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Meal and snack patterns could affect risks of cancer, heart disease, death

Scientists from Harbin Medical University found that people’s meal and snack patterns could affect their risks of cancer, heart disease, and death. The research is...

How to eat to reduce heart disease death risk if you have diabetes

Scientists from Harbin Medical University found how people with diabetes should eat to reduce their death risk of heart disease. The research is published in...

How vitamin B may help fight vision loss, brain cancer, and COVID-19

The B-group vitamins are a collection of 8 water-soluble vitamins essential for various metabolic processes. Most of these vitamins can’t be stored by the body...

Vegan, vegetarian and Mediterranean diets could help control type 2 diabetes

Scientists from La Trobe University found that vegan, vegetarian and Mediterranean diets could help control type 2 diabetes. The research is published in Nutrition, Metabolism &...

Vitamin K2 could help reduce heart disease risk, shows study

Scientists from the University of Bergen found that one type of vitamin K (vitamin K2) may help reduce heart disease risk. They showed that vitamin...

Omega-3 fatty acids and heart health: What you need to know

Omega-3 fatty acids (also called omega-3 fats and n-3 fats) are essential fats—the body can’t make them from scratch but must get them from food. Foods high...

Diet high in sodium and low in potassium may increase heart disease risk

Scientists from the University of Calgary found that too much sodium and too little potassium intake in daily diet may increase heart disease risk. The...

How omega-3 fats could benefit children’s health

Omega-3 fatty acids are found in foods, such as fish and flaxseed, and in dietary supplements, such as fish oil. The three main omega-3 fatty...

Plant-based diet could help reduce risk of type 2 diabetes

Scientists from Universitas Indonesia found that eating a plant-based diet may help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. The research is published in Acta...

Cutting 1 gram salt from daily meals could prevent 9 million heart attack, stroke...

In a study from the Queen Mary University of London, scientists found that a cut of just 1 gram in daily salt intake could...