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A new NutriNet-Sante analysis from the Touvier and Srour group looks at food additive glutamate and cardiovascular risk. The digest recorded its existence and provenance; no effect sizes were extracted.
American Journal of Clinical · Hasenbohler et al. · 8 August 2026 · PMID 42570865
A review models obligatory glucose demand across six stages of hominin evolution and argues the roughly fivefold expansion of the brain was underwritten by dietary sugars from fruit and honey rather than by meat. Its headline figures currently trace to press coverage rather than the paper itself.
Science 393(6811):574 to 581 · Brand-Miller et al. · 6 August 2026 · PMID 42561068
A comprehensive review asks whether carrageenan is a food additive or a health concern, and a companion mechanism paper reports Bacteroides desulfating carrageenan and feeding hydrogen sulfide production. Reviews and mechanisms, not new human evidence.
Annals of Nutrition and · Arslan et al. · 6 August 2026 · PMID 42560937
FDA filed a white paper proposing a definition of ultra processed food with OIRA on 3 August 2026. As a white paper it carries no legal force, does not preempt state definitions such as California's AB 1264, and its actual criteria are not yet public.
3 August 2026
In a pooled analysis of three long running US cohorts, risk of death, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes tracked overall diet quality strongly, and within each quality tier was reported as almost identical whether the diet was ultra processed or minimally processed.
NUTRITION 2026, American Society · Xiaowen et al. · 28 July 2026
A narrative review raises dietary microplastic exposure in athletes, flagging packaged foods and bottled drinks as plausible exposure routes. The authors are explicit that mechanisms are plausible while direct studies in athletes do not exist.
Nutrients 18(14):2398 · 22 July 2026 · PMID 42514468
An in vitro screen found around 75% of 39 sweeteners altered the growth of at least one of 25 gut bacterial species. A separate narrative review concluded the evidence supports neither a uniformly harmful nor a uniformly safe verdict on artificial sweeteners.
Molecular Systems Biology (screen); · Xin et al. · 16 July 2026 · PMID 42514471
A narrative review examined four claims circulating on social media about female athlete nutrition. It found limited evidence behind several of them, but not for the rigid sex specific rules built on top of them.
Proceedings of the Nutrition · Matkin-Hussey et al. · 1 July 2026 · PMID 42383324
In a four site randomized crossover using university dining halls, 36 recreational athletes showed no significant difference in a 12 minute run or composite machine strength between a plant based and an omnivorous month, though the strength interval leaned toward the omnivore diet.
Nutrition Journal · Raygoza et al. · 20 February 2026
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