Plants, just like us humans, are teeming with bacteria, fungi and viruses that support and interact with them, and organic food may have superior and more diverse microbiome.
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Living in greener cities is associated with better health: it lowers the risk of heart disease, obesity, diabetes, asthma, anxiety and early death. A new study finds the minimal dose of green needed for wellbeing.
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Bigger portions make people overeat, that’s already well established. Portions can grow in two ways, however: they can grow in size, or by increasing the number of units in the serving. Does increasing the volume of the food have the same effect as increasing the number of units? Do people eat less when a big portion is divided into smaller ones?
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Are there consequences of letting go every once in a while? Several studies address weight gain over vacations; they offer both reassurance and warnings.
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Can you eat your way into depression? Can you eat your way out of it? Inflammation is thought to cause many diseases, depression among them, and the anti-inflammatory diet is put to the test.
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If you love coffee the latest research is encouraging, coffee drinking is linked with good health. A new study looks beyond the association: Is there a plausible mechanism that would explain how coffee promotes health?
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A new study shows that school cafeterias are noisy and that the noise level matters: With each decibel increase in the cafeteria sound level kids ate less fruits and veggies.
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Instagram influencers can indeed influence kids — to eat unhealthy foods, and to over-consume.
Highly processed foods make up half the caloric intake of the average American; a new study finds that these foods are associated with a 30 percent higher risk of early death.
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Exercise is a powerful keystone health habit – it can spill over to other parts of life, causing a ripple effect. A new study shows that young people who start to exercise also eat healthier without being told to.
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Predictions can shape behaviors and decisions that eventually make the prediction come true. Could learning that you're at high risk of obesity increase your risk?
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Are you considering Sugar-Free-January, a Sugar-Free-2019? A new study makes the case for avoiding the extremes of sugar intake — surprisingly, both high and very low sugar intake were linked with bad outcomes.
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What explains the 37% spike in heart attacks on Christmas Eve? It it the cold weather?
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Most people think about metabolic health in terms of leanness vs. obesity. But BMI doesn’t tell the whole story, and internal biochemical processes increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart and vascular disease.
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Sticking to your best eating practices can be challenging around the holidays. Should you just give up for a bit? How much harm could one big holiday meal do?
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Whether we like it or not, online grocery shopping, the final online frontier, is being conquered. Will this shift lead to better eating habits?
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Most people spend just a minute or two reading a menu; the placement of calorie counts can therefore determine if their information is considered or simply ignored.
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In a pilot study, people who changed their mealtimes lost on average twice the amount of body fat compared to the control group, despite not consciously restricting their caloric intake.
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