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.

Fad Diet Examples and Efficacy

Fast 5:2 Diet Evidence

What are the Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet?

Organic Food Health Benefits

Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Good for Type 2 Diabetes?

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

Raw Veganism: Health Benefits, Risks, and Challenges

Nutraceutical Industry

Caveman or Palaeolithic Diet

How Fast Food Affects Children's Health

Causes of Food Intolerance

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The Health Benefits of Cilantro (Coriander)

Food Intolerance

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormones (rBGH) in Food

Nutritional Needs of Young Children (Age 5-10)

Differences Between Natural Whole Fruit and Natural Fruit Juice

Nutritional / Dietary Supplement

Healthy High Fat Alternatives to Avocado

What is Clean Eating?

The Importance of Dietary Fiber

Is Food Packaging Harmful to Health?

Can You Eat Too Much Fruit?

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

Can Food Allergies Ever be Psychological?

Spanish Lime: Nutritional Profile, Benefits, and Uses

What is the Viking Diet?

Fast 5:2 Diet

The Benefits of Healthy Fats

Is Watermelon a Superfood? Examining the Scientific Evidence

Mediterranean Diet

The Principles of the Blue Zone Diet

The Flexitarian Diet: A Flexible Path to Better Health

Benefits of Nut Consumption During Pregnancy

Genetic Factors Impacting Nutritional Requirement

Does Drinking 100% Fruit Juice Put on Weight?

How an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Lowers Chronic Disease Risk

New Atkins Diet: Pros and Cons

Portfolio Diet: Evidence-Based Steps to Reduce LDL Cholesterol

What Are the Health Benefits of Mung Beans?

Diabetic Diet

Is The Carnivore Diet Healthy?

The MIND Diet Explained: Foods That Fight Cognitive Decline

What is the BRAT Diet?

What Is The Andean Diet And Why Is It Healthy?

Should We Eat Polished Rice?

Ginger: Health Benefits

Smarter Carts: How AI is Transforming Grocery Shopping

Are Artificial Food Flavors and Colorings Harmful?

What is the TLC Diet?

The Vegan Diet, Ethos, Affects and Advice

Is Spirulina the Next Anti-Aging Superfood?

What to Know About Processed and Ultra-Processed Foods

Cambridge Diet: Pros and Cons

Papaya: Health Benefits

Natural Sources of Vitamin D and Calcium

Diet for Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women

Do Superfoods Really Exist?

Food Allergies Explained

Natural Protein Sources

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

South Beach and Low-GI Diets

What to Eat on the Military Diet

Can You Be Vegan and an Athlete

Dukan Diet: Pros and Cons

False Alarm Hypothesis of Food Allergy

Nutrigenomics: How Your Genes Influence Your Nutritional Needs and Health

Does Red Meat Shorten Lifespan?

Calorie and Macro Counting

The 5:2 Diet Health Benefits

Butter versus Margarine: Which is Healthier?

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

The Detrimental Effects of Ultra-processed Foods

What is the 5:2 Diet?

What is the Military Diet?

High Protein Diet

Top Lithium-Rich Foods and How They Support Health

Rhodiola Rosea: Evidence-Based Health Benefits and Clinical Insights

Military Diet: Health Risks

Vegetarian Diets for Weight Loss

How Many Calories Should You Eat Per Day?

Sources of Dietary Fiber

Macrominerals and Trace Minerals in the Diet

Colostrum for Adults: Boosting Immunity Gut Health and Recovery

Diet Supplements and Liver Problems

Nutraceutical Regulation

Magnesium in the Diet and Body

Foods that Reduce Oxidative Stress and Prevent Cancer

Paleo vs. Keto Diets

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

Does Eating Sea Moss Provide Health Benefits?

Do NAD Boosters Help You to Live Longer?

What is a DNA Diet?

FODMAP Research

Diet for Obese Children and Teenagers

What are Nutraceuticals?

The Health Benefits of Walnuts

What is Personalized Nutrition?

Is Palm Oil Good or Bad in Diet?

Understanding the Glycemic Index

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

How Important Is Breakfast for Overall Health?

Coconut Oil: Health Benefits

Neem - Evidence-Based Health Benefits

DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure

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

Health Benefits of Cinnamon

Canola Oil: Is it Healthy?

Health Benefits of Quinoa

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Health savings accounts, backed by GOP, cover fancy saunas but not insurance premiums

With the tax-free money in a health savings account, a person can pay for eyeglasses or medical exams, as well as a $1,700 baby bassinet or a $300 online parenting workshop.

5 Dec 2025

Emotional support in marriage associated with lower BMI and fewer food cravings

Strong social relationships, particularly high-quality marriages, may help protect against obesity by influencing a complex communication system between the brain and gut, according to new research by UCLA Health.

4 Dec 2025

Why soybean oil may fuel weight gain

Researchers investigate how soybean oil may disrupt fat metabolism to potentially increase the risk of obesity.

4 Dec 2025

Where you live affects your weight more than you think

Findings reveal a strong link between location and Body Mass Index, emphasizing the need for policies addressing food environments and health disparities.

4 Dec 2025

Preloading Instacart online grocery carts with healthy ingredients could help improve the diets of families

University at Buffalo researchers have shown that preloading Instacart online grocery carts with healthy ingredients could be a useful tool for improving the diets of families with young kids at risk for obesity.

4 Dec 2025

Understanding how adult brains adapt to challenge and change

In a revelatory Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Dr. Paul Lucassen, full professor at the University of Amsterdam and leader of the Brain Plasticity group, shares his scientific journey that helped transform our understanding of how adult brains adapt to challenge and change.

4 Dec 2025

Sugar alcohol sorbitol may increase the risk of developing steatotic liver disease

Sweeteners such as aspartame, found in Equal packets, sucralose (Splenda), or sugar alcohols are often seen as healthier alternatives to food with refined sugar (glucose).

3 Dec 2025

Prehabilitation helps reduce disability after surgery in frail older adults

A large clinical trial published in JAMA Surgery shows that prehabilitation (also called prehab) can reduce disability after surgery in older adults with frailty, provided they are able to fully take part in the prehab program.

3 Dec 2025

Study finds link between Pg-induced periapical disease and systemic metabolic dysfunction

New study examines the oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) and suggests its influence may extend beyond dental tissues.

3 Dec 2025

Settling the creatine safety debate

Research confirms creatine's safety, highlighting misinformation and low-quality supplements as primary concerns over cancer and kidney health risks.

3 Dec 2025

Insect flour could boost gut health and cut environmental impact

Chitin-rich insect flours show promise as functional foods, boosting beneficial gut bacteria while addressing allergenicity and consumer trust issues.

3 Dec 2025

Cocktail of three supplements improves social behaviors in autistic mice

Researchers led by Tzyy-Nan Huang and Ming-Hui Lin from Academia Sinica in Taiwan report that a low-dose mixture of zinc, serine, and branch-chain amino acids can alleviate behavioral deficits in three different mouse models of autism.

2 Dec 2025

Shingles vaccine may benefit individuals already diagnosed with dementia, new study finds

An unusual public health policy in Wales may have produced the strongest evidence yet that a vaccine can reduce the risk of dementia.

2 Dec 2025

Lack of dietary iron weakens immune response in the lungs

Researchers at Columbia University have found that a lack of dietary iron early in life can prevent immune cells in the lung from making a key protein that helps fight viral infections, even after iron levels are restored.

2 Dec 2025

Study provides new hope for future treatment of intestinal condition IBS

Researchers at örebro University in Sweden have made a significant advance in understanding the intestinal condition IBS.

2 Dec 2025

WHO releases first guideline on the use of GLP-1 therapies for treating obesity

To address the growing global health challenge of obesity, which affects more than 1 billion people, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first guideline on the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for treating obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease.

2 Dec 2025