Fats or Carbs: What Causes Obesity?

Jan 10, 2019

Too many carbohydrates or too much fat? Opinions as to which parts of our diets are likely to cause obesity are split. A recent study takes a closer look at the effects of diet on weight and health. ...

Meat-Heavy Low-Carb Diets Can 'Shorten Lifespan'

Jan 10, 2019 • 3 comments

Middle-aged people who get roughly half their daily calories from carbohydrates live several years longer on average than those with meat-heavy low-carb diets, researchers reported Friday. The...

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Does Eating Organic Food Prevent Cancer?

Jan 8, 2019 • 6 comments

Eating organic food can lower the risk of cancer . However, this French study published at the end of October illustrates the difficulty of establishing a precise cause-and-effect relationship....

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Multiple Sclerosis: How Too Much Salt Can Cause Inflammation

Nov 2, 2018 • 6 comments

New research, published in the journal Nature Immunology, now shows how a high intake of salt may cause inflammation in multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder in...

Cancer

Can Eating Organic Food Lower Your Cancer Risk?

Oct 26, 2018 • 1 comment

A new, much-ballyhooed study showing that the most avid consumers of organic food had fewer cancers than those who never eat such products illustrates the difficulty of establishing cause and...

Coffee May Prolong Life of People With Kidney Disease

Sep 28, 2018

Caffeine may help improve vascular function. A little caffeine may be just what the doctor orders for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). According to a recent study in Nephrology Dialysis...

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Crystal Structure Reveals How Curcumin Impairs Cancer

Sep 18, 2018

Through x-ray crystallography and kinase-inhibitor specificity profiling, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Peking University and...

No Amount Of Alcohol Is Good For Your Health, Global Study Says

Aug 27, 2018 • 1 Like

Countless scientific studies have espoused the idea that a glass of red wine a day can be good for the heart, but a new, sweeping global study published in The Lancet on Friday rejects the notion...

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How Eating Mushrooms May Improve Blood Sugar Control

Aug 21, 2018

A new study looks at how eating a common type of mushroom can affect glucose, or blood sugar, regulation. The results may have implications for managing diabetes and other metabolic conditions, such...

Diabetes (Type 2)
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Consuming Milk At Breakfast Lowers Blood Glucose Throughout The Day

Aug 21, 2018 • 1 Like • 3 comments

A change in breakfast routine may provide benefits for the management of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the Journal of Dairy Science. H. Douglas Goff, PhD, and the team of...

Meat-Heavy Low-Carb Diets Can 'Shorten Lifespan'

Aug 18, 2018

Middle-aged people who get roughly half their daily calories from carbohydrates live several years longer on average than those with meat-heavy low-carb diets, researchers reported Friday. The...

The 10 best vegetables for your health

Aug 1, 2018 • 2 comments

Tomatoes Rich in vitamins A, B3, B6, C, E, K, copper, manganese and potassium, tomatoes are among the best vegetables for our bodies. It is also rich in lycopene, an antioxidant that contributes to...