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Canal Detox: the Inserm series against health fake news

formation spreads quickly, particularly those that provide simplistic answers to often complex health questions. It is to counter this phenomenon that Inserm decided to decipher misinformation and help internet users distinguish between truth and falsehood. What topics are covered on Canal Détox? I ...

21
Oct
2024

Why the Mediterranean diet is the best in the world

s is the conclusion of a study conducted by French researchers in 2018. The study, published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry by researchers from Inserm and the University of Montpellier, reveals that a plant-rich diet, like that of Mediterranean countries, could help prevent depression. The au ...

21
Sep
2007

Nutritional information: is the Nutri-score really reliable?

hose whose consumption is best limited. This system was imagined by Prof. Serge Hercberg of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm). This epidemiologist is also the president of the National Nutrition and Health Plan (PNNS). His color code has been approved by the High Coun ...

21
Mar
2017

Brain and nature: why does nature do us good?

tact with the outside world and natural elements. Following his own experience of confinement, Michel Le Van Quyen, who is director of research at INSERM and works at the Biomedical Imaging Laboratory (LIB), wondered about this need for nature and about the brain mechanisms at work when we find o ...

07
Mar
2022

Common food additives promote several cancers.

ts. What is the link between emulsifiers and cancer? In a study published on February 13, 2024, in the journal PLoS Medicine, French researchers from Inserm revealed that emulsifiers, which are ubiquitous in food, increase the risk of cancer by 15%, particularly breast and prostate cancers. To reac ...

22
Feb
2024

Chronic Stress: How the Silent Enemy Erodes Our Defenses (and Accelerates the Passage of Time)

ts suffers from clinical anxiety: a vicious circle where the disease diverts the energy needed for healing. Again, stress is not just a "soul ache": Inserm reminds us that a depressive mood can increase the mortality of certain cancers by 20 to 80 percent. Breaking the cycle: five (very) realistic ...

24
June
2025