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  • Elimination diet no more effective than healthy diet for children with ADHD

    Press release TRACE publication, 11 July 2023 An elimination diet is no better at reducing ADHD symptoms in children compared to a healthy diet based on Dutch nutrition guidelines. This can be concluded from the short-term results of the TRACE study conducted by Karakter child and adolescent psychiatry (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), in collaboration with the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and with dieticians specializing in food hypersensitivity. The TRACE study is one of the clinical trials of the Eat2beNICE project. Long-term results are now being investigated. In the elimination diet, all food allergens and triggers...

  • Dutch researchers create video “People with ADHD speak”

    For the 9th World Congress on ADHD – with the theme “Modernizing the Concept of ADHD” – a group of Dutch ADHD researchers created a film in which people with ADHD talk about their vision and experiences. They hope that this film contributes to their mission to modernize ADHD and actively involve the voice of people with lived experiences. The film was created by Anouk Scheres (associate professor at the Behavioural Science Institute of Radboud University Nijmegen), several members of the Local Organizing Committee of the World Congress, and filmmaker Wout Boekloo. The film was sponsored by the World Federation...

  • 10 – 14 JULY 2023 – RADBOUD SUMMER SCHOOL: BRAIN, BACTERIA AND BEHAVIOUR – UNDERSTANDING THE GUT-BRAIN AXIS

    In this one-week Summer School, students will learn about the role of gut microbiota in mental health. They will also get hands-on experience with analysing gut microbiota data, and discuss amongst each other how to design, conduct and interpret experiments on the associations between the gut microbiome and the brain. Workshops and interactive lectures will be given by a group of international experts, including prof. dr. Leo Lahti (University of Turku, Finland), dr. Rochellys Diaz Heijtz (Karolinska Institute Sweden), and dr. Clara Belzer (Wageningen University, The Netherlands). The course will take place from 10 – 14 July 2023 in Nijmegen,...

  • Warning: German probiotic product is NOT associated with or endorsed by the EU-funded Eat2beNICE project

    Warning: German probiotic product is NOT associated with or endorsed by the EU-funded Eat2beNICE project We have noticed that a company in Germany is making unauthorised use of our project and brand name Eat2beNICE. They are selling a ‘Breitband Mirkoceuticum’ probiotic product with the name Eat2BeNice. We want to clarify that our project is in no way affiliated with this product or company, and we do not endorse or advocate the promotion, selling or use of this product. The EU-funded project Eat2beNICE (started in September 2017) aims to investigate the effects of dietary interventions on mental health. We do not...

  • ESCAP conference 19 – 21 June 2022

    Eat2beNICE researchers Alexander Häge, Annick Huberts-Bosch, Gara Arteaga-Henríquez and Yvonne Willemsen will present their recent findings on the role of nutrition and gut microbiota in mental health at the ESCAP conference on 19 June. The 19th international conference of the networks in child and adolescent psychiatry takes place 19 – 21 June in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Our researchers will be presenting new data from the Eat2beNICE clinical trials TRACE and PROBIA testing nutritional interventions for ADHD, and longitudinal data on the gut microbiota in the first three years of life. The session starts at 9:30 (parallel session 1, S12). More...

  • Towards a healthy and safe diet

    In the morning of Wednesday April 6th the DISH Cluster, a synergy between SafeConsume, Eat2beNICE, FoodSafety4EU, Stance4Health and One Health EJP TOXOSOURCES, held the online webinar  “Towards a healthy and safe diet“, gathering an audience of 120+ Food Safety System actors from all over Europe. The webinar was organized around short keynotes from EU top-level speakers, including each of the 5 projects coordinators, followed by passionate discussions about their common goal: to support EU policy makers in guiding consumers towards a healthy and safe diet by improving their nutritional habits and food safety awareness. More information about this event nda...

  • Improving mental wellbeing through a healthy diet

    Jeanette C. Mostert & Alejandro Arias Vasquez from the Departments of Genetics and Psychiatry at Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, The Netherlands, lift the lid on improving mental wellbeing through a healthy diet We know that healthy eating, plenty of sleep, social involvement and regular exercise are good for our health. Less well known is that these lifestyle factors are also beneficial for mental health. A better understanding of how lifestyle ­– and diet, in particular, – influence how the brain works, is of key importance to improving the mental wellbeing of European citizens. A good understanding of what causes mental disorders is still far...

  • 11 – 15 July 2022 – Radboud Summer School: Brain, Bacteria and Behaviour – understanding the gut-brain axis

    In this one-week Summer School, students will learn about the role of gut microbiota in mental health and the various routes of the gut-brain axis. They will also get hands-on experience with analysing gut microbiota data, and discuss amongst each other how to design experiments investigating the role of the gut microbiome in mental health. For this course we will be inviting several experts to give lectures and workshops. The course is open for master students, PhD students, postdocs and professionals, and no experience with gut microbiota research is required. It is however highly recommended to already have experience with...

  • 38th International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition

    Virtuel Event 21 – 24 June,2021 This will be the main topics of the Congress: Food patterns encouraging the consumption of plant-based food; Omics: a new approaches to the study of nutrition and health; Dairy products, tree nuts, dietary patterns and diabetes Meal replacement, body weight and diabetes Vegetable fat sources: type or amount? Carbohydrate quality or fiber content Genetic, epigenetic, nutrition and cardiovascular health Sustainability and environmental impact of diet...

  • Radboud University Nijmegen is organising a Summer School on the Gut-Brain Axis

    From 5 – 16 July 2021 Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands will host a summer school about the gut-brain axis. This two-week course will be taught fully online. The course is organised by Eat2beNICE project leader dr. Alejandro Arias Vasquez together with dr. Mirjam Bloemendaal and dr. Jeanette Mostert. They have invited international experts from the field to give lectures on gut microbiota, routes of the gut-brain communication, and state-of-the-art research on the associations between gut microbiota and behaviour. The course will also include hands on assignments to analyse microbiome data in R. No expertise in R is required,...

  • Nanda Rommelse appointed endowed professor of Neurodevelopmental disorders

    September 8 2020

    Nanda Rommelse has been appointed professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders with effect from 1 September. The chair is a bridging function between the Psychiatry Department of the Radboudumc and Character Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Read more...

  • Online ECNP congress

    September 18 2020

    At the online ECNP congress last week, Eat2beNICE researchers Dr. Silke Matura and Prof. Jordi Salas gave presentations about their research on probiotics and the Mediterranean Diet...

  • Master class

    November 6 2019

    Prof. John F. Cryan, Chair of the Dept. of Anatomy & Neuroscience at the University College Cork (Ireland), gives a comprehensive overview of the latest research on diet, the microbiome and the Gut-Brain axis as part of the general assembly meeting of the Eat2beNICE/NewBrainNutrition consortium held in Lissabon, Portugal, on the 6th of November 2019...

  • Prof. Barbara Franke receives royal honours!

    April 30 2019

    Barbara Franke, Professor of Molecular Psychiatry at the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, received royal honours for her academic work on psychiatric disorders, ADHD in particular. She was awarded Knighthood in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. We cordially congratulate her on this achievement and are very glad to have her in the leadership team of Eat2BeNice!...

  • New Brain Nutrition releases Online Video Classes on Nutrition and Mental Health

    August 1 2019

    New Brain Nutrition releases Online Video Classes on nutrition and mental health taught by experts from the European Union’s Eat2beNICE funded project. New Brain Nutrition.com is the dissemination website for the EU Horizon 2020 funded project Eat2beNICE, a consortium of 18 European University Medical Centers which is conducting extensive research and multi-year clinical research on mental health effects of the Mediterranean Diet, an elimination diet, therapeutic broadband supplementation, and probiotic therapy. The Eat2beNICE Project involves Universities across Europe from the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Sweden, England, Hungary, Estonia and Norway. Almost 90 research scientists are involved in the project which includes...

  • Eat2beNICE celebrates Brain Awareness Week March 11-17, 2019

    March 12 2019

    The Eat2beNICE project, a consortium of 18 European university medical centers funded by the European Horizon 2020 Research Programme No 728018, is celebrating International Brain Awareness Week with two new educational downloads on their website at Eat2beNICE/New Brain Nutrition. The Eat2beNICE project is a five-year project completing original research on how nutrition and lifestyle affect mental health. The two new FREE educational downloads for both healthcare professionals and the public are e-booklets entitled, “The Gut-Brain Axis: An Important Key to Your Health”, and the “Nutritional Diversity Tip Sheet.”  This is in addition to the “Mediterranean Diet and Depression” booklet previously published...

  • A new video “ADHD – Shine a Light” helps adults better understand the condition

    20181029

    “I feel like a universe, stuffed within a shoebox” – this is how Bryn Travers describes what it’s like to have Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). On 31 October 2018 the video ‘Shine a light – understanding ADHD’ is released: a short documentary about what ADHD is, both from a personal and clinical perspective. The video was created through the collaboration between 4 EU-funded, international consortia of researchers that investigate ADHD and its origins: MiND, Aggressotype, CoCA and Eat2BeNICE. This video is aimed at helping young people and adults diagnosed with ADHD, or who suspect they have ADHD, as well as...

  • Mediterranean Diet Depression Mental Health Microbiota Nutrition Trial Announced

    October 19 2018

    Eat2beNICE, a consortium of 18 European university medical centres, is conducting four clinical trials to better understand the connection and mechanism between nutrition, lifestyle and mental health. The subject has been in the news recently with the publication of a study that found the Mediterranean diet could reduce and protect against symptoms depression (Lassale, University College London, in Molecular Psychiatry).  According to Lassale, people following a Mediterranean diet had a 33% lower risk of being diagnosed with depression.  Among the factors that led to a higher chance of depression were those who ate processed meats, trans fats, and consumed a...

  • 18 European Medical Partners Study Links between Mental Health and Nutrition

    June 6 2018

    EU-funded consortium studies connections between gut microbiota, diet and exercise to formulate nutrition and lifestyle recommendations for brain health. An 18-partner medical consortium will spend €11.1M through 2022 studying how dietary components (i.e. sugar, fat, protein content, vitamin and mineral supplementation, probiotics) and lifestyle factors (including exercise) influence people’s overall health, brain function, and behavior.  The project is coordinated by Dr. Alejandro Arias-Vásquez from the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Science has known for years how peoples’ diets and lifestyle affect chronic health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and certain forms of cancer.  Researchers, however, are...

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