Can Eating Avocados Help Fight Body Inflammation?
Researchers looked at 14 high-quality studies involving 2,438 people to see if avocados could help reduce inflammation and oxidative stress in the body—two …
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Why People Drop Out of Diet Studies for Gut Disease
Researchers looked at 62 different studies about diet and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to understand why people quit these studies early. They found that …
Read MoreMajor Health Statistics Keep Changing—Here's Why That Matters
Scientists looked at how the Global Burden of Disease (GBD)—a major source of health statistics used worldwide—reports deaths and disabilities caused by risk …
Read MoreWhy Measuring What People Eat Is Harder Than It Looks
Scientists who study how food affects our health face a big challenge: figuring out exactly what people actually eat. This editorial discusses the second …
Read MoreWhy Scientists Use Special Lab Diets to Study Nutrition
Scientists studying how food affects our bodies face a big challenge: regular food is complicated and has many ingredients mixed together, making it hard to …
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 MoreWhat Older Adults Eat Affects Their Body Shape and Health
Researchers looked at older adults who attend university programs to understand how the quality of their diet connects to their body measurements and overall …
Read MoreNew Blood Tests Can Show What Fats You're Eating
Scientists discovered a way to measure how much fat you eat by looking at chemicals in your blood and urine. They studied 153 women after menopause and found …
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 MoreFlaxseed Supplement Could Help Cows Produce Healthier Milk
Researchers tested whether adding a special supplement made from flaxseed and peas to cow feed could help produce milk with more omega-3 fatty acids—the …
Read MoreFamily Structure and Child Nutrition in Rwanda: What Matters Most
Researchers in Rwanda studied whether children living with one parent versus two parents had different nutrition and growth patterns. Using a special research …
Read MoreMini Organs Help Scientists Understand How Food Affects Your Body
Scientists are using a new tool called organoids—tiny, lab-grown versions of human organs—to better understand how the food we eat affects our health. Unlike …
Read MoreDoes Eating Healthy Really Lower Cancer Risk? New Study Has Surprising Answers
Researchers followed over 84,000 people, mostly Black and low-income Americans, to see if eating a healthier diet could reduce their chances of getting cancer. …
Read MoreDoes Vitamin D in Food Prevent Stomach Cancer? New Study Says No
Researchers looked at whether eating foods with vitamin D could help prevent stomach cancer. They combined information from five different studies involving …
Read MoreCan Oat Compounds Help Track How Much Oat You Eat?
Researchers wanted to know if certain compounds found only in oats could be used as natural markers to track how much oat people consume. They studied 21 …
Read MoreMediterranean Diet May Lower Your Kidney Stone Risk
Researchers studied nearly 28,000 American adults to see if eating a Mediterranean-style diet could help prevent kidney stones. The Mediterranean diet focuses …
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 MoreCan Better Carbs Help Control Blood Sugar in Diabetes?
Researchers are testing whether eating certain types of carbohydrates can help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar better. The study will …
Read MoreWhy We Need Better Research on Food and Cancer Treatment
Researchers looked at hundreds of studies about nutrition and cancer care to understand what we know and what we're still learning. They found 444 studies …
Read MoreCan Eating Like Our Ancestors Help Your Heart?
Researchers looked at 31 studies about the Paleolithic diet—a way of eating based on foods our ancestors ate thousands of years ago, like meat, fish, …
Read MoreMost Nutrition Studies Are Trustworthy, New Analysis Shows
Researchers looked at 82 nutrition studies to see if problems in how they were designed affected their results. They found that most nutrition studies are …
Read MoreHow Scientists Use Food Databases to Understand Nutrition Better
This editorial discusses how nutrition researchers use large databases—organized collections of food and health information—to study what we eat and how it …
Read MoreCan the DASH Diet Help Your Liver Stay Healthy?
Researchers looked at six different studies to see if the DASH diet (a way of eating focused on fruits, vegetables, and whole grains) could help improve liver …
Read MoreWhy It's Hard to Find Young, Healthy People for Diet Studies
Scientists want to understand how diet affects aging, but they're running into a big problem: finding young, healthy people willing to participate in long-term …
Read MoreDoes Eating More Fiber Really Prevent Appendicitis?
Researchers looked at 21 studies to see if diet affects your chances of getting appendicitis, a painful condition where your appendix becomes infected. They …
Read MoreHow Fast You Eat Ultra-Processed Foods Changes How Much You Consume
Researchers wanted to understand why ultra-processed foods lead people to eat more calories. They tested whether the texture of food—which affects how quickly …
Read MoreNew Way to Measure Vitamin A Levels in Your Body
Scientists have developed a better method to measure how much vitamin A your body actually stores. Unlike regular blood tests that don't always show the real …
Read MoreEating Healthy Could Add Years to Your Life, Study Shows
Researchers looked at thousands of American adults to see how eating healthy affects how long people live. They studied six different healthy eating patterns, …
Read MoreMediterranean Diet Cuts Type 2 Diabetes Risk by 8% in Nearly 1 Million People
A major new study looked at nearly one million people over 12 years and found that following a Mediterranean diet can lower your risk of getting type 2 …
Read MoreMediterranean Diet Fights Body Inflammation Better Than Regular Diets
Scientists looked at 33 studies involving 3,476 people to see if the Mediterranean diet reduces inflammation in the body. They found that people eating …
Read MoreHow Scientists Use America's Food Data to Study What We Eat
Researchers looked at how often scientists use data from a major U.S. government program that tracks what Americans eat. They found over 2,200 studies …
Read MorePlanet-Friendly Diet May Lower Cancer Risk by 22%
Scientists looked at eight major studies involving over 1 million people to see if following the EAT-Lancet diet affects cancer risk. This special diet was …
Read MoreHow Nutrition Research Gets Turned Into Real-World Practice
Researchers looked at how nutrition science gets translated from research papers into actual practice in hospitals and clinics. They reviewed 23 studies that …
Read MoreAnti-Inflammatory Foods May Help Protect Your Liver from Fat Buildup
A large study of over 27,000 Americans found that people who ate more inflammatory foods were more likely to have fatty liver disease. Researchers used a …
Read MoreAI Helps Scientists Pick Better Diets for Lab Mice and Rats
Scientists are now using artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT, to help them choose better diets for laboratory mice and rats used in nutrition research. This …
Read MoreNew Tool Helps Measure How Healthy People Eat in Bangladesh
Researchers created a special scoring system called the Bangladesh Healthy Eating Index (BD-HEI) to measure how well people in Bangladesh follow healthy eating …
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