“Western-Style” Diet Lowers the Odds of Ideal Aging
A newly published study suggests that a “Western-style” diet reduces a person’s likelihood of achieving older ages in good health, finding that avoidance of the…
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Linked to About 180,000 Deaths Annually
Study Highlights: Sugar-sweetened beverages may be linked to about 180,000 deaths in the world each year. Countries in the Caribbean/Latin America had among the…
Mediterranean Diet Significantly Reduces the Risk of Suffering a Cardiovascular Death
A new study from the University of Barcelona found that eating a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or tree nuts reduced the…
Vitamin D Could Reduce the Risk of Type 1 Diabetes
A new study from scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health suggests that vitamin D could protect against type 1 diabetes. Adequate levels of…
Vitamin D3 and Omega-3 May Help Fight Alzheimer’s
New research from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA shows how vitamin D3 and omega-3 fatty acids may enhance the immune system’s…
A Vegetarian Diet Could Reduce People’s Risk of Heart Disease by up to 32%
New research from the University of Oxford suggests that a vegetarian diet could significantly reduce people’s risk of heart disease, finding that vegetarians have…
Study Finds That “Whole Grain” Foods Aren’t Always a Healthy Choice
A new study from scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health is the first to empirically evaluate the healthfulness of whole-grain foods based on…
Study Links Diet Soda With Depression in Older Adults
In a new study, scientists found that older adults that drank at least four cups of diet soda a day were 31 percent more likely…
Diets High in Fructose Lead to Overeating
Scientists have shown, using imaging tests, that fructose can trigger brain changes that lead to overeating. They found that after drinking a fructose beverage, the…
Lower Mortality Risk for Overweight People
A new report on nearly three million people found that people whose BMI ranked them as overweight had less risk of dying than people of…
Coffee Drinking Could Improve Your Health
The American Medical Association recommends that moderate tea or coffee drinking will likely have no ill effect on health, as long as people live a…
Study Links Dietary Glycemic Load and Colon Cancer
A newly published study found that a diet heavy in complex sugars and carbohydrate-rich foods is likely to lead to a recurrence of colorectal cancer…
Genetically Modified Tomatoes Counteract Heart Disease
Researchers have developed a genetically modified tomato that produces a certain peptide which will lower the plaque buildup in the arteries of mice. This could…
Daily Multivitamin Usage Cut Cancer Risk By 8% in Men
A new study following men has shown that taking multivitamins daily reduced the total risk of cancer by 8%. The study used Centrum Silver multivitamin,…
Consuming Fruits & Vegetables Improves Psychological Well-Being
The World Health Organization recommends five servings of fruits and vegetable every day to keep the human body healthy, but how much is needed to…
Little Significant Difference in Organic Foods vs. Conventional Alternatives
A new study from Stanford researchers examined whether organic foods are safer or healthier than conventional alternatives, finding little significant difference in health benefits between…
Study Suggests Whole Fruit May Prompt Kids to Make Healthier Choices
A study by scientists at Cornell’s Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs suggests that the presence of certain foods in school cafeterias may…
A Low-Glycemic Diet is More Effective at Burning Calories
A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital found that all calories are not created equal, suggesting that a low-glycemic load diet is more effective than…
