Why Different Unhealthy Diets Damage Your Liver in Different Ways
Scientists studied how two different unhealthy diets affect the liver in mice to understand why some people develop worse liver disease than others. One diet …
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Does Vitamin D Help Keep Blood Pressure Healthy in Young Adults?
Researchers studied 923 young adults to see if vitamin D levels affect blood pressure. They found that people with higher vitamin D levels had slightly lower …
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 MoreHow a Ketogenic Diet May Boost Your Immune System
Researchers studied how a low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet affects the immune system in women who are overweight or have obesity. The study, called …
Read MoreCustom Diet Plans Based on Your Body's Unique Needs
Scientists created a new computer method to design personalized eating plans tailored to each person's body. Instead of giving everyone the same nutrition …
Read MoreA Simple Way to Measure If Your Diet Is Actually Healthy
Scientists have created a new, simple way to measure how healthy your diet really is. Instead of complicated rules that only experts understand, they developed …
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 MoreNew Diet Mix Makes Lab Rats Gain Weight Faster
Scientists studied whether rats eating a combination of three different types of food would gain weight faster than rats eating just one type. They looked back …
Read MoreHeat and High-Fat Diets Team Up to Damage Kidneys
Researchers studied how heat, humidity, and fatty foods affect kidney health in laboratory rats. They found that when rats ate high-fat diets while living in …
Read MoreSalt and Potassium May Not Affect Blood Pressure as Much as We Thought
Researchers looked at what over 5,500 American adults ate and checked if the amount of salt and potassium in their diets affected their blood pressure. …
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 MoreHow Your Body Responds When It Doesn't Get Enough Zinc
Scientists discovered how your body reacts when it's not getting enough zinc, a mineral your cells need to work properly. When zinc levels drop, your cells …
Read MoreHow Scientists Discovered Vitamins and Why They Matter
This article explores the fascinating history of how humans discovered vitamins—special nutrients our bodies need to stay healthy. Starting from ancient times …
Read MoreSugary Drinks vs. Sugary Foods: Which Matters More for Diabetes?
A new review looked at whether eating sugar causes type 2 diabetes. Scientists found something surprising: it's not really about how much sugar you eat …
Read MoreEating for the Planet May Help You Live Longer
Researchers studied whether eating a diet that's good for the environment is also good for your health. They looked at data from thousands of older adults and …
Read MoreMediterranean Diet May Help Reduce Joint Inflammation in Arthritis
Researchers studied how the Mediterranean diet—rich in olive oil, fish, vegetables, and whole grains—affects the body's chemical markers in people with …
Read MoreWhat Low-Carb Diets Do to Your Blood: A Major Study Reveals
Researchers studied over 57,000 people to understand how low-carbohydrate diets affect the body at a chemical level. They found that different types of …
Read MoreDoes Broccoli Really Boost Your Body's Defense System?
Broccoli contains a special compound that turns into sulforaphane, which scientists believe helps protect our cells from damage. Researchers wanted to see if …
Read MoreTwo Ways to Study Food and Health: Which Works Better?
Scientists have two main ways to study how food affects our health. Traditional studies randomly assign people to different groups and carefully track …
Read MoreEating Better Food Changes Your Gut Bacteria in Healthy Ways
Scientists studied 269 adults to understand how eating healthy food affects the bacteria living in your stomach and intestines, and how those bacteria …
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 MoreThe Best Foods to Eat to Reduce Body Inflammation
Researchers studied over 6,300 Chinese adults to figure out which foods work best together to fight inflammation in the body. Inflammation is when your body's …
Read MoreCertain Fatty Acids May Speed Up Type 2 Diabetes Development
Researchers discovered that some fatty acids commonly found in food supplements and diets may accelerate the development of type 2 diabetes. Using laboratory …
Read MoreHow Low-Carb and Low-Fat Diets Change Your Taste Buds
Researchers compared how low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets affect your sense of taste and the hormones in your body that control hunger and flavor perception. …
Read MoreThe Fat You Eat Changes How Your Body Uses Vitamins
Scientists discovered that the type and amount of fat in your food can dramatically change how well your body absorbs important vitamins. In this study, …
Read MoreThe Sweet Spot: Why Too Few Carbs May Hurt Your Heart
Researchers followed over 113,000 Korean adults for about 9 years to understand how much carbohydrates people should eat. They found something interesting: …
Read MoreCan Blood and Urine Tests Show What You Really Eat?
Researchers wanted to find out if special tests on blood and urine could accurately show what foods people eat, instead of just asking them what they ate. They …
Read MoreEating Better Carbs May Help Prevent Fatty Liver Disease
Researchers compared 121 people with fatty liver disease to 119 healthy people to understand how different types of carbohydrates affect liver health. They …
Read MoreWhat Science Really Says About Plant-Based Diets
A new research article examines the scientific evidence surrounding plant-based diets, cutting through the confusion and debate. Rather than taking sides, this …
Read MoreNew Plant-Based Meat Made From Algae Could Be Healthier Than Chicken
Scientists created a new type of fake meat using special algae from the Andes mountains. They tested two types of algae—Llaska and Cushuro—to see if they could …
Read MoreVegetarian Diets and Vitamin D: What the Science Actually Shows
A new analysis questions whether vegetarian and vegan diets really cause vitamin D deficiency, as some nutrition experts have claimed. Researchers examined the …
Read MoreDo Nuts and Seeds Help Us Stay Young? What Science Says
Scientists wanted to know if eating nuts and seeds could help slow down aging at the cellular level. They looked at studies measuring something called telomere …
Read MoreWhat Scientists Say About Mediterranean and DASH Diets for Heart Health
Researchers are discussing how two popular heart-healthy diets—the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet—might work even better when combined. This conversation …
Read MoreWhy Our Bodies Crave Certain Foods: An Evolution Perspective
Scientists are discovering that understanding how humans evolved can help explain why we eat the way we do and why some people get sick from certain diets. …
Read MoreWhy Ultra-Processed Foods May Hurt Your Heart and Health
A major health organization reviewed what scientists know about ultra-processed foods—the heavily manufactured snacks and convenience items we eat every day. …
Read MoreEgg White Compounds May Boost Your Immune System
Scientists discovered that special proteins found in egg whites might help your body fight off infections and diseases. Researchers used advanced technology to …
Read MoreDairy Foods May Help Protect Your Heart Through Gut Bacteria
Researchers followed over 1,200 adults in China for about 6 years to understand how dairy products affect heart health. They discovered that people with higher …
Read MoreBlood Tests Show What Meat You Eat
Scientists in Brazil discovered a clever way to figure out what people eat by looking at tiny differences in their blood. They tested 287 people and found that …
Read MoreSimple Blood Tests Can Show If You're Getting Enough Choline
Researchers discovered that two substances in your blood—choline and betaine—can accurately tell doctors whether you're eating enough of an important nutrient …
Read MoreWhat Is Behavioral Nutrition and Why Does It Matter?
For the past 20 years, scientists have been studying how our behaviors and habits affect what we eat and our overall health. This article looks back at how the …
Read MoreHow Food Choices Help Prevent Disease and Stay Healthy
This chapter explores the powerful connection between what we eat and our ability to prevent serious diseases. Researchers and nutrition experts explain how …
Read MoreHow Low-Protein Diets Trigger a Special Hormone in Primates
Scientists studied how eating less protein affects the bodies of marmosets, small primates similar to humans. When the marmosets ate a low-protein diet, their …
Read MoreWhat's Inside Dates? Scientists Discover Fiber Types That Could Help Food
Researchers studied four different types of date fruits to understand what kinds of fiber they contain and how these fibers are structured. They found that …
Read MoreMediterranean Diet May Protect Your Liver and Help You Live Longer
Researchers followed nearly 47,500 people with a fatty liver condition for over 13 years to see if eating a Mediterranean diet (lots of vegetables, fish, nuts, …
Read MoreHow Low-Phosphorus Diets Change Your Body's Calcium Control Glands
Scientists studied how eating less phosphorus (a mineral in food) affects the parathyroid glands—tiny organs that control calcium and phosphorus levels in your …
Read MoreHow Food Science Could Help Prevent Fatty Liver Disease
Scientists are using advanced technology to study the tiny compounds in food that might help prevent a common liver disease called MAFLD (metabolic-associated …
Read MoreWhat's Really True About Diet and Fatty Liver Disease
Fatty liver disease is becoming more common worldwide, and diet plays a big role in managing it. However, there's a lot of confusion about what actually works. …
Read MoreWhy Processed Meat May Increase Disease Risk
A major review of nutrition research shows that eating a lot of processed meat—like bacon, sausage, and deli meat—is linked to serious health problems …
Read MoreCan Eating Berries Help You Lose Body Fat?
Researchers looked at 38 different studies about eating berries and how they affect body weight and body composition. They found that people who ate berries or …
Read MoreSpecial Fats From Your Gut May Work Like Healthy Oils
Scientists discovered a surprising type of fat found in your body and food that acts like the "good" fats we hear about. These fats, called cyclopropane fatty …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Help Prevent Brain Bleeding
Researchers used a special genetic study method to investigate whether different foods might protect against intracerebral hemorrhage, a serious type of brain …
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 MoreWhich Type of Hard Fat Is Better for Your Heart?
Researchers wanted to know if two different types of hard fats commonly used in processed foods affect your heart health differently. They had 47 healthy …
Read MoreHealthy Eating Changes Your Body's Chemistry in Just 2 Weeks
Researchers wanted to find out if eating a healthy diet actually changes the chemicals in your body in measurable ways. They had 34 healthy adults eat either a …
Read MoreWhy One Type of Omega-6 Fat May Help You Stay Leaner
Researchers studied over 100,000 people in the UK to understand how different types of omega-6 fats affect body weight and fat. They found that one specific …
Read MoreWhy Your Diet Needs to Be Different From Everyone Else's
Scientists are learning that there's no one-size-fits-all diet that works for everyone. This review looks at how things like your age, sex, genes, and even …
Read MoreFoods That Cause Body Inflammation Linked to Heart and Kidney Disease
Researchers studied over 17,000 American adults to understand how inflammatory foods affect heart, kidney, and metabolic health. They found that people who ate …
Read MoreCustom Nutrition Plans Based on Your Body's Chemistry
Scientists are discovering that one-size-fits-all diet advice doesn't work for everyone. A new review in Clinical Chemistry explores how personalized …
Read MoreScientists Use Special Mice to Unlock Vitamin D Secrets
Researchers used a unique group of laboratory mice called Collaborative Cross mice to better understand how vitamin D works in our bodies. These special mice …
Read MoreYour Genes May Explain Why Certain Foods Protect Against Gallstones
Scientists discovered that your DNA might explain why eating cheese, dried fruits, oily fish, and raw vegetables can help prevent gallstones. Researchers …
Read MoreCommon Plant Compounds May Help Prevent Weak Bones
Researchers used advanced computer analysis to identify five plant-based compounds that could help prevent osteoporosis, a disease that makes bones weak and …
Read MoreFake Keto Diet With Sugar and Butter Harms Health in Study
Researchers tested what happens when people try to follow a keto diet but mess it up by eating sugar and lots of animal fat together. They fed rats a diet high …
Read MoreDoes Eating Antioxidant-Rich Foods Help With Colorectal Cancer?
Researchers compared what people with advanced colorectal cancer ate to what healthy people ate, focusing on foods rich in antioxidants—substances that protect …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Change Your Body's Internal Clock
Your body has an internal clock that helps control how you use energy and stay healthy. Scientists wanted to see if the foods you eat—especially proteins, …
Read MoreEating Less Protein May Slow Down Aging in Multiple Body Parts
Scientists studied how eating less protein affects aging in mice by examining proteins across 41 different body tissues. They found that protein …
Read MoreHow Much Iron Do Young Pigs Really Need? New Study Finds Answers
Researchers studied how different amounts of iron in food affect young pigs' bodies and health. They fed 18 piglets three different iron diets and looked at …
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 MoreMediterranean Diet Works Better With Less Carbs, Study Shows
Researchers studied 1,342 people to understand how the Mediterranean diet really works. They found that people who followed this diet most closely actually ate …
Read MoreNew Technology Could Help Doctors Create Custom Diets Just for You
Scientists are developing new computer tools that can combine different types of biological information about your body—like your genes, proteins, and gut …
Read MoreThe Sweet Spot for Iron: Too Little or Too Much May Age You Faster
Scientists studied nearly 900 Chinese adults to understand how iron in their diet affects a special protein called α-Klotho that helps keep us young. They …
Read MoreEating More Plants May Help You Live Longer, Study Shows
Researchers in South Korea studied over 44,000 adults to see how different types of plant-based eating affected how long people lived. They tracked people for …
Read MoreIs MSG Really Dangerous? What Science Actually Shows
For decades, people have worried that MSG (a common food flavoring) causes headaches, flushing, and tingling sensations—a condition called Chinese Restaurant …
Read MoreHow Acidic Foods Might Affect Heart Health
Researchers followed over 6,400 Iranian adults for ten years to see if eating foods that make the body more acidic affects heart health and death rates. They …
Read MoreIs White Bread Really Bad for You? What Science Actually Shows
A new review of scientific research challenges the popular belief that factory-made white bread is unhealthy. While whole grain bread is generally a better …
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 MorePurple Foods May Help Your Brain Work Better, Study Shows
Researchers looked at 59 different studies to see if foods and supplements rich in anthocyanins—the purple and red pigments found in berries, grapes, and other …
Read MoreEating Better for Your Heart and the Planet
Scientists looked at dozens of studies to understand how the foods we eat affect both our heart health and the environment. They found that eating more plants …
Read MoreWhat Type of Fat You Eat Matters More Than You Think
A new review in a top nutrition journal suggests that not all dietary fats affect your heart health the same way. Researchers looked at how different types of …
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 MoreHow Your Body Uses Fats: The Chemistry Behind Nutrition
This educational chapter explores how chemistry, biology, and metabolism work together to help us understand nutrition, using fatty acids as the main example. …
Read MoreVitamin D and Healthy Eating May Help People With Metabolic Syndrome Live Longer
Researchers studied over 12,000 people with metabolic syndrome (a group of health conditions including high blood pressure and blood sugar) to see if vitamin D …
Read MoreEating Healthy Low-Fat Foods May Help Keep Your Cells Young
Scientists studied nearly 7,000 American adults to see if eating low-fat diets affects how quickly our cells age. They measured something called telomeres, …
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 MoreScientists Create Simple Test to Measure Vitamin B12 in Lab Samples
Researchers developed a new, affordable way to measure vitamin B12 levels using common lab bacteria called E. coli. This test can detect very tiny amounts of …
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