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In this post we present selected parts of the very interesting paper titled “Tooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade“, by Sisma-Ventura Guy et al. Continue reading “Evidence for Fish Trade between Egypt and Canaan during the Bronze Age (3,500 yBP)”
Elevated levels of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) — a compound linked with the consumption of fish, seafood and a primarily vegetarian diet — may reduce hypertension-related heart disease symptoms. New research in rats finds that low-dose treatment with TMAO reduced heart thickening (cardiac fibrosis) and markers of heart failure in an animal model of hypertension. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology — Heart and Circulatory Physiology and was chosen as an APSselect article for November. Continue reading “Eat your vegetables (and fish): Another reason why they may promote heart health”
New research at Lund University in Sweden can now show what Stone Age people actually ate in southern Scandinavia 10 000 years ago. The importance of fish in the diet has proven to be greater than expected. So, if you want to follow a Paleo-diet you should quite simply eat a lot of fish. Continue reading “Fish accounted for surprisingly large part of the Stone Age diet”
Women could enhance the development of their unborn child’s eyesight and brain function by regularly eating fatty fish during pregnancy. This is the suggestion from a small-scale study led by Kirsi Laitinen of the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital in Finland, in the Springer Nature-branded journal Pediatric Research. The research supports previous findings that show how important a prospective mother’s diet and lifestyle choices are for the development of her baby. Continue reading “Fish-rich diets in pregnancy may boost babies’ brain development”
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