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.
What Happens to the Body When we Diet?

The body starts to respond to healthy dietary changes as soon as they are made. This can be advantageous, because a diet can then eventually reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, as well as improve a person’s overall sense of well-being.

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Study links linoleic acid to triple-negative breast cancer growth

Study links linoleic acid to triple-negative breast cancer growth

Do lifetime body weight patterns affect kidney cancer risk?

Do lifetime body weight patterns affect kidney cancer risk?

Vitamin D monitoring during pregnancy and postpartum

Vitamin D monitoring during pregnancy and postpartum

Study: Mental health providers often miss bulimia diagnosis

Study: Mental health providers often miss bulimia diagnosis

Study reveals most plant-based milks don’t meet toddlers’ nutrient needs

Study reveals most plant-based milks don’t meet toddlers’ nutrient needs

Artificial intelligence tool predicts virus outbreak hotspots

Artificial intelligence tool predicts virus outbreak hotspots

Can natural supplements backfire? Review explains how and why

Can natural supplements backfire? Review explains how and why

New trial shows oral semaglutide reduces cardiovascular events in diabetes patients

New trial shows oral semaglutide reduces cardiovascular events in diabetes patients

Not all Chinese food is equal: study ranks cuisines by inflammatory potential

Not all Chinese food is equal: study ranks cuisines by inflammatory potential

AI reveals how much hidden sugar is in packaged foods worldwide

AI reveals how much hidden sugar is in packaged foods worldwide

Caffeine and beetroot juice beat fatigue in repeated high-intensity runs

Caffeine and beetroot juice beat fatigue in repeated high-intensity runs

Hedonic eating fades with obesity—but neurotensin helps bring it back

Hedonic eating fades with obesity—but neurotensin helps bring it back

Eating ultra-processed food daily increases depression risk in older adults

Eating ultra-processed food daily increases depression risk in older adults

Why sucralose could make you hungrier instead of helping you lose weight

Why sucralose could make you hungrier instead of helping you lose weight

Can brain-healthy eating improve your quality of life? This study tested it

Can brain-healthy eating improve your quality of life? This study tested it

Studies explore bioactive compounds in plants for disease prevention

Studies explore bioactive compounds in plants for disease prevention

Lipid accumulation in tumors linked to therapy resistance in breast cancer

Lipid accumulation in tumors linked to therapy resistance in breast cancer

Study finds 24-hour fasting cycles enhance libido in male mice

Study finds 24-hour fasting cycles enhance libido in male mice

How HIIT and intermittent fasting alter metabolism in postmenopausal women

How HIIT and intermittent fasting alter metabolism in postmenopausal women

Harnessing intestinal microbes to combat inflammation and infections

Harnessing intestinal microbes to combat inflammation and infections

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