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.

Papaya: Health Benefits

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

Caveman or Palaeolithic Diet

What to Eat on the Military Diet

What is Clean Eating?

Diet for Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women

Food Intolerance

Food Allergies Explained

What is the Viking Diet?

How Fast Food Affects Children's Health

Nutraceutical Regulation

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Should We Eat Polished Rice?

Natural Protein Sources

Health Benefits of Quinoa

Differences Between Natural Whole Fruit and Natural Fruit Juice

Can You Be Vegan and an Athlete

Do NAD Boosters Help You to Live Longer?

Mediterranean Diet

Healthy High Fat Alternatives to Avocado

Military Diet: Health Risks

Butter versus Margarine: Which is Healthier?

What is a DNA Diet?

Is The Carnivore Diet Healthy?

Nutritional Needs of Young Children (Age 5-10)

What Are the Health Benefits of Mung Beans?

Sources of Dietary Fiber

The Principles of the Blue Zone Diet

Does Red Meat Shorten Lifespan?

False Alarm Hypothesis of Food Allergy

Can You Eat Too Much Fruit?

Vegetarian Diets for Weight Loss

Portfolio Diet: Evidence-Based Steps to Reduce LDL Cholesterol

The 5:2 Diet Health Benefits

Colostrum for Adults: Boosting Immunity Gut Health and Recovery

Is Palm Oil Good or Bad in Diet?

What is the BRAT Diet?

FODMAP Research

Diet Supplements and Liver Problems

Can Food Allergies Ever be Psychological?

Foods that Reduce Oxidative Stress and Prevent Cancer

Fast 5:2 Diet

What Is The Andean Diet And Why Is It Healthy?

Top Lithium-Rich Foods and How They Support Health

The Health Benefits of Walnuts

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

South Beach and Low-GI Diets

What is the Military Diet?

Health Benefits of Cinnamon

Does Drinking 100% Fruit Juice Put on Weight?

How an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Lowers Chronic Disease Risk

Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Good for Type 2 Diabetes?

What is Personalized Nutrition?

The Flexitarian Diet: A Flexible Path to Better Health

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

The Health Benefits of Cilantro (Coriander)

Paleo vs. Keto Diets

The MIND Diet Explained: Foods That Fight Cognitive Decline

How Important Is Breakfast for Overall Health?

Causes of Food Intolerance

Macrominerals and Trace Minerals in the Diet

Ginger: Health Benefits

How Many Calories Should You Eat Per Day?

Diabetic Diet

Are Artificial Food Flavors and Colorings Harmful?

Is Spirulina the Next Anti-Aging Superfood?

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

The Benefits of Healthy Fats

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

Adriatic Diet Explained: Cardiovascular Benefits and Scientific Evidence

DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure

Nutritional / Dietary Supplement

Fast 5:2 Diet Evidence

Upcycled Food Ingredients: Nutrition, Safety, and Sustainability

Coconut Oil: Health Benefits

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

Benefits of Nut Consumption During Pregnancy

Neem - Evidence-Based Health Benefits

Nutraceutical Industry

What is the 5:2 Diet?

Is Food Packaging Harmful to Health?

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

The Importance of Dietary Fiber

Cell-Cultured Fat and Its Role in Improving Flavor and Texture of Alternative Meat Products

Understanding the Glycemic Index

The Vegan Diet, Ethos, Affects and Advice

Does Eating Sea Moss Provide Health Benefits?

Rhodiola Rosea: Evidence-Based Health Benefits and Clinical Insights

Are Precision-Fermented Fats Healthier Than Traditional Dairy Fat?

Genetic Factors Impacting Nutritional Requirement

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormones (rBGH) in Food

Magnesium in the Diet and Body

What to Know About Processed and Ultra-Processed Foods

The Detrimental Effects of Ultra-processed Foods

Nutrigenomics: How Your Genes Influence Your Nutritional Needs and Health

Raw Veganism: Health Benefits, Risks, and Challenges

Dukan Diet: Pros and Cons

Cambridge Diet: Pros and Cons

What is the TLC Diet?

Calorie and Macro Counting

Fad Diet Examples and Efficacy

Is Watermelon a Superfood? Examining the Scientific Evidence

Diet for Obese Children and Teenagers

Canola Oil: Is it Healthy?

What are the Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet?

High Protein Diet

Spanish Lime: Nutritional Profile, Benefits, and Uses

Natural Sources of Vitamin D and Calcium

Do Superfoods Really Exist?

Smarter Carts: How AI is Transforming Grocery Shopping

What are Nutraceuticals?

Organic Food Health Benefits

New Atkins Diet: Pros and Cons

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

States pay Deloitte, others millions to comply with Trump law to cut Medicaid rolls

States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a law that will strip safety-net health and food benefits from millions.

31 Mar 2026

ACLM launches project remission for Type 2 diabetes

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) announces the launch of Project Remission: A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Type 2 Diabetes, a national digital film series developed in partnership with Content With Purpose (CWP).

31 Mar 2026

How video gaming may shape sleep, diet, and activity across the lifespan

This narrative review found that video gaming can have both benefits and risks for health across the lifespan. It may provide short-term stress relief and social connection, but frequent or prolonged gaming is also associated with sedentary behaviour, poorer sleep, disrupted eating patterns, and lower diet quality, with effects shaped by age, sex, timing, content, and motivation.

31 Mar 2026

How gut imbalance may drive obesity, diabetes, and heart disease

A new review argues that gut dysbiosis is closely linked to metabolic dysfunction through intertwined effects on inflammation, oxidative stress, gut barrier integrity, microbial metabolites, and epigenetic regulation. It also highlights microbiome-targeted strategies such as high-fiber diets, probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotics, exercise, and fecal microbiota transplantation as promising ways to support metabolic health.

30 Mar 2026

How do diet, smoking, alcohol, and stress reshape the female microbiome?

This review examines how modifiable lifestyle and environmental factors shape the female vaginal, gut, oral, and skin microbiomes, with diet, alcohol, smoking, obesity, stress, hygiene, physical activity, and sexual behaviours all linked to site-specific microbial shifts. It argues that understanding these patterns could help guide future female-focused prevention and intervention strategies.

30 Mar 2026

Modern lifestyle amplifies genetic risk for type 2 diabetes

Some people have a greater genetic risk than others of developing type 2 diabetes. Now, more of these at-risk people are actually developing diabetes than previously.

30 Mar 2026

Time-restricted eating improves hormone levels in women with PCOS

Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, affects as many as 18% of all childbearing-age women. The condition occurs when a woman's body produces too much of a group of hormones called androgens, chiefly testosterone. Menstrual irregularity, obesity and even infertility can result.

30 Mar 2026

Culturally tailored food programs significantly lower blood pressure in minority adults

Black and Hispanic adults with high blood pressure (hypertension) who received a culturally tailored food-based intervention with dietitian coaching experienced a significant drop in blood pressure compared with those who received an equivalent amount of fresh produce without additional supports, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session (ACC.26).

30 Mar 2026

Benefits from food fortification, yet global nutrient gaps persist

While food fortification reduces micronutrient inadequacies, additional interventions are necessary to ensure balanced nutrition and prevent excess intake.

30 Mar 2026

Inside the high-stakes corporate fight over feeding preterm babies

In 2013, a scientist at Abbott Laboratories saw study results with potentially big implications for the company's profits and the lives of some of the world's most fragile people: preterm infants.

30 Mar 2026

Higher sugar intake raises gallstone risk in adults, study finds

A cross-sectional NHANES study of 8,975 U.S. adults found that higher total dietary sugar intake was associated with higher odds of gallstones, with each 100 g/day increase linked to a 41% rise after full adjustment. The findings suggest sugar intake may be a modifiable gallstone risk factor, but the study relied on self-reported gallstones and cannot establish causation.

29 Mar 2026

Home-delivered DASH diet improves blood pressure and cholesterol outcomes

Black adults with high blood pressure who received dietitian counseling and home deliveries of groceries aligned with the DASH diet—meaning high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy, nuts, seeds, legumes and lean proteins—had an average overall reduction in systolic blood pressure of 7 mm Hg at three months overall and a 5 mm Hg reduction compared with participants who received only basic dietary guidance and a grocery stipend, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session (ACC.26).

28 Mar 2026

New research links cooking methods to better nutrient absorption

Researchers at the University of Seville's Food Colour and Quality Laboratory have studied the effects of different cooking methods used for tomatoes and carrots (in the oven, microwave or air fryer, amongst others) on the amount of carotenoids that are potentially available for absorption by the body following the digestion of these foods.

27 Mar 2026

$Heart health linked to higher fracture risk in postmenopausal women$

Heart health linked to higher fracture risk in postmenopausal women

Postmenopausal women face a high risk of bone fractures. Due to declines in estrogen levels, which can lead to an increased risk of osteoporosis, even a low-impact fall can result in a serious hip, back or wrist injury.

27 Mar 2026

Molecular test shows high sensitivity in detecting bile duct cancer

When patients develop a narrowing or blockage in the bile ducts – the tubes connecting the liver, gallbladder and intestines – physicians must determine whether the cause is cancer or a benign condition.

27 Mar 2026

Updated heart guidelines urge earlier screening for high blood cholesterol

For the first time since 2018, a clinical guideline from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association for screening and managing blood cholesterol levels has been updated and jointly published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Circulation.

27 Mar 2026

New tool identifies harmful nutrition misinformation and evaluates potential risk

A new tool that not only identifies diet and nutrition misinformation online but also evaluates the content's risk for potential harm has been developed by a team of UCL researchers.

27 Mar 2026

FDA’s proposed food label not as effective as warning-style designs

The efficacy of front-of-package labels varies; Multi-High-In shows superior results in promoting healthier food choices compared to FDA's Nutrition Info Box.

27 Mar 2026

Obesity-driven organ enlargement may boost cancer risk

Scientists at City of Hope® and TGen (part of City of Hope) are the first to explain a major mechanism for why gaining excess weight increases your risk of cancer.

26 Mar 2026

Heavily processed foods may raise heart disease risk beyond poor nutrition alone

A 2026 review in Cardiology in Review reports that higher intake of ultra-processed foods is consistently associated with greater risks of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and cardiovascular mortality across cohort studies and meta-analyses. The paper also highlights plausible mechanisms involving gut dysbiosis, oxidative stress, and NF-κB-driven inflammation, with additives such as emulsifiers, preservatives, dyes, and sweeteners discussed as potential contributors.

26 Mar 2026