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 Is Angelica Root? Benefits, Nutrition, and How It Supports Women’s Health

Discover how traditional angelica root is being reshaped by modern research, revealing promising but still emerging benefits for inflammation, circulation, mood, and women’s hormonal health.

Paleo vs. Keto Diets

Magnesium in the Diet and Body

Is Palm Oil Good or Bad in Diet?

Nutritional Needs of Young Children (Age 5-10)

Smarter Carts: How AI is Transforming Grocery Shopping

Are Precision-Fermented Fats Healthier Than Traditional Dairy Fat?

Butter versus Margarine: Which is Healthier?

What is the 5:2 Diet?

Diet for Obese Children and Teenagers

Does Red Meat Shorten Lifespan?

Benefits of Nut Consumption During Pregnancy

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Diet for Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women

Upcycled Food Ingredients: Nutrition, Safety, and Sustainability

The Importance of Dietary Fiber

What is the Viking Diet?

Nutraceutical Industry

What to Eat on the Military Diet

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

Cell-Cultured Fat and Its Role in Improving Flavor and Texture of Alternative Meat Products

Do NAD Boosters Help You to Live Longer?

Is Watermelon a Superfood? Examining the Scientific Evidence

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

Cambridge Diet: Pros and Cons

Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Good for Type 2 Diabetes?

How an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Lowers Chronic Disease Risk

Food Allergies Explained

Coconut Oil: Health Benefits

What are Nutraceuticals?

How Fast Food Affects Children's Health

What is Clean Eating?

Does Drinking 100% Fruit Juice Put on Weight?

Nutrigenomics: How Your Genes Influence Your Nutritional Needs and Health

Can You Eat Too Much Fruit?

Does Eating Sea Moss Provide Health Benefits?

Can Food Allergies Ever be Psychological?

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

Nutritional / Dietary Supplement

Healthy High Fat Alternatives to Avocado

Caveman or Palaeolithic Diet

How Important Is Breakfast for Overall Health?

Is Spirulina the Next Anti-Aging Superfood?

Vegetarian Diets for Weight Loss

Do Superfoods Really Exist?

Health Benefits of Cinnamon

What are the Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet?

Canola Oil: Is it Healthy?

Colostrum for Adults: Boosting Immunity Gut Health and Recovery

Genetic Factors Impacting Nutritional Requirement

FODMAP Research

What Is The Andean Diet And Why Is It Healthy?

How Many Calories Should You Eat Per Day?

New Atkins Diet: Pros and Cons

The Detrimental Effects of Ultra-processed Foods

Health Benefits of Quinoa

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

Should We Eat Polished Rice?

The MIND Diet Explained: Foods That Fight Cognitive Decline

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

Adriatic Diet Explained: Cardiovascular Benefits and Scientific Evidence

Can You Be Vegan and an Athlete

Diabetic Diet

What is Personalized Nutrition?

Neem - Evidence-Based Health Benefits

Rhodiola Rosea: Evidence-Based Health Benefits and Clinical Insights

Is Food Packaging Harmful to Health?

DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure

Natural Protein Sources

Differences Between Natural Whole Fruit and Natural Fruit Juice

What is the Military Diet?

Organic Food Health Benefits

Understanding the Glycemic Index

Sources of Dietary Fiber

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

The Benefits of Healthy Fats

Calorie and Macro Counting

Is The Carnivore Diet Healthy?

The Health Benefits of Cilantro (Coriander)

The Vegan Diet, Ethos, Affects and Advice

Fast 5:2 Diet Evidence

What Are the Health Benefits of Mung Beans?

The Flexitarian Diet: A Flexible Path to Better Health

What to Know About Processed and Ultra-Processed Foods

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

Spanish Lime: Nutritional Profile, Benefits, and Uses

Top Lithium-Rich Foods and How They Support Health

Portfolio Diet: Evidence-Based Steps to Reduce LDL Cholesterol

Ginger: Health Benefits

Dukan Diet: Pros and Cons

Military Diet: Health Risks

Nutraceutical Regulation

Are Artificial Food Flavors and Colorings Harmful?

Natural Sources of Vitamin D and Calcium

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormones (rBGH) in Food

What is the TLC Diet?

Fad Diet Examples and Efficacy

High Protein Diet

Diet Supplements and Liver Problems

Macrominerals and Trace Minerals in the Diet

The Health Benefits of Walnuts

Foods that Reduce Oxidative Stress and Prevent Cancer

What is the BRAT Diet?

The 5:2 Diet Health Benefits

Mediterranean Diet

Fast 5:2 Diet

False Alarm Hypothesis of Food Allergy

The Principles of the Blue Zone Diet

Causes of Food Intolerance

Food Intolerance

What is a DNA Diet?

South Beach and Low-GI Diets

Raw Veganism: Health Benefits, Risks, and Challenges

Papaya: Health Benefits

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Food timing may shape how T cells respond to infection and therapy

Short-term nutritional state can reshape T cell metabolism, with post-meal lipid metabolism enhancing T cell metabolic capacity, cytokine production, and persistence after activation. The study identifies triglyceride-rich chylomicrons as key drivers of this effect, suggesting nutritional timing may matter for immune monitoring, vaccination research, and cell-therapy manufacturing.

30 Apr 2026

Five-target drug beats GLP-1/GIP therapy in obese diabetic mice

A Nature study reports a single-molecule GLP-1–GIP–lanifibranor quintuple agonist that targets incretin receptor-expressing cells while activating PPARα/γ/δ pathways. In obese and insulin-resistant mice, the compound reduced body weight, food intake, and hyperglycaemia more effectively than semaglutide or GLP-1R–GIPR co-agonism, while remaining a preclinical finding.

30 Apr 2026

Sickness behavior may be a coordinated whole organism immune strategy

Symptoms such as fatigue, loss of appetite, altered sleep, and social withdrawal are often treated as inconvenient side effects of infection.

30 Apr 2026

Eliminating animal products reshapes metabolic health and environmental impact

A new randomized clinical trial provides some of the clearest evidence to date that what we eat can meaningfully reshape both human health and the health of the planet.

30 Apr 2026

Glucose acts as a metabolic signal for myelin development

Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have uncovered a surprising link between low brain sugar levels and the development of myelin - the protective coating that allows nerve cells to communicate rapidly and efficiently.

30 Apr 2026

Brief walking breaks help the body control sugar after carb-rich meals

Brief brisk walking breaks during prolonged sitting improved post-meal interstitial glucose responses in healthy adults after carbohydrate-rich meals, with the strongest effects seen in women. Gluteal fat showed a more stable glucose pattern than abdominal fat, suggesting it may help buffer carbohydrate-related glucose rises through depot-specific uptake and lipid-synthesis pathways.

29 Apr 2026

AHA calls for lifelong brain health strategy to prevent cognitive decline

The AHA scientific statement calls for a life-course approach to brain health that integrates cognitive, emotional, behavioral, vascular, environmental, inflammatory, sleep, microbiome, and social factors. It highlights how early-life exposures, mental health, pollution, chronic inflammation, poor sleep, gut dysbiosis, and socioeconomic adversity may shape brain resilience and later-life cognitive decline.

29 Apr 2026

Prehabilitation cuts surgery complications and hospital stays

Providing patients with structured exercise and nutrition support before surgery can reduce complications and shorten hospital stays, according to a new review published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).

29 Apr 2026

New hybrid molecule uses Trojan horse approach to treat obesity

A team led by metabolism researcher Prof Timo D. Müller at Helmholtz Munich has developed a new approach for treating obesity and type 2 diabetes: a hybrid molecule uses the well-known GLP-1/GIP signalling pathway as a "door opener" and delivers an additional metabolic modulator specifically into the target cells.

29 Apr 2026

AGA update emphasizes lifestyle changes for effective hemorrhoid management

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released a new clinical practice update providing expert guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of hemorrhoids, a common condition affecting approximately 50% of people by age 50.

29 Apr 2026

Eating creates temporary metabolic state that boosts T cell function

Diets and healthy eating habits hold promise for preventing and treating diseases, but far less is known about acute effects to the immune system shortly after a meal.

29 Apr 2026

Study reframes ADHD as disorder of energy regulation

The number of people in Europe diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has continued to rise steadily, not only among children, but increasingly among adults and women.

28 Apr 2026

Cumulative cardiovascular health from early adulthood predicts lower disease risk

The American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score is a health tool, ranging from 0 to 100, that quantifies cardiovascular health (CVH) using information from eight lifestyle and risk factors, (body mass index, cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose, physical activity, diet, smoking, and sleep.

28 Apr 2026

Study suggests a U-shaped link between cholesterol levels and mortality among Chinese adults

A new commentary published in Engineering highlights key findings from a large multinational cohort study that re-evaluates cholesterol management for cardiovascular and chronic disease prevention, suggesting a U-shaped association between cholesterol levels and mortality among Chinese adults that challenges the conventional "lower is better" approach.

28 Apr 2026

Wearable sweat sensor tracks vitamin levels in real time

Researchers developed a wearable electrochemical patch that detects six vitamins in sweat at nanomolar levels, combining sweat induction, microfluidic sampling, wireless readout, and pH/ionic-strength calibration. Human testing focused mainly on vitamin B9, showing sweat levels rose after supplementation or a vitamin B9-rich diet and correlated with serum levels, supporting future use for non-invasive nutrition trend monitoring.

28 Apr 2026

Lifestyle and non-lifestyle factors converge to influence gut microbiome in cancer patients

A new review was published in Volume 13 of Oncoscience on March 11, 2026, titled "Associations among physical activity, diet, non-lifestyle characteristics and the gut microbiome of cancer patients: A scoping review and network analysis."

28 Apr 2026

Rising bowel and ovarian cancer rates in younger adults raise new concerns

Cases of several cancers are rising in England among both younger and older adults, but rates of bowel and ovarian cancer are rising only among younger adults (under 50s), finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Oncology.

28 Apr 2026

VCU study identifies key factors driving risk of second cancers

Risk of developing a subsequent primary cancer varied significantly by age at initial diagnosis, sex, and type of first cancer, according to a study by Oxana Palesh and Susan Hong and colleagues at Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S., published April 28th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.

28 Apr 2026