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Most Americans Open to Plant-Based Diet for Diabetes Prevention

A national survey reveals strong public interest in diet-based approaches to manage or prevent type 2 diabetes, but major gaps in awareness about which foods make a difference.

Most Americans Open to Plant-Based Diet for Diabetes Prevention

What Your Waistline May Reveal About Brain Health After Menopause

New research links excess belly fat to faster cognitive decline, underscoring how metabolic and hormonal changes in midlife can shape the brain’s long-term resilience.

What Your Waistline May Reveal About Brain Health After Menopause

Study Challenges Health Claims Around Time-Restricted Eating

A tightly controlled trial found that eating within an eight-hour window didn’t improve metabolism or heart health, but it did shift participants’ internal clocks.

Study Challenges Health Claims Around Time-Restricted Eating

How Winter Snacks Can Trick Your Body into Storing Fat

New research suggests that saturated fats in processed foods may confuse the body’s seasonal rhythms and make it more likely to store fat instead of burning it.

How Winter Snacks Can Trick Your Body into Storing Fat

Leptin-Sensing Brain Circuit Links Anxiety and Appetite

Researchers have identified a cluster of neurons that helps the brain overcome anxiety to eat, rest and conserve energy, revealing a key connection between emotion and metabolism.

Leptin-Sensing Brain Circuit Links Anxiety and Appetite

How Your Genes Shape Appetite and Weight

Researchers in Estonia found gene variants that influence hunger and body weight, offering new clues to why some people gain weight more easily and why one-size-fits-all diets rarely work.

How Your Genes Shape Appetite and Weight

Ozempic and Wegovy May Also Curb Alcohol Use, Study Finds

Researchers say GLP-1 drugs slowed alcohol absorption and reduced intoxication effects in a small pilot study.

Ozempic and Wegovy May Also Curb Alcohol Use, Study Finds

Can Diet Help Undo the Effects of Early-Life Stress?

In a new animal study, researchers found that young rats fed a ketogenic diet were less likely to develop behavioral problems linked to stress experienced before birth, hinting at new ways nutrition may shape mental health resilience.

Can Diet Help Undo the Effects of Early-Life Stress?

‘Good’ Gut Bacteria May Help Support Pregnancy, Study Suggests

In a new study in mice, scientists found that Bifidobacterium breve, a beneficial gut bacterium, helped the placenta produce hormones linked to healthy pregnancy outcomes.

‘Good’ Gut Bacteria May Help Support Pregnancy, Study Suggests

Sweet Taste Cells May Hold the Secret to Taste Recovery

New research reveals why sweetness can linger when other flavors fade, pointing to a key protein that protects taste buds from nerve damage.

Sweet Taste Cells May Hold the Secret to Taste Recovery

EAT-Lancet 2025: Food Systems Put Health and Planet at Risk

A global commission urges plant-rich diets and fairer food systems to save lives and curb environmental damage.

EAT-Lancet 2025: Food Systems Put Health and Planet at Risk

Morning Sickness May Be a Healthy Food-Protection Response

UCLA researchers link nausea and food aversions in early pregnancy to healthy immune responses that steer women away from risky foods.

Morning Sickness May Be a Healthy Food-Protection Response

Excess Folic Acid in Pregnancy May Raise Diabetes Risk

Australian researchers call for clearer guidelines to balance essential benefits with possible risks of too much supplementation.

Excess Folic Acid in Pregnancy May Raise Diabetes Risk

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

Poll Shows Most Women Unaware Diet May Ease Hot Flashes

New research finds a soy-rich, plant-based diet could reduce menopause symptoms, but few women know about it.

Poll Shows Most Women Unaware Diet May Ease Hot Flashes

PFAS Chemicals Spread More Easily Than Previously Thought

New research finds that “forever chemicals” are more acidic than earlier studies suggested, helping explain why they persist in water and food.

PFAS Chemicals Spread More Easily Than Previously Thought

PFAS Filters Also Cut Other Toxins in Drinking Water

Advanced filtration can reduce cancer-causing byproducts, nitrates and heavy metals alongside PFAS, new research shows.

PFAS Filters Also Cut Other Toxins in Drinking Water

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

Study Links Certain Ultraprocessed Diets to Hormone Changes in Men

New research finds young men gained fat mass and showed hormone shifts on an ultraprocessed diet, even when calories and nutrients were matched.

Study Links Certain Ultraprocessed Diets to Hormone Changes in Men

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

Brain Cells Help Regulate Blood Sugar During Everyday Life

University of Michigan research shows neurons in the hypothalamus keep glucose steady during routine fasting, like when you first fall asleep.

Brain Cells Help Regulate Blood Sugar During Everyday Life

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

New Weight Loss Molecule Shows Promise Without the Nausea

Researchers say targeting brain support cells could trigger appetite control without the side effects linked to drugs like Ozempic.

New Weight Loss Molecule Shows Promise Without the Nausea

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

Forever Chemicals Tied to Higher Diabetes Risk, Study Finds

New research shows how common household exposures may interfere with metabolism and blood sugar regulation, even in everyday amounts.

Forever Chemicals Tied to Higher Diabetes Risk, Study Finds
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