Carbohydrate foods needing clearer nutrition guidance
Consumers and expert-derived nutrition ratings often disagree on the healthfulness of everyday carbohydrate-rich foods, and a new belief-mapping…
Experts Highlight the Power of Food to Improve Metabolic and Mental Health – Food Tank
Diet shapes nearly every aspect of human well-being. It influences the risk of chronic diseases such as heart…
New study reveals massive gap in American blood pressure care
Nearly 23 million Americans with blood pressure 130/80 mm Hg or higher may be eligible for blood-pressure-lowering medications…
Father’s diet before conception impacts baby’s body composition
A father’s diet can affect his children’s health and body composition before they are even conceived. A study…
Eating less often may help older women’s brain health: Study
Older women who restricted their daily food intake to across roughly eight or nine hours showed modest improvements…
A common dietary nutrient feeds a gut pathway linked to atrial fibrillation
A 5,090-person cohort and complementary mouse experiments trace how a diet-linked microbial pathway could reshape atrial structure, electrical…
Review finds blueberry and grape polyphenols may improve vascular health
From endothelial function to blood pressure, the review maps where blueberry and grape bioactives show promise and where…
Plant-based diets reshape gut microbes to boost healthy metabolites
Plant-based diets are good for you. They promote gut, immune, metabolic and cardiovascular health, in part by cultivating…
Taste preference genes drive overeating and metabolic disease risk
Ever wonder why some people crave sweets while others can take them or leave them? Preliminary findings from…
Duke University engineers use robots and AI to improve gut health
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a method for systematically developing novel, complex combinations of probiotics and…
Prebiotic sodas may contain less fiber and more sugar
Prebiotic sodas have become more popular in recent years, with a wave of new products promising gut health…
Planetary Health Diet lowers cardiovascular risk in older women
A 20-year study of more than 65,000 postmenopausal women found that higher adherence to the Planetary Health Diet…