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.

The MIND Diet Explained: Foods That Fight Cognitive Decline

The MIND diet, developed to combine the neuroprotective elements of the Mediterranean and DASH diets, has demonstrated strong potential in reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive decline. Clinical and observational studies highlight its benefits for memory, vascular function, and mood.

The Health Benefits of Cilantro (Coriander)

Genetic Factors Impacting Nutritional Requirement

What to Know About Processed and Ultra-Processed Foods

High Protein Diet

Nutraceutical Regulation

Causes of Food Intolerance

DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure

Diet Supplements and Liver Problems

What are the Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet?

Are Artificial Food Flavors and Colorings Harmful?

Cambridge Diet: Pros and Cons

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Is Palm Oil Good or Bad in Diet?

Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Good for Type 2 Diabetes?

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

Dukan Diet: Pros and Cons

What are Nutraceuticals?

What is the BRAT Diet?

Can You Eat Too Much Fruit?

Do NAD Boosters Help You to Live Longer?

Diet for Obese Children and Teenagers

Sources of Dietary Fiber

Butter versus Margarine: Which is Healthier?

Fast 5:2 Diet

Fast 5:2 Diet Evidence

Organic Food Health Benefits

Nutritional Needs of Young Children (Age 5-10)

Magnesium in the Diet and Body

Vegetarian Diets for Weight Loss

What is the Military Diet?

Foods that Reduce Oxidative Stress and Prevent Cancer

Can Food Allergies Ever be Psychological?

Can You Be Vegan and an Athlete

Nutraceutical Industry

Should We Eat Polished Rice?

What to Eat on the Military Diet

Natural Sources of Vitamin D and Calcium

Is The Carnivore Diet Healthy?

New Atkins Diet: Pros and Cons

What is Personalized Nutrition?

Military Diet: Health Risks

False Alarm Hypothesis of Food Allergy

What is the Viking Diet?

How Many Calories Should You Eat Per Day?

The Vegan Diet, Ethos, Affects and Advice

What is a DNA Diet?

Does Red Meat Shorten Lifespan?

The Health Benefits of Walnuts

Differences Between Natural Whole Fruit and Natural Fruit Juice

The Benefits of Healthy Fats

South Beach and Low-GI Diets

Food Intolerance

Fad Diet Examples and Efficacy

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

Health Benefits of Cinnamon

Ginger: Health Benefits

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormones (rBGH) in Food

Mediterranean Diet

Calorie and Macro Counting

The Detrimental Effects of Ultra-processed Foods

Diet for Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women

Does Drinking 100% Fruit Juice Put on Weight?

The 5:2 Diet Health Benefits

Benefits of Nut Consumption During Pregnancy

Paleo vs. Keto Diets

Canola Oil: Is it Healthy?

What is Clean Eating?

Do Superfoods Really Exist?

The Principles of the Blue Zone Diet

Coconut Oil: Health Benefits

Caveman or Palaeolithic Diet

How Fast Food Affects Children's Health

How an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Lowers Chronic Disease Risk

Natural Protein Sources

How Important Is Breakfast for Overall Health?

Healthy High Fat Alternatives to Avocado

Papaya: Health Benefits

Food Allergies Explained

Understanding the Glycemic Index

What is the 5:2 Diet?

Is Food Packaging Harmful to Health?

The Importance of Dietary Fiber

FODMAP Research

Diabetic Diet

Nutritional / Dietary Supplement

Macrominerals and Trace Minerals in the Diet

The Flexitarian Diet: A Flexible Path to Better Health

Health Benefits of Quinoa

Nutrigenomics: How Your Genes Influence Your Nutritional Needs and Health

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Celebrate World Microbiome Day with knowledge that matters!

Dive into our brand-new Microbiome Knowledge Hub—a curated collection of trusted, expert-led resources tailored for healthcare professionals.

From S. Karger AG 4 Jul 2025

Study elucidates relationship between Type 2 diabetes and salivary enzyme gene

A new Cornell University study brings additional clarity to the relationship between Type 2 diabetes and genes that express a salivary enzyme that breaks down starch.

4 Jul 2025

Early childhood weight and illness linked to future health risks in men

New research has shown how boys being overweight in early childhood or having chickenpox or another infectious disease in infancy may increase their risk of having chronic disease in later life.

3 Jul 2025

States brace for reversal of Obamacare coverage gains under Trump’s budget bill

Shorter enrollment periods. More paperwork. Higher premiums. The sweeping tax and spending bill pushed by President Donald Trump includes provisions that would not only reshape people's experience with the Affordable Care Act but, according to some policy analysts, also sharply undermine the gains in health insurance coverage associated with it.

3 Jul 2025

Rethinking food labels with nutrient release in mind

Food labeling is out of step with healthy diet recommendations and could be improved by including nutrient release rates, according to University of Queensland Emeritus Professor Mike Gidley.

3 Jul 2025

Are you at risk? Waist size, not weight, could affect fertility in women

Researchers found that higher relative fat mass (RFM), a measure of visceral body fat, is significantly associated with increased infertility risk in U.S. women aged 20–44. The study suggests RFM may be a more sensitive screening tool for infertility risk than traditional BMI, especially in women with normal weight but high visceral fat.

3 Jul 2025

The clever ways Neanderthals got their fat long before modern humans

Neanderthals at Neumark-Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich "bone grease" nearly 125,000 years ago. This finding rewrites the timeline for large-scale fat processing, revealing unexpectedly complex resource strategies among Neanderthals.

3 Jul 2025

Long-term study confirms lasting benefits of lifestyle changes in preventing diabetes

In the early 2000s the U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a large randomized clinical trial, showed that intensive lifestyle modification was better than a medication called metformin at preventing at-risk patients from developing Type 2 diabetes.

3 Jul 2025

Harnessing the gut virome emerges as a promising strategy in precision medicine

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes, yet scientific understanding has largely focused on bacteria, leaving the virome—the community of viruses—relatively uncharted.

3 Jul 2025

Why young athletes should think twice before using supplements

Most supplement claims for young athletes are based on adult studies, posing risks. Tailored nutrition is crucial for their growth and athletic performance.

3 Jul 2025

Poor lifestyle habits nearly double your chance of developing AFib

A large Framingham Heart Study analysis found that adults with poor cardiovascular health scores on the Life’s Essential 8 were nearly twice as likely to develop atrial fibrillation as those with ideal scores. Maintaining healthy lifestyle habits, especially optimal BMI, blood pressure, and glucose, may help reduce AF risk.

2 Jul 2025

Looking for a natural way to lower blood pressure? Whole grains might be the answer

A new meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies found that higher whole grain intake is linked to a significantly lower risk of developing hypertension, with a 26% risk reduction observed between highest and lowest intake groups. In contrast, refined grain consumption showed no clear association with hypertension risk.

2 Jul 2025

Mediterranean diet wins on weight but misses on memory in diverse aging population

A 14-month randomized trial in older African American adults with obesity found that adopting a Mediterranean diet, with or without calorie-restricted weight loss, significantly improved diet quality and reduced body weight and visceral fat. However, no cognitive benefits were observed compared to usual diet.

2 Jul 2025

Healthy lifestyle lowers risk of diverticulitis despite genetic susceptibility

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle-specifically, a diet rich in fibre but light on red/processed meat, regular exercise, not smoking, and sticking to a normal weight-is linked to a significantly lower risk of diverticulitis, finds a large long term study, published online in the journal Gut.

2 Jul 2025

‘MAHA Report’ calls for fighting chronic disease, but Trump and Kennedy have yanked funding

‘MAHA report’ calls for fighting chronic disease, but Trump and Kennedy have yanked funding

2 Jul 2025

Plant-based fitness supplements for reversing metabolic syndrome

Research indicates that specific plant-based supplements, combined with exercise, can improve cardiometabolic markers in those at risk for metabolic syndrome.

2 Jul 2025

Could your pregnancy diet shape your child’s immune future?

Researchers found that a pro-inflammatory maternal diet during pregnancy was linked to a 16% increased risk of type 1 diabetes in offspring. This large Danish cohort study suggests that maternal dietary patterns may shape long-term autoimmune risk in children.

2 Jul 2025

Is lactose intolerance secretly stealing your restful sleep?

Researchers surveyed over 1,000 university students and found that lactose intolerance, especially when accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms, is linked to more frequent nightmares and poor sleep. Only a small minority reported that food affected their dreams, highlighting a specific risk for those with food sensitivities.

1 Jul 2025

Why exercise is key for keeping slim after you quit smoking

Quitting smoking is linked to greater long-term waist circumference gain, but this effect may be due to shared genetics rather than quitting itself. Increased physical activity consistently helped limit waist expansion across all genetic backgrounds.

1 Jul 2025

Spaceflight exposes astronauts to hidden threats in their gut

This review highlights how the unique stressors of space travel, radiation, microgravity, and circadian disruption impact astronauts’ gut microbiomes, with potential consequences for their mood, cognition, and immunity. The authors call for targeted microbiome monitoring and dietary interventions to protect astronaut mental health on future missions.

1 Jul 2025

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Diet & Nutrition

Overview

Feature Articles

High Protein Diet

Nutraceutical Regulation

Causes of Food Intolerance

DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure

Diet Supplements and Liver Problems

What are the Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet?

Are Artificial Food Flavors and Colorings Harmful?

Cambridge Diet: Pros and Cons

Is Palm Oil Good or Bad in Diet?

Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Good for Type 2 Diabetes?

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

Dukan Diet: Pros and Cons

What are Nutraceuticals?

What is the BRAT Diet?

Can You Eat Too Much Fruit?

Do NAD Boosters Help You to Live Longer?

Diet for Obese Children and Teenagers

Sources of Dietary Fiber

Butter versus Margarine: Which is Healthier?

Fast 5:2 Diet

Fast 5:2 Diet Evidence

Organic Food Health Benefits

Nutritional Needs of Young Children (Age 5-10)

Magnesium in the Diet and Body

Vegetarian Diets for Weight Loss

What is the Military Diet?

Foods that Reduce Oxidative Stress and Prevent Cancer

Can Food Allergies Ever be Psychological?

Can You Be Vegan and an Athlete

Nutraceutical Industry

Should We Eat Polished Rice?

What to Eat on the Military Diet

Natural Sources of Vitamin D and Calcium

Is The Carnivore Diet Healthy?

New Atkins Diet: Pros and Cons

What is Personalized Nutrition?

Military Diet: Health Risks

False Alarm Hypothesis of Food Allergy

What is the Viking Diet?

How Many Calories Should You Eat Per Day?

The Vegan Diet, Ethos, Affects and Advice

What is a DNA Diet?

Does Red Meat Shorten Lifespan?

The Health Benefits of Walnuts

Differences Between Natural Whole Fruit and Natural Fruit Juice

The Benefits of Healthy Fats

South Beach and Low-GI Diets

Food Intolerance

Fad Diet Examples and Efficacy

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

Health Benefits of Cinnamon

Ginger: Health Benefits

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormones (rBGH) in Food

Mediterranean Diet

Calorie and Macro Counting

The Detrimental Effects of Ultra-processed Foods​

Diet for Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women

Does Drinking 100% Fruit Juice Put on Weight?

The 5:2 Diet Health Benefits

Benefits of Nut Consumption During Pregnancy

Paleo vs. Keto Diets

Canola Oil: Is it Healthy?

What is Clean Eating?

Do Superfoods Really Exist?

The Principles of the Blue Zone Diet

Coconut Oil: Health Benefits

Caveman or Palaeolithic Diet

How Fast Food Affects Children's Health

How an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Lowers Chronic Disease Risk

Natural Protein Sources

How Important Is Breakfast for Overall Health?

Healthy High Fat Alternatives to Avocado

Papaya: Health Benefits

Food Allergies Explained

Understanding the Glycemic Index

What is the 5:2 Diet?

Is Food Packaging Harmful to Health?

The Detrimental Effects of Ultra-processed Foods