{"id":5252,"date":"2016-05-23T08:41:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T07:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bantuat.org\/?p=5252"},"modified":"2016-06-09T17:47:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T16:47:49","slug":"student-news-bulletin-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/student-news-bulletin-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Student News Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we\u2019re highlighting two new research papers and a quick recipe to help make the most of your study time!\u00a0 The first paper, from Boston researchers investigates lifestyle factors in the prevention of cancers.\u00a0 The second looks at the gut microbiota of children with multiple sclerosis.<\/p>\n<h3>Cancer risk: Is it influenced by a healthy lifestyle?<\/h3>\n<p>Research published\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oncology.jamanetwork.com\/article.aspx?articleid=2522371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) <\/a>looked at the impact of a \u2018healthy lifestyle\u2019 on the incident and mortality of cancer that could be prevented by lifestyle modifications.\u00a0 A \u2018healthy lifestyle\u2019 was defined as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Never smoked or given up<\/li>\n<li>No alcohol or drinking less than one drink a day for women and 2 for men<\/li>\n<li>BMI between 18.5 and 27.5<\/li>\n<li>Exercising 75 minutes vigorously or 150 minutes moderately a week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Results estimated that around 20 \u2013 40% of cancer cases and around 50% of cancer deaths could be prevented by these lifestyle modifications.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/310414.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Pro-inflammatory gut bacteria levels higher in children with MS<\/h3>\n<p>Researchers from Canada and the USA\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/ene.13026\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published research in the European Journal of Neurology<\/a>\u00a0that analysed the gut microbial community of paediatric multiple sclerosis patients and how it may influence neurological disease.\u00a0 It was concluded that the observed microbiome was pro-inflammatory and could up regulate pathways associated with neurodegeneration.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/310324.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Student Recipe<\/h3>\n<p>What\u2019s the ideal student food?\u00a0 Something that\u2019s quick, definitely.\u00a0 And ideally something that nourishes the brain.\u00a0 This spinach &amp; strawberry salad with walnuts should fit the bill:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Spinach and Strawberry Salad with Toasted Walnuts and Balsamic Vinaigrette<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"catPhoto alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kunde.com\/static\/images\/products\/kunde-spinach-strawberry-salad.jpg\" alt=\"Spinach and Strawberry Salad with Toasted Walnuts and Balsamic Vinaigrette\" width=\"248\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serves 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salad<\/strong>:<br \/>\n3 cups baby spinach<br \/>\n1\/2 pint fresh strawberries, wash, top removed (hulled) and sliced<br \/>\n1\/4 cup walnut pieces or almond slices, lightly toasted<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dressing<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">1\/4 tsp. Dijon mustard<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong>:<br \/>\nIn a small bowl, whisk together the balsamic and mustard, slowly whisk the olive oil until well combined; season with salt and freshly ground pepper. \u00a0In a large bowl combine the spinach, strawberries and nuts. Pour dressing over salad, toss well to combine. Divide among 2 plates and serve.<\/p>\n<p>Original recipe from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kunde.com\/spinach-and-strawberry-salad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/members-area\/student-area\/news-and-events\/\">News &amp; Events<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shoesalesonlines.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cheap air max<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we\u2019re highlighting two new research papers and a quick recipe to help make the most of your study time!\u00a0 The first paper, from Boston researchers investigates lifestyle factors in the prevention of cancers.\u00a0 The second looks at the gut microbiota of children with multiple sclerosis. Cancer risk: Is it influenced by a healthy lifestyle? Research published\u00a0in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) looked at the impact of a \u2018healthy lifestyle\u2019 on the incident and mortality of cancer that could be prevented by lifestyle modifications.\u00a0 A \u2018healthy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-5252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bant-student-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/media\/5358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5252"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=5252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}