What People With Liver Disease Eat Differently Than Healthy People
Researchers looked at what people with liver cirrhosis (serious liver damage) ate compared to healthy people using data from over 18 years. They found that …
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Are European Diets Actually Healthy and Good for the Planet?
Researchers looked at what people eat in nine European countries to see if their diets are both healthy for their bodies and sustainable for the environment. …
Read MoreWhy Mexicans Are Eating 900 More Calories Daily Than 60 Years Ago
Over the past six decades, the way people in Mexico eat has changed dramatically. A new study looked at what Mexicans have been eating from 1960 to 2020 and …
Read MoreFour Food Patterns Found in Madagascar: Why Some People Eat Better Than Others
Researchers in southwestern Madagascar discovered that people fall into four different eating patterns based on their access to food and money. About 36% of …
Read MoreLow-Carb, High-Fat Diets May Help Control Blood Sugar Markers
Researchers looked at eating patterns from nearly 20,000 American adults over 20 years to understand how different diets affect insulin resistance—a condition …
Read MorePlant-Based Eating and Kidney Health in Older Adults
Researchers looked at whether following the EAT-Lancet diet—a way of eating that focuses on plants, whole grains, and less meat—affects kidney disease risk in …
Read MoreEating More Plants May Protect Your Liver in Your 20s
Researchers studied 887 young adults around age 27 to understand how their food choices affect liver health. They found that people who ate more vegetables, …
Read MoreEating More Plants May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Researchers looked at 9 different studies to understand how plant-based eating affects breast cancer risk. They found that eating a healthy plant-based …
Read MoreWhy Western Diets May Increase Gut Disease Risk
Researchers analyzed data from 1999 to 2021 to understand how different eating patterns around the world affect inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—a painful …
Read MoreHow Climate Change Affects What We Eat and Our Health
Scientists are working together to understand how climate change, food systems, and our diets all connect to our health. The ADVANTAGE Project brings together …
Read MoreWhat People With Eating Disorders Eat in Latin America
Researchers looked at studies from Latin America and the Caribbean to understand what people with eating disorders actually eat. They found only four studies, …
Read MoreEating Mediterranean Foods May Lower Your Risk of Adult Asthma
Researchers followed over 17,000 Spanish adults for nearly 13 years to see if eating a Mediterranean diet—rich in vegetables, fruits, fish, and olive oil—could …
Read MoreEating Healthy Foods May Help Prevent Depression During Pregnancy
Researchers studied nearly 600 pregnant Hispanic women in Los Angeles to see if what they ate affected their mood during the last three months of pregnancy. …
Read MoreWhy Young Saudis Are Eating Less Plant Protein Than Meat
Researchers surveyed 398 young adults in Saudi Arabia (ages 18-25) to understand how much plant-based protein they eat compared to animal protein. They found …
Read MoreHow What You Eat Affects Your Cancer Risk
Cancer cells need lots of energy to grow quickly, and what we eat plays a big role in whether cancer develops. Scientists have found that eating too much …
Read MoreHow Scientists Measure Ultra-Processed Foods and Why It Matters
Scientists compared four different ways of classifying how processed our food is using data from nearly 4,400 American adults. They found that no matter which …
Read MoreYour Sleep Schedule Affects What You Eat and Drink
Researchers studied 935 young adults to understand how their natural sleep patterns and exercise habits influence what they eat and drink. They found that …
Read MoreWhole Grains Help Kids Stay Leaner, New Study Shows
Researchers studied nearly 50,000 Chinese children to understand how eating whole grains affects body fat. They found that kids who ate more whole grains like …
Read MoreEating Fermented Foods: Quality Over Variety Matters
A new study of 400 adults in Turkey looked at how eating fermented foods (like yogurt and kimchi) affects digestion and mental health. Surprisingly, the …
Read MoreNew Food Database Shows How What You Eat Affects Your Health
Scientists created a massive digital map called FoodAtlas that connects over 1,400 foods to the chemicals they contain, diseases they might help prevent, and …
Read MoreWhat Older Adults in China Eat Affects Their Heart Health
Researchers studied 1,399 older adults living in mountainous areas of northern China to understand how their eating habits affect their health. They found that …
Read MoreWhat Mom Eats During Pregnancy May Shape Kids' Food Choices
Researchers looked at 11 studies to understand if what pregnant women eat affects what their children like to eat later. They found that when pregnant mothers …
Read MoreEating Healthy May Help Prevent Kidney Stones
Researchers studied over 25,000 American adults to understand how different healthy eating patterns affect kidney stone risk. They found that people who …
Read MoreBrain-Boosting Foods: What Science Really Says Works
Scientists are working to figure out which foods actually help keep our brains healthy and prevent memory loss as we age. This research looks at what we've …
Read MoreEating More Veggies May Help Your Lungs Stay Healthy
Researchers studied over 10,000 Korean adults to see if eating certain foods could help protect their lungs. They found that people who ate more vegetables had …
Read MoreEating Healthy Foods May Lower Your Risk of Epilepsy
Researchers looked at data from thousands of Americans to see if eating a healthier diet could help prevent epilepsy, a condition that causes seizures. They …
Read MoreWhat Southern Chinese People Eat and How It Affects Their Health
Researchers studied 330 people in southern China to understand how their eating habits connect to their weight and metabolic health. They found three main …
Read MoreWhat Marshallese Moms Are Eating and How to Help Them Eat Better
Researchers studied what 20 Marshallese mothers in Arkansas were eating to understand their food choices and help them eat healthier. They found that these …
Read More1 in 3 Kids in New Zealand at Risk for Prediabetes
Researchers in New Zealand checked 276 children ages 11-13 to see how many were at risk for prediabetes, a condition where blood sugar levels start getting too …
Read MoreNew Tool Helps Track What Spanish Kids Eat for Breakfast
Researchers created and tested a new questionnaire to measure breakfast eating habits in Spanish children and teenagers. The tool asks about 21 different …
Read MoreEating More Vegetables May Lower Prostate Cancer Risk
Researchers in Mexico City studied 394 men with prostate cancer and 793 healthy men to understand how different eating patterns affect cancer risk. They found …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Help Prevent Depression in Older Adults
Researchers followed nearly 1,900 older Japanese adults for 6 years to understand how walking speed and diet affect depression risk. They found that people who …
Read MoreCan Being Vegetarian Help You Live Longer? What Science Actually Shows
Many people believe that eating a vegetarian diet—without meat—can help them live longer and healthier lives. A new review of scientific research looked at …
Read MoreWhat Mom Eats During Pregnancy Affects Baby's Growth
Researchers in China followed 201 pregnant women and their babies to see how the mother's diet during pregnancy affected how much the babies weighed and grew. …
Read MoreDoes Skipping Meals Hurt Your Mouth's Protective System?
Researchers wanted to understand how intermittent fasting—eating only on certain days—affects the glands in your mouth that make saliva. They studied two …
Read MoreWestern Diet Linked to Breast Cancer Risk in Younger Women
Researchers in Iran studied 213 women to understand how different eating patterns might affect breast cancer risk. They found that women who ate a "Western" …
Read MoreWhat Ramadan Fasting Does to Kidney Patients' Nutrition
During Ramadan, Muslim patients on kidney dialysis change what they eat, which can affect their health. Researchers studied 102 Malaysian dialysis patients to …
Read MoreWhat You Eat Matters: How Diet Patterns Affect Heart Disease Risk
Researchers in China studied what nearly 2,800 adults ate and looked at their health records to understand how different eating patterns affect common diseases …
Read MoreWhat Women Drink Around the World: A 28-Year Study
Researchers looked at what beverages women of childbearing age drink across 185 countries from 1990 to 2018. They found big differences in drinking habits …
Read MoreHow Money Problems Change What People Eat in Pakistan
When a country faces serious money troubles, people have to make tough choices about food. Researchers in Lahore, Pakistan studied how the recent economic …
Read MoreWhat You Eat Changes Your Brain: New Research Explains How
Scientists reviewed 21 studies to understand how the food we eat affects our brains. They found that eating healthy foods like fish and Mediterranean-style …
Read MoreWhat People With Huntington's Disease Eat and When They Eat It
Researchers surveyed 116 people with or at risk for Huntington's disease to understand their eating habits. They found that many people in this community …
Read MoreWhat You Eat Matters: How Diet Affects Weight and Health
Researchers in Inner Mongolia studied how different eating patterns affect people's weight and overall health. They found that eating more plant-based foods …
Read MoreEating Right for Your Gut May Help You Stay Younger Longer
Researchers looked at data from over 12,000 American adults to understand how diet affects a special protein in our blood called Klotho, which helps us age …
Read MoreWhy Some People Get Heart Disease Even With Normal Cholesterol
Researchers in Malaysia are studying a hidden heart disease risk factor called lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a) for short. While doctors have long focused on regular …
Read MoreWhat College Students Eat Affects Their Weight, Study Shows
Researchers studied 251 female college students majoring in nutrition to understand how their eating habits and lifestyle choices affected their weight. They …
Read MoreMediterranean-Style Diet May Lower Heart Disease Risk in Fatty Liver Disease
Researchers studied over 32,000 Korean adults with a common liver condition called fatty liver disease to see if different eating patterns could reduce their …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
Researchers reviewed dozens of studies to understand how food choices might affect prostate cancer risk and treatment. They looked at patterns in what people …
Read MoreJunk Food May Make Fibromyalgia Pain Worse
Researchers compared what people with fibromyalgia eat versus healthy people and found some important differences. People with fibromyalgia ate significantly …
Read MoreCan Your Diet Help Prevent Dizzy Spells From Coming Back?
Researchers are studying whether what you eat might affect a common type of dizziness called BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo). This study follows …
Read MoreWhat Your Kid Eats Early On Affects Their Health for Years
Researchers looked at 14 long-term studies tracking what children ate from infancy through adulthood to see how eating habits affect health later in life. They …
Read MoreJunk Food May Increase Suicide Risk, Real Food Could Help
A major study following over 200,000 people for 13 years found that eating lots of ultra-processed foods (like packaged snacks, fast food, and sugary drinks) …
Read MoreWhy Getting Enough Sleep Matters More When You're Young
A large study of over 27,000 adults in Taiwan looked at how sleep and food choices affect weight, especially at different ages. Researchers found that people …
Read MoreHow Food Nutrients Help Your Brain Fight Alzheimer's Disease
Scientists have discovered that what you eat can help protect your brain from Alzheimer's disease by working through special brain cells called glial cells. …
Read MoreEating Eggs and Dairy May Help Prevent Metabolic Problems
Researchers studied over 15,000 middle-aged and older adults in China to understand how different eating patterns affect their health and weight. They found …
Read MoreEating Healthier vs. Saving the Planet: Why It's Complicated
Researchers in China studied how people's eating habits affect both their health and the environment. They found that when families eat healthier foods, it …
Read MoreDoes Eating More Plants Help Your Brain Stay Sharp?
Researchers followed Australian women for 14 years to see if eating more plant-based foods in middle age would help keep their brains sharp later in life. …
Read MoreEating Right for Your Gut May Lower IBS Risk
Researchers studied over 175,000 people to see if eating foods that are good for gut bacteria could help prevent irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). They created a …
Read MoreEating Healthy Helps Teachers Avoid Multiple Health Problems
Researchers studied over 10,000 schoolteachers in China to see if eating healthy foods could prevent multiple health problems at the same time. They found that …
Read MoreHow a Healthy Liver Keeps Your Brain Sharp as You Age
Researchers studied 630 older adults to understand how lifestyle choices, diet, and liver health affect memory and thinking skills. They found that people with …
Read MoreEating Healthy Foods May Help With Bladder Control and Sexual Health
A major review of 31 scientific studies found that eating healthy foods—especially Mediterranean-style diets with lots of vegetables, fish, and olive oil—may …
Read MoreHeart-Healthy Eating May Protect Your Kidneys
Researchers studied over 205,000 people to understand how different eating patterns affect kidney health, especially in people with heart or diabetes problems. …
Read MoreWhat You Eat Matters More Than You Think for Heart Health
Researchers studied how different eating patterns affect people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a genetic condition that makes it hard for the body to …
Read MoreWhat Helps People Stick to Healthy Eating? A Turkish Study
Researchers in Turkey wanted to understand what helps adults successfully manage their weight and eat healthier. They looked at four main things: how confident …
Read MoreWhat the Munda Community Eats and Why It Matters
Researchers studied what people from the Munda community in Jharkhand, India eat every day and how their food choices are changing. The Munda are an indigenous …
Read MoreCertain Foods May Raise Your Risk of Gout-Related Disease
Researchers studied over 4,300 people from coastal China to understand which foods might increase the risk of hyperuricemia—a condition where your body has too …
Read MoreHow Much Dairy You Eat Changes Your Gut Bacteria
Scientists studied how eating different amounts of dairy affects the tiny bacteria living in your gut and the chemicals they produce. They had 10 adults at …
Read MoreHow Breast Cancer Survivors Changed Their Eating Habits
Researchers studied 260 breast cancer survivors who were overweight to see if changing their diet and exercise habits could help them lose weight. Over two …
Read MoreHow Dietitians Are Making Food Systems More Sustainable
Researchers surveyed 92 Canadian dietitians to understand how they're helping create more sustainable food systems. The study found that dietitians are already …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Affect Lupus: New Research Clues
Scientists are discovering that the foods we eat might play a role in lupus, an autoimmune disease where the body attacks its own cells. This new research …
Read MoreHow Becoming a Dad Changes What Food Men Keep at Home
Researchers in the UK followed 14 first-time fathers from pregnancy through their baby's birth to understand how they set up their kitchens and food choices. …
Read MoreWhy Teen Cholesterol Problems Aren't Just About Diet
Researchers in Brazil studied 363 teenagers to understand why many have unhealthy cholesterol levels. They looked at what the teens ate and compared three …
Read MoreWhy riverside communities struggle with weight and nutrition
Researchers studied 160 adults living in riverside communities in Brazil to understand their eating habits and health. They found that people in these …
Read MoreWhat Night-Shift Nurses Eat Affects How They Feel
Researchers studied 1,024 nurses working night shifts at hospitals in Hangzhou, China to understand how their eating habits affect their overall well-being. …
Read MoreDoes Eating Healthy Help You Sleep Better? What Science Found
Researchers wanted to know if eating a healthier diet helps college women sleep better at night. They looked at what over 300 female students ate and how well …
Read MoreWhat You Eat During Pregnancy May Help Prevent Food Allergies
Scientists have discovered that the food a mother eats during pregnancy and while breastfeeding can influence whether her child develops food allergies. This …
Read MoreYour Teeth Shape What You Eat: A Study of Older Adults
Researchers studied nearly 12,000 older adults in China to understand how dental health affects what people choose to eat. They found that people with fewer …
Read MoreWhat You Eat Affects Your Sleep Hormone Levels
Researchers studied over 6,500 Chinese adults to understand how different eating patterns affect melatonin, the body's natural sleep hormone. They found that …
Read MoreWhat Stops People From Eating Healthy Mediterranean Food?
Researchers looked at 37 studies involving thousands of adults living in Mediterranean countries to understand why people struggle to stick with the …
Read MoreWhy the Mediterranean Diet Protects Your Heart
Scientists have studied the Mediterranean diet for over 70 years and found strong evidence that it's really good for your heart. This diet focuses on eating …
Read MoreDoes What You Eat Affect Prostate Cancer Risk?
Researchers followed nearly 80,000 men from different racial and ethnic backgrounds for almost 19 years to see if eating healthy patterns could lower prostate …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Affect Kidney Cyst Risk, Study Finds
Researchers studied over 119,000 people for more than 10 years to understand how diet affects the development of fluid-filled sacs in the kidneys. They found …
Read MoreWhat People in Kazakhstan Actually Eat and Why It Matters
Researchers in Aktobe, Kazakhstan studied what 460 adults eat and discovered that money, age, and gender shape food choices more than we might think. They …
Read MoreFoods That Cause Inflammation May Increase Diabetes Risk for Some Women
Researchers followed nearly 4,300 women who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy to see if certain eating patterns increased their risk of developing type …
Read MoreYour Friends' Eating Habits May Shape What You Eat
Researchers looked at 11 studies to understand how friends influence what young teenagers eat. They found that when your friends eat unhealthy foods like …
Read MoreMost Chinese Adults Eat Too Much Meat, Not Enough Vegetables
Researchers surveyed over 60,000 adults in China to understand what people actually eat compared to what doctors recommend. They found that about 68% of people …
Read MoreEating Healthy Foods May Lower Your Kidney Cancer Risk
Researchers followed over 113,000 people for more than 11 years to see how their eating habits affected their chances of getting kidney cancer. They found that …
Read MoreHow Korean Teens' Eating Habits Are Changing Over 16 Years
Researchers looked at what Korean teenagers ate between 2007 and 2022 to see how their eating habits changed. They studied nearly 7,700 teens and found three …
Read MoreWhat You Eat Matters for Kidney Health: A Big Review
Researchers looked at dozens of studies about how different diets affect kidney health. They found that eating less protein, less salt, and following …
Read MoreHow Healthy Eating May Protect Your Kidneys From Heavy Metal Damage
Researchers discovered that heavy metals like lead and cadmium in our bodies can harm kidney function, partly by triggering inflammation. The good news? What …
Read MoreHow Eating With Friends Changes What You Eat
Researchers studied 26 people eating together and alone to understand how friends influence each other's food choices. They found that when people eat with …
Read MoreWhat You Eat Affects Your Testosterone Levels
Scientists reviewed how different eating patterns affect testosterone, a hormone important for health. They found that what you eat really matters. Ketogenic …
Read MoreMoney, Habits, and Food Choices Shape Heart Disease Risk
Researchers studied over 3,400 adults in Iran to understand how money, lifestyle choices, and what people eat affect heart disease risk. They found that people …
Read MoreEating for Your Gut Bacteria May Help Cancer Survivors Live Longer
Researchers studied nearly 2,700 cancer survivors to see if eating foods that are good for gut bacteria could help them live longer. They found that people who …
Read MoreWhy College Students Are Gaining Fat Without Gaining Weight
Researchers studied nearly 1,000 college students in China to understand why some students look thin but actually have too much body fat and not enough muscle. …
Read MoreDNA Changes Linked to Diet and Health Differences Between Groups
Scientists discovered that Native Hawaiian and White women have different patterns in how their DNA is marked with chemical tags that affect how genes work. …
Read MoreEating for Your Gut Health May Help Lower Blood Pressure
Researchers studied over 11,000 Americans to understand how eating foods that are good for gut bacteria might help prevent high blood pressure. They found that …
Read MoreYour Body Clock Genes May Affect Weight and Diet Choices
Scientists studied 6,000 adults in Qatar to understand why some people struggle more with weight gain. They discovered that certain genes related to your …
Read MoreHealthy Eating May Lower Cancer Risk More Than We Thought
Researchers studied over 108,000 women to see how diet affects cancer risk, but they faced a common problem: people aren't always accurate when reporting what …
Read MoreWhy Kids with Autism May Eat More Inflammatory Foods
Researchers compared the eating habits of 50 children with autism to 50 typically developing children and found some interesting differences. Children with …
Read MoreWhat People in Qatar With Fatty Liver Disease Are Really Eating
Researchers in Qatar studied 94 people with a common liver condition called MASLD (metabolic-associated fatty liver disease) to understand what they eat and …
Read MoreRed Meat May Harm Kidneys in People With New Diabetes
Researchers in China studied 301 people who were recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes to see how their eating habits affected their kidney health. They …
Read MoreHealthy Eating and Tooth Health May Help Stop Binge Eating
Researchers studied over 1,000 adults to understand how three things connect: eating a Mediterranean diet (lots of vegetables, fish, and olive oil), binge …
Read MoreYour Genes and Diet: How They Work Together for Heart Health
Scientists discovered that the way your body handles fat might depend on both your genes and what you eat. This study looked at how a specific genetic …
Read MoreEating Healthy Slows Aging and Protects Diabetics from Complications
Researchers followed nearly 13,300 people with type 2 diabetes for almost 12 years to see how diet and biological aging affected serious health problems. They …
Read MoreEating Healthy Foods May Help Prevent Knee Arthritis
Researchers studied 603 people over 6 years to understand how diet affects knee arthritis. They found that people who ate healthier foods—tracked through …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Help Prevent Ringing in Your Ears
Researchers followed over 113,000 women for decades to see if diet affects tinnitus—that annoying ringing sound in your ears. They found that eating more fruit …
Read MoreWhat Mom Eats During Pregnancy May Affect Child's Asthma Risk
Researchers studied whether the foods pregnant women eat can influence whether their children develop asthma. They created a special diet score based on foods …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Affect Breast Cancer Risk, Study Shows
Researchers in Morocco studied 2,800 women to understand how different eating patterns might affect breast cancer risk. They found that women who ate lots of …
Read MoreHow Teeth, Food, and Money Connect to Heart and Mental Health
Researchers in Ghana discovered that oral health, eating patterns, food security, and mental health are all connected to heart disease risk. The study looked …
Read MoreWhat Teens Eat and Screen Time May Affect Their Mood
Researchers studied over 8,000 high school students in China to understand how diet and screen time might be connected to depression in teenagers. They found …
Read MoreCoffee and Olive Oil May Affect Heart Risk Differently in Men vs Women
Spanish researchers studied over 6,600 adults at high risk for heart disease to see how plant compounds in foods like coffee, olives, and olive oil affect …
Read MoreHealthy Eating May Lower Colon Cancer Risk in Asian People
Scientists looked at 82 studies involving Asian people to see how different foods affect colon cancer risk. They found that people who ate healthy diets and …
Read MoreHealthy Food Choices Can Help Prevent and Manage Many Diseases
A comprehensive nutrition guide explores how the foods we eat every day can either protect us from disease or make us more likely to get sick. The research …
Read MoreRice vs. Wheat: How Your Grain Choice Affects Fatty Liver Disease Risk
A large study of over 12,000 Chinese adults found that eating lots of rice may increase the risk of fatty liver disease, while choosing wheat, whole grains, …
Read MoreYour Body Shape May Reveal Your Eating Habits, Study Shows
Researchers studied nearly 16,000 Korean adults to see how body composition relates to eating patterns. They found that people with different combinations of …
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