M. López-Moreno

The cold‐water immersion recovery–adaptation paradox: Reconciling acute parasympathetic and analgesic benefits with chronic hypertrophy attenuation

Abstract Cold‐water immersion (CWI) is among the most widely used post‐exercise recovery modalities in elite sport and clinical rehabilitation, yet a fundamental paradox now emerges from the evidence: the same protocols that accelerate parasympathetic reactivation and reduce perceived muscle soreness also suppress the...

When modeling shapes the message: Interpreting vegetarian and vegan dietary patterns in the dietary guidelines for Americans.

The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans include vegetarian and vegan dietary patterns as potential options for meeting nutrient needs across the lifespan, while also identifying several nutrients of potential concern within these patterns. These conclusions have important implications for dietetic practice, publ...

Dietary Interventions for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.

Home food preparation involvement and ultra-processed food consumption in adolescents: the EHDLA study.

In this secondary cross-sectional analysis of 847 Spanish adolescents (aged 12-17 years) from the Eating Healthy and Daily Life Activities (EHDLA) study, we investigated whether frequency of helping with dinner preparation and grocery shopping (<3 or ≥3 times/week) were associated with ultra-processed food (UPF) consum...

Pro-Inflammatory Dietary Profiles Are Associated with Psychosocial Functioning in Spanish Adolescents: Findings from the EHDLA Study

Background: Dietary factors may influence psychosocial outcomes through inflammatory pathways, but evidence in adolescents remains limited. The aim was to examine whether dietary inflammatory potential is associated with psychosocial functioning among Spanish adolescents. Methods: This cross-sectional study is based on...

Vitamin D concentrations and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio are associated with disability and pain sensitivity in individuals with migraine: a cross-sectional study.

Higher NLR, as a marker of systemic inflammation, was associated with greater migraine-related disability and increased pain sensitivity, whereas lower vitamin D concentrations were associated with increased pain sensitivity.

Is Chronotype Related to Eating Distractions Among Adolescents? The EHDLA Study

Background: Screen-based distractions during meals are increasingly common during adolescence and have been linked to less healthy eating behaviors. Chronotype, an individual’s circadian preference for morningness or eveningness, is associated with differences in alertness, self-regulation, and recreational screen use...

The Adaptive Cellular State Model: A Conceptual Framework Linking Dietary Quality to Exercise-Induced Cellular Adaptation

Exercise is a recurrent multidimensional perturbation that initiates biological adaptation, yet responses to comparable training programmes remain heterogeneous. This critical narrative Review introduces the Adaptive Cellular State (ACS) Model as a heuristic framework for examining how the biological context present be...

Is emotional eating selectively associated with sleep-related problems in adolescents? Results from the EHDLA study

Emotional eating was selectively associated with specific sleep-related problems, particularly bedtime difficulties and snoring, in a large sample of Spanish adolescents, with anger and anxiety showing the strongest associations.

Salicornia europaea L. as a Marine Bioactive Resource: Phytochemical Profile, Health Mechanisms, and Functional Applications in Precision Nutrition

Clinical evidence remains limited, particularly regarding long-term efficacy, dose standardisation, and bioavailability in humans, and future work should prioritise adequately powered intervention trials and standardised characterisation of marine halophyte bioactives to clarify their evidence-based role in functional...