This article explains how diet creates sustained epigenetic changes that affect long-term health, disease risk, aging, and ...

A new review paper, titled "How can we modulate aging through nutrition and physical exercise? An epigenetic approach," has been published in Aging. The World Health Organization predicts that by 2050 ...

In a recent publication released by PubMed, American scientists led by Dr. Dufault at the Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute, reported the results of a clinical trial in which parents who ...

Famine exposure during early fetal development has been associated with higher rates of mortality, obesity, diabetes and schizophrenia. This can be seen, for example, in survivors of the Dutch famine ...

In a recent publication released by PubMed, American scientist Dr. Renee Dufault at the Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute, provides a peer-reviewed protocol for determining the role ...

Whether supplements can increase a healthy lifespan is an open question, however ...

The new science of epigenetics explains how genes can be modified by the environment, and a prime result of epigenetic inquiry has just been published online in The ...

Epigenetics, the study of changes in gene function that do not involve alterations to the DNA sequence, plays a pivotal role in understanding the complex interplay between genetics and the environment ...

The data-collection team for the WASH Benefits Bangladesh trial. UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor Audrie Lin standing at far right. (Photo courtesy of icddr,b) We’re increasingly aware of how ...

Our genetic code is shaped by our surroundings, diet, where we live, our activities, and many other factors. When these influences do not alter our ...

Epigenetics is the study of various heritable alterations that control gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. 1 The name epigenetics comes from the Greek prefix “epi”, which means on top ...

Weight loss is notoriously hard to maintain. Within a few years most people regain the pounds they initially lose, whether ...