Diet & Nutrition

Food and beverages provide the energy and nutrients you need to improve health, manage disease, and reduce the risk of disease. Complete nutrition requires ingestion and absorption of vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids from protein and essential fatty acids from fat-containing food, also food energy in the form of carbohydrate, protein, and fat. Dietary habits and choices play a significant role in the quality of life, health and longevity.

Is Watermelon a Superfood? Examining the Scientific Evidence

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a nutrient-dense fruit rich in lycopene and L-citrulline, with demonstrated antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, vascular, metabolic, and ergogenic benefits.

Dietary Fiber: Health Benefits, Food Sources, and Daily Needs

Is Food Packaging Harmful to Health?

What is the BRAT Diet?

Does Drinking 100% Fruit Juice Put on Weight?

Can You Eat Too Much Fruit?

Tart Cherry Benefits: Fact or Fiction for Wellness and Recovery?

Fast 5:2 Diet

Can You Be Vegan and an Athlete

Is a Hypocaloric Diet Safe and Effective for Long-Term Health?

Caveman or Palaeolithic Diet

DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure

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Does Red Meat Shorten Lifespan?

Sesame Oil Health Benefits: Examining the Diverse Roles of Lignans and Lipids

Understanding the Glycemic Index

How Many Calories Should You Eat Per Day?

Differences Between Natural Whole Fruit and Natural Fruit Juice

Nutritional / Dietary Supplement

What is the Military Diet?

Military Diet: Health Risks

Magnesium in the Diet and Body

Do NAD Boosters Help You to Live Longer?

Nutraceutical Regulation

The Health Benefits of Cilantro (Coriander)

The Vegan Diet, Ethos, Affects and Advice

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormones (rBGH) in Food

Raspberry Leaf Tea In Pregnancy: Safety, Benefits, and Research Insights

Is The Carnivore Diet Healthy?

What are Nutraceuticals?

Canola Oil: Is it Healthy?

Diet for Obese Children and Teenagers

Why Moringa oleifera is Called the Miracle Tree: Health Benefits for Immunity, Inflammation, and Metabolism

Fad Diet Examples and Efficacy

Sources of Dietary Fiber

The Detrimental Effects of Ultra-processed Foods

Nutraceutical Industry

Fast 5:2 Diet Evidence

The Importance of Dietary Fiber

Health Benefits of Quinoa

Macrominerals and Trace Minerals in the Diet

The 5:2 Diet Health Benefits

What is a DNA Diet?

FODMAP Research

Spanish Lime: Nutritional Profile, Benefits, and Uses

Healthy High Fat Alternatives to Avocado

Portfolio Diet: Evidence-Based Steps to Reduce LDL Cholesterol

The Health Benefits of Walnuts

Mediterranean Diet

What to Know About Processed and Ultra-Processed Foods

The Principles of the Blue Zone Diet

False Alarm Hypothesis of Food Allergy

How Important Is Breakfast for Overall Health?

Papaya: Health Benefits

Paleo vs. Keto Diets

Can Food Allergies Ever be Psychological?

Diet Supplements and Liver Problems

Ginger: Health Benefits

Butter versus Margarine: Which is Healthier?

What Are the Health Benefits of Mung Beans?

What to Eat on the Military Diet

What is Personalized Nutrition?

Nutrigenomics: How Your Genes Influence Your Nutritional Needs and Health

Benefits of Nut Consumption During Pregnancy

Causes of Food Intolerance

How an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Lowers Chronic Disease Risk

Do Superfoods Really Exist?

Smarter Carts: How AI is Transforming Grocery Shopping

South Beach and Low-GI Diets

Diet for Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women

Foods that Reduce Oxidative Stress and Prevent Cancer

Nutritional Needs of Young Children (Age 5-10)

Cambridge Diet: Pros and Cons

Is Spirulina the Next Anti-Aging Superfood?

How the Atlantic Diet Supports Long-Term Health and Prevents Chronic Disease

Genetic Factors Impacting Nutritional Requirement

Organic Food Health Benefits

Calorie and Macro Counting

What is the 5:2 Diet?

Should We Eat Polished Rice?

What is the TLC Diet?

Health Benefits of Cinnamon

New Atkins Diet: Pros and Cons

Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Good for Type 2 Diabetes?

Are Artificial Food Flavors and Colorings Harmful?

Is Palm Oil Good or Bad in Diet?

What is Clean Eating?

Diabetic Diet

Neem - Evidence-Based Health Benefits

Food Allergies Explained

What are the Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet?

Raw Veganism: Health Benefits, Risks, and Challenges

The Flexitarian Diet: A Flexible Path to Better Health

How Fast Food Affects Children's Health

The MIND Diet Explained: Foods That Fight Cognitive Decline

The Benefits of Healthy Fats

Coconut Oil: Health Benefits

Vegetarian Diets for Weight Loss

Dukan Diet: Pros and Cons

High Protein Diet

Top Lithium-Rich Foods and How They Support Health

Food Intolerance

Natural Sources of Vitamin D and Calcium

Natural Protein Sources

What is the Viking Diet?

Rhodiola Rosea: Evidence-Based Health Benefits and Clinical Insights

Does Eating Sea Moss Provide Health Benefits?

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Discovery of mitochondrial microprotein opens path to obesity and aging therapies

Like bees breathing life into gardens, providing pollen and making flowers blossom, little cellular machines called mitochondria breathe life into our bodies, buzzing with energy as they produce the fuel that powers each of our cells.

29 Aug 2025

Alzheimer’s research uncovers a new therapeutic pathway for the memory-robbing malady

The gut contains the largest collection of immune cells in the body. New research at the Buck Institute shows that some of those immune cells travel along the brain/gut axis in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) providing a potential new therapeutic pathway for the memory-robbing malady.

29 Aug 2025

Ultra-processed foods harm reproductive and metabolic health

Over the past 50 years, rates of obesity and type-2 diabetes have soared, while sperm quality has plummeted. Driving these changes could be the increasing popularity of ultra-processed foods, which have been linked to a range of poor health outcomes.

28 Aug 2025

Older adults reveal what makes or breaks a shift to plant-based protein

Older Dutch adults identified health and taste as the key tipping points for shifting toward protein-rich plant-based diets. Knowledge, social context, and practical tools shaped adoption, while skepticism and habits limited change.

28 Aug 2025

Metabolic health plays larger role than weight gain in pregnancy outcomes

Metabolic health before and during pregnancy may have a bigger influence on risks for mother and baby than simply controlling weight gain.

28 Aug 2025

Late dinners and missed breakfasts tied to higher osteoporosis risk

People who skip breakfast and eat late dinners may have an increased risk of developing osteoporosis, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

28 Aug 2025

Illinois researchers highlight most effective nutritional approaches for GI distress in cancer care

Many modern cancer treatments are highly effective at reducing or eliminating tumors, but they can also cause severe gastrointestinal symptoms that impact patients' quality of life or lead to discontinuation of treatment.

28 Aug 2025

High protein diet linked to increased risk of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism

Next to cancer recurrence or progression, cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of death in cancer survivors.

28 Aug 2025

Killifish study reveals multi-generational impacts of exposure to crude oil and flame retardants

A tiny fish with transparent embryos is helping University of California, Davis, researchers shed light on how exposure to crude oil and flame retardants can affect behavior, skeletal growth, cardiac health and other internal functions in offspring and subsequent generations.

28 Aug 2025

Better sleep quality and healthy habits linked to improved mental wellbeing in young adults

A new study of young adults has strongly linked better sleep quality with better mental wellbeing, with fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity also strongly associated with psychological wellbeing.

28 Aug 2025

Omega-3 supplements lower heart rate in male athletes

Six weeks of omega-3 supplementation increases the omega-3 index and lowers heart rate in athletes, yet shows no performance advantage in endurance trials.

28 Aug 2025

Longitudinal study reveals how GLP-2 analog therapy transforms the intestinal environment

Researchers from Japan discover that glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) analogs can deeply and beneficially reshape the intestinal environment.

27 Aug 2025

Online cognitive behavioral therapy shows promise for treating bulimia nervosa

Bulimia nervosa (BN), or bulimia, is a mental health disorder characterized by binge eating and a fear of gaining weight, which drives people to try and avoid weight gain, usually by compensatory (vomiting etc.).

27 Aug 2025

New trial will test if a low-plastic lifestyle improves your health

A new protocol published in BMJ Open outlines the PERTH trial, a randomized controlled study testing whether a four-week low-plastic lifestyle can reduce exposure to plastic-derived endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

27 Aug 2025

How ‘free from’ and ‘organic’ claims dominate baby food marketing in NZ

A New Zealand study found that all commercial toddler and infant foods carried multiple on-pack claims, often including misleading health, nutrition, or composition messages. Researchers call for tighter regulations to protect caregivers from deceptive marketing.

27 Aug 2025

Certain dietary fats found to trigger hard-to-treat asthma in children

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that certain lipids, or fats, in obesity-causing foods also cause asthma-like lung inflammation.

27 Aug 2025

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D identified as a potential biomarker for skin cancer screening

Skin cancer, the most common global malignancy, is linked to ultraviolet (UV)-driven serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D)synthesis, with its controversial role possibly reflecting cumulative UV exposure.

27 Aug 2025

Healthy diet and physical activity reduce risk of alcohol-related liver-specific mortality

A novel study investigating how physical activity and diet quality interact with different levels and patterns of alcohol consumption shows that healthy eating and increased levels of physical activity significantly lower the risk of alcohol-attributable liver-related mortality.

27 Aug 2025

Who eats the most pulses in America, and why it matters for health

Analyzing pulse intake trends in the U.S., this study highlights sociodemographic influences and suggests strategies to enhance consumption for better health.

27 Aug 2025