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• More motivation to get nourishing nutrition going: a pro-inflammatory diet (fried foods, sodas, processed food etc) prior to and during perimenopause was found to increase the risk of future fractures, according to new data from the long-term, large-scale Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Just one index point on 2 different measurement scales (one for diet, one for diet and supplements) increased the risk of future fracture by 28 percent, even after adjusting for a variety of factors, including age, BMI, smoking status, race/ethnicity and medication and more.

• Score one more for the Mediterranean diet, which was associated with an up-to 23 percent lower risk of developing dementia in an observational study of 60,000 adults conducted over nine years. The UK Biobank study results were published in BMC Medicine journal. And as study investigator Oliver Shannon, from Newca…