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.

Is Watermelon a Superfood? Examining the Scientific Evidence

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a nutrient-dense fruit rich in lycopene and L-citrulline, with demonstrated antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, vascular, metabolic, and ergogenic benefits.

What to Eat on the Military Diet

What is a DNA Diet?

Does Red Meat Shorten Lifespan?

How Many Calories Should You Eat Per Day?

Genetic Factors Impacting Nutritional Requirement

What is the Viking Diet?

What is the BRAT Diet?

The Detrimental Effects of Ultra-processed Foods

Differences Between Natural Whole Fruit and Natural Fruit Juice

Portfolio Diet: Evidence-Based Steps to Reduce LDL Cholesterol

Can You Be Vegan and an Athlete

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Fad Diet Examples and Efficacy

What to Know About Processed and Ultra-Processed Foods

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

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

What is the 5:2 Diet?

Cambridge Diet: Pros and Cons

What is the TLC Diet?

Does Eating Sea Moss Provide Health Benefits?

The Benefits of Healthy Fats

Are Artificial Food Flavors and Colorings Harmful?

Understanding the Glycemic Index

Food Allergies Explained

Should We Eat Polished Rice?

The Principles of the Blue Zone Diet

Calorie and Macro Counting

Magnesium in the Diet and Body

What is Clean Eating?

Natural Sources of Vitamin D and Calcium

Nutrigenomics: How Your Genes Influence Your Nutritional Needs and Health

High Protein Diet

What Is The Andean Diet And Why Is It Healthy?

Can Food Allergies Ever be Psychological?

What are the Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet?

Benefits of Nut Consumption During Pregnancy

Is Food Packaging Harmful to Health?

Neem - Evidence-Based Health Benefits

Health Benefits of Quinoa

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

Do Superfoods Really Exist?

Coconut Oil: Health Benefits

What is Personalized Nutrition?

Causes of Food Intolerance

Nutraceutical Industry

Does Drinking 100% Fruit Juice Put on Weight?

Canola Oil: Is it Healthy?

Sources of Dietary Fiber

The Health Benefits of Cilantro (Coriander)

South Beach and Low-GI Diets

Can You Eat Too Much Fruit?

Diet for Obese Children and Teenagers

What Are the Health Benefits of Mung Beans?

The Flexitarian Diet: A Flexible Path to Better Health

What are Nutraceuticals?

Caveman or Palaeolithic Diet

The 5:2 Diet Health Benefits

Top Lithium-Rich Foods and How They Support Health

Mediterranean Diet

Ginger: Health Benefits

Healthy High Fat Alternatives to Avocado

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

Nutraceutical Regulation

Papaya: Health Benefits

Raw Veganism: Health Benefits, Risks, and Challenges

Organic Food Health Benefits

Nutritional Needs of Young Children (Age 5-10)

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

Macrominerals and Trace Minerals in the Diet

Paleo vs. Keto Diets

Nutritional / Dietary Supplement

Fast 5:2 Diet Evidence

Do NAD Boosters Help You to Live Longer?

How Important Is Breakfast for Overall Health?

Food Intolerance

Smarter Carts: How AI is Transforming Grocery Shopping

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

Health Benefits of Cinnamon

Is Spirulina the Next Anti-Aging Superfood?

Diet for Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women

Fast 5:2 Diet

Spanish Lime: Nutritional Profile, Benefits, and Uses

Butter versus Margarine: Which is Healthier?

New Atkins Diet: Pros and Cons

How an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Lowers Chronic Disease Risk

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormones (rBGH) in Food

Colostrum for Adults: Boosting Immunity Gut Health and Recovery

Military Diet: Health Risks

Foods that Reduce Oxidative Stress and Prevent Cancer

Vegetarian Diets for Weight Loss

The Vegan Diet, Ethos, Affects and Advice

Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Good for Type 2 Diabetes?

What is the Military Diet?

FODMAP Research

The Health Benefits of Walnuts

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

Diet Supplements and Liver Problems

Dukan Diet: Pros and Cons

Rhodiola Rosea: Evidence-Based Health Benefits and Clinical Insights

Natural Protein Sources

The MIND Diet Explained: Foods That Fight Cognitive Decline

Is Palm Oil Good or Bad in Diet?

Diabetic Diet

DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure

False Alarm Hypothesis of Food Allergy

How Fast Food Affects Children's Health

The Importance of Dietary Fiber

Is The Carnivore Diet Healthy?

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Coffee protects the brain, metabolism, and immunity at the molecular level

This review uncovers the molecular networks of coffee's compounds, showcasing their antioxidant and neuroprotective effects on immunity and metabolism.

19 Nov 2025

Oral semaglutide delivers real-world drops in blood sugar and weight in diabetes trial

Oral semaglutide delivered meaningful reductions in HbA1c and body weight among GLP-1RA-naïve adults with type 2 diabetes in a Dutch real-world cohort. Lipid levels and blood pressure showed only small changes, reflecting modest cardiometabolic effects outside glucose and weight control.

18 Nov 2025

Experts call for bold policies to curb the health harms of ultra-processed foods

The increase of UPFs in diets worldwide presents an urgent challenge to health that demands coordinated policies and advocacy action to address, says a new three paper Series authored by 43 global experts and published in The Lancet. The Series exposes the tactics UPF companies use to drive consumption and prevent effective policy.

18 Nov 2025

Trial investigates how quickly human milk responds to common plant based meat swaps

Replacing beef with a plant based beef substitute for six days changed the fatty acid composition of human milk, increasing medium chain saturated fats and lowering key long chain polyunsaturated fats such as arachidonic acid. These biochemical shifts occurred without changes in maternal weight, appetite, glucose patterns or infant milk intake.

18 Nov 2025

Study links obesity severity to escalating cardiometabolic and renal disease burden

Obesity severity is incrementally associated with a broad range of cardiometabolic and renal disease burden, as discovered by researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Recently published in Obesity, the paper "Association of Obesity Severity with Cardiometabolic and Renal Disease Burden in the United States," explored the relationship through a cross-sectional study of data from the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey.

18 Nov 2025

Study reveals how gestational diabetes disrupts the placenta at the molecular level

Gestational diabetes can cause a multitude of complications in the offspring, but to date, the reasons are incompletely understood.

18 Nov 2025

Study explores how elevated growth hormone levels contribute to liver aging

A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 10 of Aging-US on October 3, 2025, titled "Growth hormone excess drives liver aging via increased glycation stress."

18 Nov 2025

Daily black cumin intake improves blood lipids and reduces obesity risk

Nigella sativa (black cumin), the spice that boosts the flavor of curries like korma and paneer also has another use: its seeds have long been used as a medicinal plant in traditional medicine for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.

18 Nov 2025

UNC Greensboro professor receives $3.7 million to advance research on controlling sand flies

Professor Gideon Wasserberg at UNC Greensboro has been awarded a prestigious $3.7 million National Institutes of Health R01 grant to advance his research on controlling sand flies, the vectors of the parasitic disease leishmaniasis.

18 Nov 2025

New review reveals which baby foods carry the highest heavy metal risks

This scoping review found that more than 60 percent of infant formulas and baby foods worldwide contain detectable levels of cadmium, lead, and arsenic, with mercury present in more than 30 percent of products. The highest concentrations and regulatory exceedances occurred in baby foods containing fish, rice, and cereals, underscoring persistent global safety gaps.

17 Nov 2025

Daily berries and cocoa enhance mood by targeting key brain pathways

Dietary flavonoids from everyday foods show modest but promising benefits for mood, with the strongest evidence emerging from chronic, anthocyanin rich interventions. Acute effects are mixed, but longer term intake may support emotional well being through mechanisms involving monoamine activity and neuroplasticity.

17 Nov 2025

Reclassifying wine intake reshapes the Mediterranean diet’s cognitive impact

Higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet was not associated with better cognition when wine was scored as a “beneficial” component. When wine was reverse scored, Mediterranean diet adherence showed a modest positive association with MMSE performance and a borderline link with MoCA in Portuguese older adults at high dementia risk.

17 Nov 2025

Calculator assesses 30-year heart risk for young adults

Just as saving for retirement starts early, so should protecting your heart. A new Northwestern Medicine study introduces a first-of-its-kind online calculator that uses percentiles to help younger adults forecast and understand their risk of a heart event over the next 30 years.

17 Nov 2025

Red meat raises inflammation marker CRP in clinical trials

The review analyzes red meat's effects on inflammatory biomarkers, revealing significant associations with CRP in specific adult subgroups and dietary contexts.

17 Nov 2025

Low-glutamate diet improves migraine symptoms in veterans with Gulf War Illness

Veterans with Gulf War Illness experienced significant improvement in migraine symptoms after following a diet low in glutamate, a component of flavor enhancing food additives commonly found in processed foods, according to new research presented by Georgetown University and American University scientists.

17 Nov 2025

Gut microbes may fuel allergic rhinitis symptoms

The study identifies gut microbiome alterations in allergic rhinitis, suggesting a gut-nose axis that could inform new treatment approaches for this condition.

17 Nov 2025

Are mushrooms more than a low-calorie food? New analysis explains their hidden advantages

Whole mushroom consumption shows consistent benefits for cardiometabolic health, lowering triglycerides in self-chosen diets and improving fasting glucose in a single healthy dietary pattern trial. Early evidence also suggests increases in salivary IgA and possible blood pressure improvements, with no adverse biomarker effects reported.

16 Nov 2025

Preclinical study shows aged garlic extract improves memory and reduces anxiety

Long-term aged garlic extract supplementation improved specific anxiety-related behaviors and enhanced memory and learning in aging mice. Proteomic profiling revealed extensive hippocampal and cortical molecular changes linked to synaptic signaling, neuroplasticity, and stress-response pathways.

16 Nov 2025

Dash diet cuts diabetes complications by targeting blood pressure kidney health and inflammation

The DASH diet supports metabolic health in people with diabetes by improving blood pressure, renal function, lipids, and modest glycemic markers while reducing risks linked to vascular and inflammatory pathways. Its broad nutrient-driven mechanisms also benefit related conditions such as neuropathy, PCOS, and retinopathy, making it a versatile tool for cardiometabolic care.

16 Nov 2025

WHO releases first global guidelines for managing diabetes during pregnancy

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its first global guidelines for the management of diabetes during pregnancy, a condition affecting about one in six pregnancies – or 21 million women annually.

14 Nov 2025