5.11 Recommended Reading & References

Here are the articles, references, nutrihub education articles websites that we’ve included throughout Module 5. Some of them are optional reading but we recommend that you look through all of them, if you haven’t already done so, to deepen your understanding of the module content and set you up for the online multiple choice questions before you can move on to Module 6.

Articles:

• Do Alkaline Diets Really Work?
• Vegetarians live longer and healthier.
• Vegetarians have lower cancer risk.
• Vegetarian, vegan diets and multiple health outcomes: A systematic review with meta-analysis of observational studies.
• High-level adherence to a Mediterranean diet beneficially impacts the gut microbiota and associated metabolome.
• Dietary fibre and bacterial SCFA enhance oral tolerance and protect against food allergy through diverse cellular pathways.
• High level adherence to a Mediterranean diet beneficially impacts the gut microbiota and associated metabolome
• The Mediterranean diet and ADHD in children and adolescents.
• The Mediterranean diet has components that may extend life.
• Olive oil and the hallmarks of ageing.
• Yet another major review finds no reason at all to limit saturated fat in the diet
• Low grade inflammation diet composition and health: Current research and evidence and its translation.
• So it appears our ancient ancestors were road kill scavengers but were mainly vegetarian.
• Were our ancestors better eaters by circumstance?
• Artificial sweeteners, microbes and blood sugar control
• Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) can lead to solutions
• IBS and food – Is there a link?

References:

• Cordain et al (2005) Origins and evolution of the Western diet: health implications for the 21st century. Am J Clin Nutr 81:341–54 Full paper
• Farris et al (2012) Intermittent fasting during Ramadan attenuates proinflammatory cytokines and immune cells in healthy subjects. Nutr Res 32:947-955 Full paper
• Frassetto et al (2009) Metabolic and physiologic improvements from consuming a paleolithic, hunter-gatherer type diet. Eur J Clin Nutr 63:947-955 Full paper
• Ludwig et al (2018) Dietary carbohydrates: role of quality and quantity in chronic disease. BMJ 316 Full Paper
• Mattson et al (2018) Intermittent metabolic switching, neuroplasticity and brain health. Nat Rev Neurosci 19:63-80 Full paper

Nutrihub education articles:

• The Importance of Balancing Body pH
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Useful websites:

• USDA PRAL list