How Exercise and Healthy Eating Help Cancer Patients' Gut Health
Researchers looked at 51 studies to understand how exercise, diet, and other factors affect the helpful bacteria in cancer patients' stomachs. They found that …
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Eating Less for 2 Years Doesn't Hurt Your Iron Levels
Researchers wanted to know if eating 25% fewer calories for two years could cause problems with iron and blood health in adults. They studied 220 healthy …
Read MoreJunk Food Lacks Healthy Plant Compounds That Fight Body Inflammation
Researchers studied over 22,000 people to understand why ultra-processed foods (like packaged snacks and fast food) might be bad for our health. They …
Read MoreHealthy Lifestyle Choices May Protect Diabetics From Serious Complications
Researchers followed over 5,600 people with type 2 diabetes for more than 11 years to see how lifestyle choices affected their health. They created a score …
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 MoreHow Your Daily Habits Can Prevent Strokes
A stroke happens when blood flow to the brain gets blocked or a blood vessel bursts, and it's one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. The …
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 Healthy Habits Help Cancer Survivors Stay Well
Cancer survivors often face extra health challenges after treatment ends. A new toolkit called the Lifestyle Medicine Cancer Risk Reduction and Survivorship …
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 MoreHow Diet and Exercise Change Your Gut Bacteria to Help Control Diabetes
Scientists reviewed 11 studies to understand how eating healthy foods and exercising can help people with type 2 diabetes by changing the bacteria in their …
Read MoreDoes Following Japan's Food Guide Help You Eat Better?
Researchers in Japan studied nearly 500 adults to see if following their country's food guide (called the Spinning Top) helped people eat more nutritious …
Read MoreHow Plant Foods Fight Disease: What Science Says
A new review of scientific research shows that eating more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can help protect your body against serious diseases like …
Read MoreHealthy Eating May Help Your Heart in Polluted Areas
Researchers in Thailand studied 47 people with high blood pressure living in areas with dirty air to see how food choices and habits affect their heart health. …
Read MorePlant Compounds Called Flavonoids May Help Protect Your Heart
Scientists reviewed research on flavonoids—natural compounds found in fruits, vegetables, tea, and chocolate—to understand how they might help prevent heart …
Read MoreEating Healthy May Lower Your Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Researchers looked at 12 different studies to see if eating healthy foods could help prevent rheumatoid arthritis, a disease where the body's immune system …
Read MoreEating Tomatoes at the Right Time May Help You Live Longer
Researchers studied over 6,000 adults to see how eating tomatoes at different times of year affects how long people live. They found that eating fresh tomatoes …
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 MoreSmall Food Swaps Can Cut Pollution and Keep You Healthy
Scientists discovered that you don't need to completely change what you eat to help the planet and stay healthy. By making smart choices within the foods you …
Read MoreHealthy Eating and Living May Help Prevent Colds and Flu
Researchers in Northeast China studied whether eating well and living a healthy lifestyle could help people avoid catching colds and upper respiratory …
Read MoreNew Proteins Found That Could Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Scientists studied over 9,000 people in Sweden to find proteins in the blood that might cause type 2 diabetes. They discovered 112 proteins linked to diabetes …
Read MoreWhy Teens in Developing Countries Are Getting Heavier: What Scientists Found
Researchers looked at 21 studies involving about 46,000 teenagers in low- and middle-income countries to understand why obesity is becoming more common. They …
Read MoreHow Exercise, Sleep, and Diet Keep Your Brain Young and Sharp
Scientists have discovered that the way you live—how much you exercise, what you eat, how well you sleep, and how active your mind stays—directly affects …
Read MoreLosing Weight Fixes Your Body's Vitamin D Problems
When people gain weight, their bodies often struggle to use vitamin D properly, even if they get enough of it. Scientists studied mice to understand this …
Read MoreCan What You Eat Help Protect Your Eyes from Glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a serious eye disease that can cause blindness, and it affects millions of people worldwide, including many in Germany. Doctors are often asked by …
Read MoreLiving Healthier Can Reduce Fatigue and Depression in MS
A new study of 839 people with multiple sclerosis found that healthy lifestyle choices—like exercising regularly, eating well, meditating, not smoking, and …
Read MoreSimple Habits Can Cut Stroke Risk in Half for Older Adults
Researchers studied over 17,000 older adults in China who have high blood pressure to see if healthy habits could protect them from stroke. They found that …
Read MoreColorectal Cancer is Growing Worldwide: What You Need to Know
Researchers looked at colorectal cancer cases across 204 countries from 1990 to 2021 to understand how common it is and what causes it. They found that while …
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 Better Foods Can Make Your Body Age Slower
Scientists studied what people eat and how it affects how fast their bodies age. They looked at data from thousands of Americans and found that people who eat …
Read MoreExercise and Healthy Eating Help Older Women Lower Blood Pressure
Researchers studied 334 older women with high blood pressure to understand how exercise and diet affect their health. They found that women who were more …
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 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 …
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