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How eating eggs can help reduce heart disease risk

Scientists from Peking University found that eating one egg per day is linked to lower heart disease risk. Eggs are a low-energy, nutrient-dense source of...

Dairy foods may increase men’s risk of prostate cancer

Scientists from Loma Linda University found that intake of dairy foods is linked to a higher risk of prostate cancer. Dairy products or milk products...

Beetroot juice could help reduce blood pressure, study finds

Scientists from the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences found drinking beetroot juice could help reduce blood pressure. Blood pressure is measured using two numbers:...

Drinking coffee could help reduce risk of kidney injury

Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine found that drinking coffee frequently may help reduce the risk of kidney injury. Acute kidney injury, also known as acute...

Dietary fat in plants could help lower risk of type 2 diabetes

Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that dietary fat mainly in plants may help lower the risk of type 2 diabetes. Linoleic acid...

Grapefruit juice and beetroot juice together can lower blood pressure more effectively

Scientists from King's College London found that grapefruit juice could enhance the blood pressure lowering effect of beetroot juice. Beets are rich in folate (vitamin B9)...

Coffee drinkers may halve their risk of liver cancer

Scientists from Queen’s University found that drinking coffee is linked to a lower risk of common liver cancer. Although early studies of coffee suggested that it could...

Added sugar in your diet is linked to higher blood pressure

Scientists from the University of Delaware found that added sugar in daily diet is strongly linked to high blood pressure in older women. Hypertension or...

Red meat and dairy foods directly linked to cancer risk, study finds

Scientists from Tel Aviv University found a direct link between meat and dairy foods and the development of antibodies in the blood that increase...

Mediterranean diet may help lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis

Scientists from Karolinska Institutet found that eating a Mediterranean diet frequently may be linked to a lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA,...