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.

Traditional Inuit Diet: Foods, Nutrition, and Health Effects

Traditional Inuit diets combine nutrient-dense marine and terrestrial country foods that remain important sources of protein, vitamin D, vitamin B12, iron, and other essential nutrients. The transition toward market foods is occurring alongside changes in cardiometabolic health, micronutrient intake, and gut microbiome patterns, while food insecurity, socioeconomic conditions, physical activity, colonial processes, and environmental change complicate the relationship between diet and health.

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

Natural Sources of Vitamin D and Calcium

Is Palm Oil Good or Bad in Diet?

Fast 5:2 Diet

Adriatic Diet Explained: Cardiovascular Benefits and Scientific Evidence

Food Intolerance

What to Know About Processed and Ultra-Processed Foods

Can You Eat Too Much Fruit?

Can You Be Vegan and an Athlete

Benefits of Nut Consumption During Pregnancy

Macrominerals and Trace Minerals in the Diet

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Nutritional Needs of Young Children (Age 5-10)

Butter versus Margarine: Which is Healthier?

What is Clean Eating?

What is Personalized Nutrition?

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

What is the Military Diet?

Health Benefits of Cinnamon

Nutrigenomics: How Your Genes Influence Your Nutritional Needs and Health

Genetic Factors Impacting Nutritional Requirement

Vegetarian Diets for Weight Loss

Neem - Evidence-Based Health Benefits

How Many Calories Should You Eat Per Day?

Smarter Carts: How AI is Transforming Grocery Shopping

What is the BRAT Diet?

Nutraceutical Regulation

Is The Carnivore Diet Healthy?

The Vegan Diet, Ethos, Affects and Advice

Upcycled Food Ingredients: Nutrition, Safety, and Sustainability

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

Diabetic Diet

How Important Is Breakfast for Overall Health?

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

Top Lithium-Rich Foods and How They Support Health

How an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Lowers Chronic Disease Risk

False Alarm Hypothesis of Food Allergy

Differences Between Natural Whole Fruit and Natural Fruit Juice

Health Benefits of Quinoa

What is the 5:2 Diet?

Canola Oil: Is it Healthy?

What Is The Andean Diet And Why Is It Healthy?

Magnesium in the Diet and Body

Can Food Allergies Ever be Psychological?

What is the Nordic Diet? Foods, Benefits, and Meal Plan Guide

Do NAD Boosters Help You to Live Longer?

Papaya: Health Benefits

What is a DNA Diet?

How Fast Food Affects Children's Health

Fast 5:2 Diet Evidence

Is Food Packaging Harmful to Health?

The Health Benefits of Cilantro (Coriander)

South Beach and Low-GI Diets

Fad Diet Examples and Efficacy

Caveman or Palaeolithic Diet

Understanding the Glycemic Index

Mediterranean Diet

The Flexitarian Diet: A Flexible Path to Better Health

Is Watermelon a Superfood? Examining the Scientific Evidence

What is the TLC Diet?

DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure

Dukan Diet: Pros and Cons

Coconut Oil: Health Benefits

Should We Eat Polished Rice?

Colostrum for Adults: Boosting Immunity Gut Health and Recovery

Diet for Obese Children and Teenagers

Paleo vs. Keto Diets

Portfolio Diet: Evidence-Based Steps to Reduce LDL Cholesterol

Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Good for Type 2 Diabetes?

Does Drinking 100% Fruit Juice Put on Weight?

Nutraceutical Industry

Spanish Lime: Nutritional Profile, Benefits, and Uses

The Importance of Dietary Fiber

New Atkins Diet: Pros and Cons

High Protein Diet

Nutritional / Dietary Supplement

What are the Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet?

Diet Supplements and Liver Problems

Rhodiola Rosea: Evidence-Based Health Benefits and Clinical Insights

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

Is Spirulina the Next Anti-Aging Superfood?

What is the Viking Diet?

FODMAP Research

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

What Are the Health Benefits of Mung Beans?

Natural Protein Sources

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormones (rBGH) in Food

Does Eating Sea Moss Provide Health Benefits?

Does Red Meat Shorten Lifespan?

Raw Veganism: Health Benefits, Risks, and Challenges

Cambridge Diet: Pros and Cons

Foods that Reduce Oxidative Stress and Prevent Cancer

What to Eat on the Military Diet

The 5:2 Diet Health Benefits

The Detrimental Effects of Ultra-processed Foods

The Health Benefits of Walnuts

Food Allergies Explained

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

Calorie and Macro Counting

Healthy High Fat Alternatives to Avocado

Causes of Food Intolerance

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

Do Superfoods Really Exist?

Organic Food Health Benefits

Are Precision-Fermented Fats Healthier Than Traditional Dairy Fat?

Diet for Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women

The MIND Diet Explained: Foods That Fight Cognitive Decline

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

Ginger: Health Benefits

The Benefits of Healthy Fats

Dehydrated Foods: Nutrition Facts, Health Benefits, and Safety Risks

Sources of Dietary Fiber

The Principles of the Blue Zone Diet

Are Artificial Food Flavors and Colorings Harmful?

Military Diet: Health Risks

What are Nutraceuticals?

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Nerve-stimulation device enters human trials for cancer-related cachexia

The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation announced today that OnVagus, a medical device company incubating at the Institute, has received institutional and regulatory approval to begin the first human trial of its noninvasive nerve-stimulation device for patients experiencing cancer-related wasting.

7 Oct 2026

Structured support may slow weight regain after stopping GLP-1 drugs

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are effective treatments for obesity, but discontinuation is common due to cost, insurance coverage limitations, side effects, patient preference, and other factors-commonly leading to rapid weight regain.

7 Oct 2026

Does extra protein protect aging muscle during fasting?

A randomized trial found that alternate-day fasting reduced weight in older men, while added protein and leucine did not prevent lean mass loss.

7 Oct 2026

High-fiber diet beats metformin for blood sugar and weight in trial

High-fiber diet improves blood sugar and weight more than metformin in a small diabetes trial.

7 Oct 2026

UCLA scientist develops new way to map cellular metabolism

Nutrition advice is everywhere. Eat more protein. Cut back on sugar. Get more fiber. But beneath all that advice is a surprisingly basic gap in our understanding: Scientists still have a limited view of what happens when specific nutrients reach individual cells inside the body.

6 Oct 2026

New review identifies pistachios as a promising whole food for sleep research

Nearly one-third of U.S. adults report sleeping less than seven hours a night, below the minimum amount recommended for most adults, while nearly one in five has trouble staying asleep most days or every day.

6 Oct 2026

New global definition changes how childhood obesity is identified

A new global definition of clinical obesity classifies far fewer children as obese than the widely used body mass index (BMI), according to a large international study. And the findings could lead to changes to how childhood obesity is identified and managed.

6 Oct 2026

SGLT2 inhibitors reduce inflammatory cells linked to heart disease

For the first time in a human trial, a class of drugs known as sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, already known for their weight loss and glucose lowering benefits, has been shown to also reduce inflammatory cells in the blood known to cause cardiovascular disease.

6 Oct 2026

Overweight dementia patients likely to live longer than normal weight peers

People who are overweight or obese when they are diagnosed with dementia are likely to live longer than those in a normal weight range, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and NYU School of Global Public Health.

6 Oct 2026

Nearly 3 in 4 US comfort foods share a surprising nutritional feature

Research on comfort foods in the US shows a dominance of ultra-processed items, raising concerns about nutrition and health implications of comfort eating.

6 Oct 2026

Cranberry juice doesn’t affect every woman the same way

Cranberry juice's effectiveness against UTIs varies among women due to metabolic differences, impacting urinary anti-adhesion activity and pathogen response.

6 Oct 2026

Short bursts of exercise may improve fitness and blood sugar in sedentary adults

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 22 studies involving 994 sedentary or inactive adults found that brief “exercise snacks” were associated with improvements in VO₂peak, blood glucose, and triglycerides.

6 Oct 2026

Australians trust dietary advice. But few know how much fat is recommended

Australian adults show low awareness and adherence to national dietary fat guidelines.

6 Oct 2026

Early nutrition should be central to measuring human development

Nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life should be a core measurement of development progress, argues former Ethiopian deputy prime minister Demeke Mekonnen following a week of debate on development issues at the United Nations General Assembly.

5 Oct 2026

Nature recognized as key component of lifestyle medicine and health

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) today welcomed a resolution adopted by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) that recognizes nature's role in supporting human health and calls for greater collaboration among the conservation, healthcare and research communities.

5 Oct 2026