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Cutting Out Meat Could Cut Diabetes Rates

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 – If it would stave off heart disease, diabetes and colon cancer, would you swear off bacon and burgers? A new international simulation projects cutting Americans' intake of...

Long-Term Healthy Dietary Patterns Linked to Healthy Aging

FRIDAY, July 5, 2024 – Higher long-term adherence to healthy dietary patterns is associated with an increased likelihood of healthy aging, according to a study presented at NUTRITION 2024, the...

Which Diets Help the Hearts of Folks With Type 1 Diabetes?

TUESDAY, July 2, 2024 – Two well-known healthy diets can lower heart disease risk in people with type 1 diabetes, a new study says. People who ate similarly to the Mediterranean diet or the DASH...

Diets Heavy in Ultra-processed Foods Linked to Earlier Death: Study

MONDAY, July 1, 2024 – People who eat more ultra-processed foods are more likely to suffer an early death, particularly from heart disease or diabetes, a new study warns. Older adults who consume...

Do You Need More Dietary Fiber? It May Depend on Your Gut Microbiome

THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 – The long-standing advice is that everyone should get more fiber in their diet, but a new study suggests some benefit more than others. A person’s gut microbiome appears to h...

Looking for Weight Loss? Go Nuts

THURSDAY, June 20, 2024 – Folks dieting to drop pounds should consider eating a fistful of nuts here and there, a new review suggests. People who ate 1.5 to 3 ounces of almonds, peanuts, pistachios...

1999 to 2020 Saw Diet Quality Improve Among U.S. Adults

MONDAY, June 17, 2024 – From 1999 to 2020, diet quality improved among U.S. adults, according to a study published online June 18 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Junxiu Liu, Ph.D., from the...

Average American's Diet Improved Only Slightly Over Past 20 Years

TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 –  The average American diet has only improved modestly over the past two decades, despite tons of research tying unhealthy food to obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease, ...

What Is the Planetary Health Diet, and Can It Extend Your Life?

MONDAY, June 10, 2024 — A plant-based eating regimen designed to save the Earth also saves people's lives, a large study confirms. "Shifting how we eat can help slow the process of climate change," s...

Planetary Health Diet Index Linked to Lower Total, Cause-Specific Mortality

MONDAY, June 10, 2024 – A higher Planetary Health Diet Index (PHDI) is associated with a lower risk for total and cause-specific mortality, according to a study published online June 10 in the...

Few Heart Attack Survivors Get Expert Advice on Diet

WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – Less than one-quarter of people who survive serious heart conditions receive the dietary counseling needed to protect their future health, a new study finds. Only about 23%...

Lawsuit Claims Poppi Soda Not as Gut-Healthy as Company Says

TUESDAY, June 4, 2024 – The popular prebiotic sodas known as Poppi may not be quite as good for your gut as the company claims. In a class-action lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in...

Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Linked to Lower Risk for Mortality

TUESDAY, June 4, 2024 – Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with a lower risk for all-cause mortality, which is partly explained by multiple cardiometabolic factors, according to a...

Mediterranean Diet Cuts Women's Risk of Early Death by 23%

FRIDAY, May 31, 2024 – Experts have long extolled the benefits of the Mediterranean diet and a new study adds to that evidence, finding it cuts the odds for an early death in women by 23%. “For w...

Plant-Based Diets Tied to Long-Term Health Benefits

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 – Plant-based diets appear beneficial in lowering cardiometabolic risk factors, as well as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), cancer risk, and mortality, according to a review...

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