Health Highlight: Mon. 6, Mar.
Today's highlights: FDA guidance on plant-based milks; alarming projected increase in type 1 & 2 diabetes by 2060; new findings on THC and CBD in edibles.
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🔗: Milk and Plant-Based Milk Alternatives: Know the Nutrient Difference
✍🏼 By: FDA Staff Writer(s) • @US_FDA
Summary: The article discusses the growing availability of plant-based milk alternatives and how their nutritional content differs from that of dairy milk. It talks about the most important nutrients in dairy milk and soy milk and tells you how to choose the best plant-based milk alternative for your nutrient needs.
Context: The FDA has issued draft guidance that recommends a voluntary nutrient statement be included on the label of a plant-based milk alternative that is labeled with the term “milk” in its name and has a nutrient composition different from milk.
Support Info: Soy milk fortified with calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin D is the only plant-based alternative with nutrient content similar enough to milk to be included in the dairy group.
Analysis: When choosing plant-based milk alternatives, it’s essential to read the label carefully to check for added sugar, and protein content, and whether the product has been fortified with nutrients such as calcium.
Conclusion: Anyone who is interested in or currently consuming plant-based milk alternatives, as well as parents or caregivers of young children who need to ensure they get the necessary nutrients for healthy growth and development. Infants should not consume plant-based milk alternatives before age 12 months.
🏷️ Tags: #plantmilk #milkalternatives #FDA #FDAguidelines
🔗: Future Surge in Diabetes Could Dramatically Impact People Under 20 in U.S.
✍🏼 By: CDC Newsroom Writer(s) • @CDCgov
Summary: A new modeling study published in Diabetes Care predicts that the number of young people under the age of 20 with diabetes in the United States is likely to increase more rapidly in future decades.
Context: The study suggests that as many as 220,000 young people could have type 2 diabetes in 2060, a nearly 700% increase, and the number of young people with type 1 diabetes could increase by as much as 65% in the next 40 years.
Support Info: “Comparatively, 213,000 young people in the United States had diabetes in 2017.”
Analysis: The rise in type 2 diabetes could be due to the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity and the presence of diabetes in people of childbearing age.
Conclusion: “The COVID-19 pandemic underscored how critically important it is to address chronic diseases, like diabetes. “This study further highlights the importance of continuing efforts to prevent and manage chronic diseases, not only for our current population but also for generations to come.”
🏷️ Tags: #CDC #Diabetes #childrenshealth #obesity
🔗: When Taken Orally, Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol With Cannabidiol Can Result in Stronger Drug Effects Than Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Alone
✍🏼 By: NCCIH Writer(s) • @NIH_NCCIH
Summary: New research from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine suggests that when 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (9-THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) are taken orally together in edible cannabis products, CBD can stop 9-THC from being broken down, making the drug effects stronger than when 9-THC is taken alone.
Context: The study involved 18 healthy adults who ingested high doses of both cannabinoids and experienced stronger drug effects, worse cognitive and psychomotor function and greater increases in heart rate.
Support Info: “The researchers said these effects appear to be caused by CBD inhibiting the metabolism of 9-THC and its active metabolite 11-OH-Δ9-THC, reducing their clearance from the body and prolonging the individual’s exposure to them.
Analysis: “[The] research contradicts prior claims and clarifies the interactions between the two main cannabinoids—Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) and cannabidiol (CBD)—when they are ingested orally as part of an edible cannabis product.”
Conclusion: The study’s findings suggest the importance of considering possible dose adjustments for individuals who use these types of cannabis products.
🏷️ Tags: #CBD #THC #Edibles #JohnsHopkins #JAMA
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