Nutrition
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...
Replacing red meat with plant proteins protects against CVD — first meta-analysis
April 24th, 2019 Diets that replaced red meat with healthy plant proteins led to decreases in risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Purdue University. The study is the first meta-analysis...Supplementation with creatine may improve brain function in vegetarians
Vegetarians who take the dietary supplement creatine may enjoy improved brain function, according to a study. The research was presented at the American Physiological Society's (APS) annual meeting at Experimental Biology 2019 in Orlando,...
Nutritious foods but not dietary supplements linked to lower mortality risk
April 17th, 2019 Adequate intake of certain nutrients is associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality when the nutrient source is foods, but not supplements, according to a study. There was no association between dietary supplement use and a lower risk of...
Diet rich in red meat link to 23% greater risk of death in Finnish men
April 17th, 2019 A diet rich in animal protein and meat in particular is not good for the health, a study from the University of Eastern Finland finds, providing further backing for earlier research evidence. Men who favoured animal protein over plant-based protein...Biggest dietary problem is nutritious food ignored, not junk food consumed
Unhealthy diets are responsible for 11m preventable deaths globally per year, more even than smoking tobacco, according to the Global Burden of Disease study. But the biggest problem is not the junk we eat but the nutritious food we don’t eat, The...
Red and processed meats – in any amounts – may increase mortality risk
April 3rd, 2019 Eating red and processed meats in any quantities may increase the risk of death from all causes, especially cardiovascular disease, found a large, 11-year cohort study. The Adventist Health Study-2 uniquely looked at the effect of low levels of...
Allium vegetables may substantially reduce colorectal cancer risk
February 27th, 2019 Consumption of allium vegetables – which include garlic, leeks, and onions – was linked with a substantially reduced risk of in colorectal cancer in a study of men and women in China. In the study, 833 patients of colorectal cancer were...Heavily processed foods linked to earlier death risk
A team in France worked with more than 44,000 people in a study running from 2009 called NutriNet-Santé. The Guardian reports they looked at how much of their diet – and calories – was made up of “ultra-processed” foods – those made in...
'Compelling' evidence for a 'good-fibre' diet over a low-carb diet
January 16th, 2019 A systematic review of studies over almost 40 years, commissioned to inform new World Health Organisation guidelines, found that higher levels of fibre and whole grain intake cut all-cause and cardiovascular-related mortality by 15-30% and reduced...
No compelling evidence of health benefit from non-sugar sweeteners
January 9th, 2019 There is no compelling evidence to indicate important health benefits - weight, glycaemic control, oral health, cancer, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease - of non-sugar sweeteners, a European evidence review found. Potential harms cannot...Leafy greens may help to reduce AMD risk
A study has shown that eating vegetable nitrates, found mainly in green leafy vegetables and beetroot, may reduce the risk of developing early-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Researchers at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research...