Nutrition
Halving red meat consumption has significant impact on health
A study has found that halving the amount red and processed (RPM) meat in the diet can have a significant impact on health, reducing the amount of LDL 'bad' cholesterol in the blood which cuts the risk of developing heart disease. Red and processed...
Controversial review finds that cutting back on red and processed meat has little health impact
October 2nd, 2019 A major international set of systematic reviews has concluded that cutting back on red and processed meat has little impact on health, contrary to current nutritional guidelines. The lead author of the EAT-Lancet Commission, which in January...
'Picky eating' teen's blindness caused by a junk food diet
September 11th, 2019 A “picky eater” UK teen who ate nothing but chips and other junk food for years, slowly went blind as a result of his poor diet, according to a case report in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. LiveScience. reports that the teen's...Red meat may increase breast cancer risk but chicken decrease it
Results from a study by researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina and the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health suggest that red meat consumption may increase the risk of breast cancer, whereas...Eating mostly plant-based foods may be linked to better heart health
Eating mostly plant-based foods and fewer animal-based foods may be linked to better heart health and a lower risk of dying from a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular disease according to research. "While you don't have to give up foods...Regular consumption of fish helps reduce colorectal cancer risk
A study led by scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) found that regular consumption of fish, at recommended levels, was associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into...
Supplements no 'magic bullet' — analysis of 277 clinical trials
July 31st, 2019 In an analysis of findings from 277 clinical trials using 24 different interventions, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that almost no vitamin, mineral and other nutrient supplements or diets can be linked to longer life. Possible benefits...
Sugary drinks and 100% fruit juices may raise cancer risk
July 24th, 2019 The consumption of sugary drinks and 100% fruit juices was positively associated with the risk of overall cancer and breast cancer, found a nine-year French observational study. For some time now, researchers have been linking sugary drinks with...
Switch from red meat to cut mortality risk — 8-year Harvard study
June 19th, 2019 Increased red meat intake, particularly processed red meat, is associated with a heightened risk of death, suggests a large, eight-year US study led by Frank Hu, at the department of nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. However,...
Red and white meat have equal effect on cholesterol levels
June 19th, 2019 Contrary to popular belief, consuming red meat and white meat such as poultry, have equal effects on blood cholesterol levels, according to research. The study, led by scientists at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) – the...
NHS assesses studies on mortality risk of ultra-processed foods
June 5th, 2019 Two recent widely-publicised international studies, which found people who ate the most ‘ultra-processed’ food were more likely to have a heart attack or stroke, or to die sooner, are assessed by the UK's NHS in its Behind the Headlines...Drinking fruit juices not much better than drinking sugary drinks
Most folks know that sugary drinks aren't healthy, but a new study finds fruit juices are not much better. In fact, consuming them regularly may help shorten your life, Medical Xpress reports researchers say. "Older adults who drink more sugary...Nuts-rich diet in first trimester linked to improved neuro-development in child
Nuts are known to help reduce the risk of hypertension, oxidative stress and diabetes and they may exercise a protective effect against cognitive decline in older age. To this list of beneficial health effects, we can now add new evidence from a...
Walnuts may help lower blood pressure for those at risk of heart disease
May 8th, 2019 In a randomised, controlled trial, researchers examined the effects of replacing some of the saturated fats in participants' diets with walnuts. They found that when participants ate whole walnuts daily in combination with lower overall amounts of...
Meat eating even at guideline levels linked to 20% higher cancer risk
May 1st, 2019 People who eat red and processed meat within department of health guidelines are still at increased risk of bowel cancer, according to a study by Cancer Research UK and Oxford University. Scientists have shown that people eating around 76g of red...