THE SOURCE
THE FEED
TEETOTALLING
MILLENNIALS
They may be spending their cash on smashed
avo but Millennials are less likely to fork out
for a cold brew according to consumer research
giant Nielsen. The ongoing survey of more than
20,000 Australians aged 14 and over found just
over half of Millennials (those aged 18 to
34) consumed alcohol in the last month
compared with 72 per cent of Baby
Boomers (those aged 55
and over).DI Y DETOX
The preventative powers of a low carbohydrate, fat-rich
diet on lifestyle- and age-related diseases has been known
for some time. But little has been known about how
this diet facilitates these benefits. New research from an
interdisciplinary team out of Aarhus University has helped
unravel the puzzle. Aarhus researchers have discovered a
detoxification system in the body we had not previously been
aware of. The detoxification process occurs alongside cell fat
metabolism and works to remove harmful substances from
the blood sugar. These harmful substances cause damage
linked with age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease
and diabetes. The newly discovered system is ‘run by’ ketone
acetoacetate, a metabolite that originates in the body’s
fat metabolism and works to capture and inhibit another
metabolite that originates in the body’s sugar metabolism.EATING LATE NOT SO BAD FOR NIGHT OWLS
Logic (and science) say eating later in the day is probably not the best for waist watchers.
A study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) suggests individual
body clocks can dictate the negative effects of eating late independent of the actual time of day.
In simple terms, if your body is attuned to sleeping earlier, the negative effects of eating later
will be worse for you than someone whose body clock is switched to late mode. Good news for
night owls? The study, conducted with 110 college-aged participants, examined the associations
between BMI and body fat ratio to time of food consumption and the individual’s body clock
or circadian rhythm. Researchers found that those participants with a high body fat, compared
with their low body fat counterparts, consumed most of their calories 1.1 hours closer to
melatonin onset (‘the beginning of the biological night’). Notably, there was no difference in
the average clock hour of food consumption between high and low body fat participants.