Understanding how cells use nutrients in the presence of viral pathogens at the earliest stages of infection is key to developing treatments that can strengthen the cell, not the virus. The immune system has long been touted as the body’s primary defense against invading viruses, with the understanding that a robust immune response swiftly knocks […]
Women who are vegetarian are more likely to get a hip fracture
According to a research of more than 26,000 middle-aged UK women, vegetarians had a 33% higher risk of hip fracture than habitual meat eaters. Researchers from the University of Leeds examined the risk of hip fracture in occasional meat eaters, pescatarians—those who consume fish but no meat—and vegetarians in comparison to regular meat eaters. Their […]
