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Cutting one amino acid from the diet made mice healthier, and only the males lived longer
Protein restriction extends life in laboratory animals, and nobody knew which part of the protein mattered. Removing most of a single amino acid for life separated health benefits from lifespan.
Sep 16, 2026
Extra protein failed to build muscle in cancer patients whose inflammation was already high
Protein advice for cancer patients is given as a single number for everyone. Tracking 50 people with colorectal cancer found that what their blood was doing beforehand largely decided whether it worked.
Sep 8, 2026
Vegan children were shorter and had lower growth-hormone markers than vegetarian peers
Plant-based diets in childhood are debated on principle and measured rarely. A German cohort compared 7,344 blood samples from 2,508 children against their height, weight and growth biology.
Sep 8, 2026
Milk protein cut time spent awake in the night by 8 minutes in people whose sleep was already poor
The warm-milk folk remedy has never had much behind it. Pooling 11 randomized trials, milk-derived proteins and peptides improved the share of time in bed actually spent asleep, and the effect was largest in people with disturbed sleep.
Sep 1, 2026