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Mediterranean Diet May Protect Your Gums

A King’s College London study links plant-rich eating with healthier mouths and lower inflammation.

Mediterranean Diet May Protect Your Gums

Can Diet Slow Brain Aging? New Study Says Yes

An 18-month clinical trial finds that a green-Mediterranean diet may help keep the brain younger for longer.

Can Diet Slow Brain Aging? New Study Says Yes

Fortified Foods, Supplements Essential for Bone Health in Vegan Diets

A Finnish study finds that children and adults on vegan diets had adequate vitamin D and calcium, thanks to supplements and fortified foods, but their bone metabolism showed some differences.

Fortified Foods, Supplements Essential for Bone Health in Vegan Diets

Healthy Eating Shown to Ease Chronic Pain, Beyond Weight Loss

A new study finds that improving diet quality alone can significantly reduce muscle and joint pain, offering hope for millions living with chronic discomfort.

Healthy Eating Shown to Ease Chronic Pain, Beyond Weight Loss

How Food Signals May Influence the Pace of Aging

Researchers propose that diet sends molecular cues that could bend the biological aging curve, though many compounds remain uncharted.

How Food Signals May Influence the Pace of Aging

Meal Timing Linked to Health and Longevity in Older Adults

A long-term study finds that later breakfasts and shifting meal schedules may signal health risks and shorter lifespan.

Meal Timing Linked to Health and Longevity in Older Adults

Study Finds Keto Diet May Affect Men and Women Differently

New mouse research suggests estrogen may protect females from some negative effects of a ketogenic diet, raising questions about sex-specific responses.

Study Finds Keto Diet May Affect Men and Women Differently

Omega-3s May Help Protect Women From Alzheimer’s

New research suggests differences in brain fat metabolism could explain why women face higher rates of Alzheimer’s disease.

Omega-3s May Help Protect Women From Alzheimer’s

Plant-Based Diets Linked to Lower Risk of Multiple Chronic Diseases

Large European study finds eating more plants may cut the risk of developing cancer and cardiometabolic diseases at the same time.

Plant-Based Diets Linked to Lower Risk of Multiple Chronic Diseases

How Genes and Diet Work Together to Shape the Body’s Daily Rhythms

A new study shows that nutrition and genetics jointly influence liver fat metabolism, pointing toward personalized meal timing and treatments.

How Genes and Diet Work Together to Shape the Body’s Daily Rhythms

Mediterranean Diet May Help Offset Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s

A large study finds that people at highest inherited risk of dementia benefit most from a Mediterranean-style eating pattern.

Mediterranean Diet May Help Offset Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s

Omega-3s May Protect Kids’ Vision, Study Suggests

New research links higher omega-3 intake with lower risk of myopia in children, while saturated fats appear to have the opposite effect.

Omega-3s May Protect Kids’ Vision, Study Suggests

Why Mental Health Care Needs a Bigger Dose of Nutrition

A major new report urges mental health services to make diet, exercise, sleep and other lifestyle changes a core part of treatment, not an afterthought.

Why Mental Health Care Needs a Bigger Dose of Nutrition

New Way to Add Iron and Iodine to Foods Could Help Fight Global Deficiencies

MIT scientists design nutrient particles that can survive cooking and storage, making it easier to fortify everyday foods and drinks.

New Way to Add Iron and Iodine to Foods Could Help Fight Global Deficiencies

What’s on Your Plate Could Cost Years of Healthy Life

Spanish researchers find that shifting to more plant-based foods and cutting waste could reduce diet-related environmental health damage by more than a third.

What’s on Your Plate Could Cost Years of Healthy Life

How Daily Habits May Alter Brain Chemistry Linked to Dementia

A new study finds chemical signs of brain decline tied to lifestyle, years before memory issues begin.

How Daily Habits May Alter Brain Chemistry Linked to Dementia

Can Diet and Exercise Prevent Cancer? It Depends on Who You Are

A major new review shows that lifestyle changes may reduce endometrial cancer risk, but not for everyone and not in the same way.

Can Diet and Exercise Prevent Cancer? It Depends on Who You Are

Ozempic May Cut Strength Without Cutting Muscle

New research in mice suggests weight-loss drugs could affect how muscles function, not just how they look.

Ozempic May Cut Strength Without Cutting Muscle

What Medieval Plague Victims Teach Us About Childhood Nutrition

A new study reveals how early-life malnutrition shaped survival and long-term health in people who lived through the Black Death, offering lessons for today.

What Medieval Plague Victims Teach Us About Childhood Nutrition

Coached Lifestyle Program Helps Protect Brain Health in Older Adults

The US POINTER trial shows that structured support for exercise, diet and social engagement can slow cognitive decline.

Coached Lifestyle Program Helps Protect Brain Health in Older Adults

Healthy Diets May Slow Chronic Disease in Older Adults

A 15-year study links plant-rich, anti-inflammatory diets to slower development of chronic conditions in aging populations.

Healthy Diets May Slow Chronic Disease in Older Adults

Hospital, Nursing Home Meals Fall Short on Nutrition and Sustainability

A new study highlights poor nutrition quality and environmental impact in German health care meals, echoing concerns about institutional food in the United States.

Hospital, Nursing Home Meals Fall Short on Nutrition and Sustainability

Researcher Makes the Case for Grapes as a ‘Superfood’

A new perspective article argues that grapes deserve a spot among superfoods, citing their polyphenol content and evidence for benefits across multiple areas of health.

Researcher Makes the Case for Grapes as a ‘Superfood’

Beetroot Juice Lowers Blood Pressure in Older Adults

A University of Exeter study shows that nitrate-rich beetroot juice can improve oral bacteria and blood vessel health in older adults, opening the door to new nutrition strategies for healthy aging.

Beetroot Juice Lowers Blood Pressure in Older Adults

Boosting Bread’s Nutrition: How Soil Fungi Could Add More Iron and Zinc

Researchers are exploring a natural way to make wheat richer in key nutrients and it could help fight global deficiencies.

Boosting Bread’s Nutrition: How Soil Fungi Could Add More Iron and Zinc
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