Historical treatise on 75 years of nutrition research in Potsdam-Rehbrücke published

16-Nov-2022 - In September 2022, the DIfE celebrated its 30th anniversary. But the tradition of nutrition research at the Rehbrücke site now goes back 75 years. To mark this special occasion, the DIfE board commissioned science historian PD Dr. Georgy Levit and Dr. Judith Schäfer to recapitulate the eventful ...

How Protein Protects against Fatty Liver

High-protein diet is more effective than low-protein diet

12-Aug-2020 - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common chronic liver disease in the world, with sometimes life-threatening consequences. A high-protein, calorie-reduced diet can cause the harmful liver fat to melt away – more effectively than a low-protein diet. A new study by DIfE/DZD researchers ...

Protein supply of the future - Healthy and climate-friendly

Valuable protein alternatives have hardly been exploited to date

22-Jun-2020 - Pulses from domestic arable land, fish from sustainable aquaculture and insects from professional breeding systems offer great potential to meet the protein requirements of the future in a way that is both healthy and climate-friendly. Nevertheless, valuable protein alternatives have so far ...

Summary of preliminary Data about Obesity and Severity of COVID-19

Obesity may be associated with a significant risk of severe COVID-19 progression

01-May-2020 - In a Nature Reviews Endocrinology “Comment” authors from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), the Boston Children’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health call for more research about the relationships of obesity, disproportionate fat distribution and impaired ...

The power of insoluble fiber

11-Dec-2019 - Insoluble dietary fibres work! But they do not have the same effect on every patient. As an international team led by DIfE scientist Dr. Stefan Kabisch shows in the journal Nutrients, it is important to know the metabolic state of a patient more precisely in order to be able to give optimal ...

Skipping Meat on Occasion May Protect Against Type 2 Diabetes

26-Jun-2019 - People who eat less live longer and healthier lives – many studies point out the positive effect of (intermittent) fasting. However, besides calorie reduction, the quantitative relationship of the individual food components also plays an important role. Scientists at DIfE, a partner of the German ...

Food preferences firmly in view

09-Apr-2019 - The gaze of another influences food choice. Thus, a food gains greater value when previously viewed by another person. This has been discovered by a research team from DIfE. The results of the study have now been published in the journal Scientific Reports. As social beings, we constantly ...