damaged mitochondria, with studies showing 20-30% better mitochondrial function in active people vs. sedentary.

In 2021, Primally Pure compiled research on raw dairy’s benefits. Unlike conventional dairy, raw milk from grass-fed cows keeps natural enzymes, vitamins, and bacteria. It’s not pasteurized, so it retains 3x more omega-3s, 2-4x more CLA (anti-cancer fat), and higher vitamin A, D, and K levels, which support immunity and skin health.

In 2025, Anni Vanhatalo and a team from the University of Exeter studied 24 older adults (aged 60-75) in a 2-week trial. Participants drank nitrate-rich beetroot juice (140 mL/day, ~400 mg nitrate) or a placebo juice, and researchers measured blood pressure, oral bacteria, and blood vessel health using standard tests.

In 2025, KM Krost and a team studied 186,744 UK adults aged 40–75 from the UK Biobank (2006–2010). They used food surveys to track 37 ultra-processed food additives like flavor enhancers, coloring agents, and sweeteners, linking them to deaths over 11 years. They adjusted for total food intake to focus on additive effects.

In 2025, Jiping Chen and Jiawei Yao from Shandong University and Guangdong Vocational Academy of Art reviewed how the ketogenic diet (KD)—low-carb, high-fat—helps manage metabolic syndrome (MetS), a mix of high blood pressure, high sugar, big waist, high triglycerides (TG), and low good cholesterol (HDL). They looked at how KD boosts ketone bodies like β-hydroxybutyrate (β-BHB) to burn fat, improve insulin use, fix lipid levels, and cut swelling.

In 2025, Yuko Fujita and Tomohiro Takeshima from Nagasaki University surveyed 106 adolescents and young adults (aged 12-24) in Japan. They used a lifestyle questionnaire and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) to check mental health, and a gummy jelly test to measure swallowing threshold (how fast someone eats).

In 2025, Jessica M. Preston and Romain Barrès from the University of Copenhagen studied 43 men aged 20-35 in a crossover trial. Participants spent three weeks on ultra-processed diets (like processed meats and snacks) and three on unprocessed diets (whole foods), with equal calories, followed by a washout period. They measured weight, hormones, and pollutants in blood.

In 2025, Anam Farzand and a team from Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin reviewed how food ads push junk food high in fat, sugar, and salt, influencing people to eat more unhealthy stuff. They looked at studies showing kids see 4,000 food ads a year, making them crave sweets and snacks, while low-income groups face 80% of ads for bad foods, leading to weight gain and health problems.

In 2022, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) reviewed studies on Bisphenol-A (BPA) and Bisphenol-S (BPS) in thermal receipt paper, used for grocery, pharmacy, and restaurant receipts. They cited research showing BPA levels in receipts are 250-1,000 times higher than in canned food, with 54-79 micrograms/cm² in half of 18 tested Minnesota businesses. These chemicals absorb through skin, especially in cashiers handling receipts often.

In 2025, Carina Venter and a team from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus studied 84 healthy infants. They randomly gave one group freeze-dried blueberry powder from 5-6 months old, mixed into food, while the control group got no blueberries. They tracked allergies like eczema or food reactions, immune markers in blood, and gut bacteria via stool samples over 6 months.

In 2025, Huang-Pin Chen and a team from National Cheng Kung University reviewed studies on low-calorie sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, and stevia. They examined how these affect metabolism, heart health, cancer risk, and gut bacteria, pulling data from human and animal studies on blood sugar, insulin, and microbiome changes.

In 2007, Begoña Cerdá and a team studied six volunteers whose fecal samples were incubated with ellagic acid, a soy polyphenol. They found gut bacteria turned it into urolithin, a compound tied to gut inflammation and potential cancer risk in animal studies, with 30-50% more urolithin production in some people, suggesting soy may harm gut health in certain individuals.

In 2023, Ben Singh and a team reviewed 97 meta-analyses covering 1,039 trials with 128,119 adults to compare exercise against psychotherapy or medications for mental health issues like depression and anxiety. They looked at various workouts—brisk walking, weights, yoga—measuring effects on mood, stress, and brain chemicals.

In 2023, Carly Fraser from Live Love Fruit reviewed research on harmful chemicals in shampoos, focusing on sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), parabens, phthalates, formaldehyde, and synthetic fragrances. These are linked to skin irritation, hormone disruption, and environmental damage, with studies showing SLS causes skin sensitivity in 40% of users, and parabens mimic estrogen, raising breast cancer risk by 10-20% in some lab tests.

In 2025, Andrew Blannin and a team from the University of Birmingham in the UK studied 55 endurance-trained amateur men. They gave groups 3 g/day of EPA-rich fish oil (2.3 g EPA, 0.3 g DHA), DHA-rich algae oil (0.3 g EPA, 2.3 g DHA), or a placebo for 6 weeks. They tested heart rate, perceived effort, breathing ratio, and a 24 km bike time trial before and after.

In 2025, Jianyong Wu and Yanni Cao from Ohio State University analyzed data from over 66,000 US census tracts, comparing life expectancy based on proximity to water. They looked at coastal areas (oceans/gulfs within 30 miles) vs. inland rivers/lakes, factoring in urban/rural settings, to see if "blue spaces" affect how long people live.

In 2025, researchers from the University of South Australia, including Hanbiao Chen and Rietie Venter, tested common painkillers like ibuprofen and acetaminophen with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin on E. coli bacteria, a common cause of gut and urinary infections. They exposed bacteria to the drugs alone and together, measuring mutations that lead to resistance.