Losing Muscle and Gaining Fat?

From eNewsletter 5/13/2026

DID YOU KNOW that late night eating and chronic stress are a bad combination?

According to a study presented at Digestive Disease Week 2026, participants who reported having high stress in addition to late-night eating habits had the highest prevalence of abnormal bowel habits (39.3%) compared to those with a low-stress/normal eating baseline. The high stress/poor diet high-risk group also had significant reductions in gut microbial diversity compared with healthy controls.

While stress alone degrades gut function, the combination with late-night eating creates a "double hit’"associated with pronounced bowel dysfunction and gut dysbiosis.

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Bread-Related Weight Gain

From eNewsletter 5/11/2026

DID YOU KNOW that a recent study about coffee, which was trending in the mainstream media, is a cautionary tale about doing your due diligence when it comes to research funding?

A study from Nature Communications lauded the beneficial effects of coffee on the microbiota–gut–brain axis. However, when you delve into details of the study, including the authors and who funded it, right there in black in white it says "funded by Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC)". The author had also been paid speakers and received past research funding from food companies that manufacture and sell coffee (i.e. Nestle).

Luckily, you have us to sift through studies that are independent or not :)

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This Treatment is Everywhere

From eNewsletter 5/6/2026

DID YOU KNOW that according to a study from Human Resource Management, employees who love their jobs, meaning they feel passionate about their work, close to their coworkers, and committed to their organization, report better physical health than those who are merely satisfied or engaged?

Loving a job predicted physical health more strongly than job satisfaction, work engagement, and general positive mood, even when researchers accounted for all three simultaneously. Deep job attachment didn’t tip into workaholism or burnout at typical levels.

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