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.

Coconut Oil: Health Benefits

The Vegan Diet, Ethos, Affects and Advice

Calorie and Macro Counting

Top Lithium-Rich Foods and How They Support Health

Sources of Dietary Fiber

What Are the Health Benefits of Mung Beans?

Paleo vs. Keto Diets

The Benefits of Healthy Fats

Nutraceutical Industry

Is Watermelon a Superfood? Examining the Scientific Evidence

The Health Benefits of Cilantro (Coriander)

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Dukan Diet: Pros and Cons

Papaya: Health Benefits

Nutritional Needs of Young Children (Age 5-10)

FODMAP Research

Mediterranean Diet

Raw Veganism: Health Benefits, Risks, and Challenges

Military Diet: Health Risks

South Beach and Low-GI Diets

Genetic Factors Impacting Nutritional Requirement

Do Superfoods Really Exist?

What to Know About Processed and Ultra-Processed Foods

Vegetarian Diets for Weight Loss

The Importance of Dietary Fiber

Should We Eat Polished Rice?

Fad Diet Examples and Efficacy

Nutraceutical Regulation

The Principles of the Blue Zone Diet

Causes of Food Intolerance

High Protein Diet

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

Spanish Lime: Nutritional Profile, Benefits, and Uses

Canola Oil: Is it Healthy?

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

Can Food Allergies Ever be Psychological?

Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Good for Type 2 Diabetes?

Cambridge Diet: Pros and Cons

What Is The Andean Diet And Why Is It Healthy?

The MIND Diet Explained: Foods That Fight Cognitive Decline

Magnesium in the Diet and Body

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

Foods that Reduce Oxidative Stress and Prevent Cancer

Healthy High Fat Alternatives to Avocado

Can You Eat Too Much Fruit?

What is the TLC Diet?

Are Artificial Food Flavors and Colorings Harmful?

The Detrimental Effects of Ultra-processed Foods

The 5:2 Diet Health Benefits

Organic Food Health Benefits

What to Eat on the Military Diet

Does Red Meat Shorten Lifespan?

How Fast Food Affects Children's Health

Macrominerals and Trace Minerals in the Diet

Health Benefits of Quinoa

Benefits of Nut Consumption During Pregnancy

Fast 5:2 Diet Evidence

Is The Carnivore Diet Healthy?

What is the 5:2 Diet?

Butter versus Margarine: Which is Healthier?

How an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Lowers Chronic Disease Risk

Colostrum for Adults: Boosting Immunity Gut Health and Recovery

False Alarm Hypothesis of Food Allergy

Health Benefits of Cinnamon

Portfolio Diet: Evidence-Based Steps to Reduce LDL Cholesterol

Diet for Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women

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

Caveman or Palaeolithic Diet

What is the BRAT Diet?

Can You Be Vegan and an Athlete

How Many Calories Should You Eat Per Day?

What are the Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet?

Differences Between Natural Whole Fruit and Natural Fruit Juice

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

The Flexitarian Diet: A Flexible Path to Better Health

Food Intolerance

Diet for Obese Children and Teenagers

What are Nutraceuticals?

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

Diabetic Diet

Is Food Packaging Harmful to Health?

Natural Protein Sources

Diet Supplements and Liver Problems

Rhodiola Rosea: Evidence-Based Health Benefits and Clinical Insights

What is a DNA Diet?

Does Eating Sea Moss Provide Health Benefits?

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

Natural Sources of Vitamin D and Calcium

Does Drinking 100% Fruit Juice Put on Weight?

New Atkins Diet: Pros and Cons

Nutrigenomics: How Your Genes Influence Your Nutritional Needs and Health

Nutritional / Dietary Supplement

Do NAD Boosters Help You to Live Longer?

Neem - Evidence-Based Health Benefits

Understanding the Glycemic Index

What is the Viking Diet?

The Health Benefits of Walnuts

DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormones (rBGH) in Food

What is the Military Diet?

Ginger: Health Benefits

Fast 5:2 Diet

Is Palm Oil Good or Bad in Diet?

Smarter Carts: How AI is Transforming Grocery Shopping

How Important Is Breakfast for Overall Health?

What is Personalized Nutrition?

Food Allergies Explained

What is Clean Eating?

Is Spirulina the Next Anti-Aging Superfood?

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Home-delivered, medically tailored groceries benefit people with diabetes facing food insecurity

A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), published by Elsevier, evaluated a 12-week home-delivered food and education program among adults in Northwest Arkansas.

10 Dec 2025

Contraception and surgical sterilization associated with increased life expectancy

Blocking reproduction increases lifespan in both males and females of many different species, a new international University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study has found.

10 Dec 2025

National study maps where food additives come from in children’s and adults’ diets

By analysing nationally representative diet data, researchers show that food additives rarely occur alone, with children and teenagers experiencing the highest exposure to complex additive mixtures largely driven by ultra-processed foods.

9 Dec 2025

Sterilized fermented beverage targets obesity and type 2 diabetes pathways in computational study

Researchers profiled a terminally sterilized probiotic-fermented MFH beverage and identified aporphine alkaloids and flavonoids with favorable predicted ADMET properties. Integrated network pharmacology, molecular docking, and 100-ns MD simulations suggest multi-target engagement of metabolic-inflammatory pathways relevant to obesity and type 2 diabetes.

9 Dec 2025

Researchers discover new biomarker of "complicated" mild- to severe-pediatric traumatic brain injury

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh discovered a promising new biomarker of "complicated" mild- to severe-pediatric traumatic brain injury, or TBI.

9 Dec 2025

Gut microbe metabolite TMA improves blood sugar by shutting down a key inflammatory switch

Researchers identified trimethylamine (TMA) as a gut microbe–derived metabolite that directly inhibits IRAK4 to reduce metabolic inflammation and improve glycaemic control in high-fat-diet-fed mice. Choline-driven increases in TMA production replicated these benefits, revealing a host–microbe signaling axis with therapeutic potential for obesity-associated insulin resistance.

9 Dec 2025

Dietary restriction reprograms cancer-fighting immune cells to enhance anti-tumour immunity

Reducing calorie intake helps cancer-fighting immune cells do their jobs more effectively, reports a study by Van Andel Institute scientists and collaborators.

9 Dec 2025

Online reference library provides a more accurate picture of drug exposure

Doctors and researchers try to understand what medications a person has taken by asking patients directly or by looking at medical records. But this information is often incomplete.

9 Dec 2025

Routine blood test may flag hidden osteoporosis risk, study finds

A large hospital-based cross-sectional study examined whether routinely measured serum alkaline phosphatase can indicate osteoporosis risk in adults undergoing health checks. Higher ALP levels, even within the normal range, were associated with greater osteoporosis likelihood, particularly in younger, female, and metabolically healthy individuals.

9 Dec 2025

Supportive marriages may shape appetite control through oxytocin and the brain–gut axis

Supportive marital relationships are associated with lower BMI, fewer food addiction symptoms, higher oxytocin, stronger frontal brain responses to food cues, and favorable gut tryptophan metabolites. These coordinated social, neural, hormonal, and gut pathways suggest a plausible biological link between emotional support and healthier eating regulation.

8 Dec 2025

Poor dietary iron weakens lung memory T cells after flu infection

Dietary iron deficiency in mice alters lung T cell activation during influenza infection and leads to memory T cells that are present in normal or increased numbers but have impaired antiviral cytokine responses. These functional deficits are most pronounced in lung CD8-positive memory T cells and persist even under optimal recall conditions.

8 Dec 2025

Insufficient sleep may decrease life expectancy

A good night's sleep is more than a luxury: New research from Oregon Health & Science University suggests that insufficient sleep may shorten your life.

8 Dec 2025

Researchers discover a surprising ally in the fight against insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes

An international research team led by Professor Marc-Emmanuel Dumas at Imperial College London & CNRS together with Prof. Patrice Cani (Imperial & University of Louvain, UCLouvain), Dr. Dominique Gauguier (Imperial & INSERM, Paris) and Prof. Peter Liu (University of Ottawa Heart Institute) has uncovered a surprising ally in the fight against insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes: a microbial metabolite called trimethylamine (TMA).

8 Dec 2025

High temperatures and heat waves may lead to delays in early childhood development

Climate change-including high temperatures and heat waves-has been shown to pose serious risks to the environment, food systems, and human health, but new research finds that it may also lead to delays in early childhood development.

8 Dec 2025

Virtual diet and exercise program shows promise in reducing lymphoma treatment side effects

Patients undergoing treatment for lymphoma often experience adverse side effects that can be so severe that they stop or slow treatment.

7 Dec 2025

Kiwifruit intake boosts vitamin C in skin and supports dermal structure

Study shows that increasing dietary vitamin C intake with kiwifruit raises vitamin C levels in both the dermis and epidermis through active transport from the bloodstream. Higher skin vitamin C levels were associated with increased skin density and epidermal cell proliferation, but not with improved UV protection or measurable increases in new collagen markers.

7 Dec 2025

Early exposure to fat-related food smells increases lifelong obesity risk

Early exposure to fat-related food odors during development alters central sensory processing and metabolic regulation, independently of maternal obesity or nutrient intake. These sensory cues program long-term susceptibility to obesity, impaired thermogenesis, and altered brain responses to dietary fat in adulthood.

7 Dec 2025