This week\u2019s research is one that you might not be expecting; plant-based diets reduce the risk of diabetes.\u00a0 Also, one that\u2019ll be relevant to those of us studying for exams; sleep plays a key role in memory consolidation.\u00a0 And finally, exam tips!<\/p>\n
Healthy vegetarian diet reduces type 2 diabetes risk<\/strong><\/p>\n Whilst there has been accumulating evidence for the disease risk reducing effect of a plant-based diet in the areas of cancer risk, diabetes risk and blood pressure reducing.\u00a0\u00a0 This study\u00a0published in PLOS Medicine<\/a>\u00a0looked at the quality of the vegetarian diet, whether the diet was high in nutritious plant-based foods.\u00a0 Hu, a\u00a0senior author said, “A shift to a dietary pattern higher in healthful plant-based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, and lower in animal-based foods, especially red and processed meats, can confer substantial health benefits in reducing risk of type 2 diabetes.”\u00a0Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n How Sleep Improves Memory Uncovered<\/strong><\/p>\n A study from the University of California-Riverside\u00a0published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/a>\u00a0showed that increase autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity during sleep was linked to memory improvement.\u00a0 In particular, ANS activity during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.\u00a0 Prof. Mednick explained, “The findings suggest that ANS activity during REM sleep may be an unexplored contributor to sleep-related improvements in memory performance.”\u00a0Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n Exams! Answering Questions to Maximise your Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n This guide by the University of Reading<\/a>\u00a0gives some useful information on planning your exam strategy to maximise your marks.\u00a0 It includes a\u00a0printable guide<\/a>\u00a0and advice on preparations for the night before to help get that important memory consolidating sleep.\u00a0 Good luck everyone! pandora charms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week\u2019s research is one that you might not be expecting; plant-based diets reduce the risk of diabetes.\u00a0 Also, one that\u2019ll be relevant to those of us studying for exams; sleep plays a key role in memory consolidation.\u00a0 And finally, exam tips! Healthy vegetarian diet reduces type 2 diabetes risk Whilst there has been accumulating evidence for the disease risk reducing effect of a plant-based diet in the areas of cancer risk, diabetes risk and blood pressure reducing.\u00a0\u00a0 This study\u00a0published in PLOS Medicine\u00a0looked at the quality of the vegetarian diet,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-5446","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\/5446"}],"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=5446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/media\/5450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5446"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/call\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=5446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}