Nutrition

7 everyday foods that may help lower your cortisol and stress levels

A 2025 review maps how what you eat can nudge your stress hormone in either direction.

Before you toss chocolate with a white coating, know what it actually means

The hazy dust is safe to eat, but it reveals how your chocolate has been treated.

How eating broccoli every day may affect your gut, heart and cancer risk

The evidence for a familiar green vegetable is more specific than most people realize.

How eating ginger every day can affect your blood pressure and joints

A new NIH-listed meta-analysis puts a number on the daily-ginger habit.

Low vitamin C may be quietly speeding up how fast your brain ages

A study of 2,044 older adults links lower plasma vitamin C to shrinking brain volume and weaker memory-network wiring.

7 everyday foods that may help lower your cortisol and stress levels

A 2025 review maps how what you eat can nudge your stress hormone in either direction.

Before you toss chocolate with a white coating, know what it actually means

The hazy dust is safe to eat, but it reveals how your chocolate has been treated.

How eating broccoli every day may affect your gut, heart and cancer risk

The evidence for a familiar green vegetable is more specific than most people realize.

How eating ginger every day can affect your blood pressure and joints

A new NIH-listed meta-analysis puts a number on the daily-ginger habit.

What eating lentils every day can do to your cholesterol and blood sugar

A 12-week randomized trial suggests daily lentils quietly move two of the numbers doctors watch.

7 everyday foods that may lower a key blood marker linked to heart disease

Warwick researchers pooled seven trials and found C-reactive protein fell by an average of 1.13 mg/L.

What a daily handful of walnuts may do to your blood pressure, gut and heart

One of the largest walnut trials ever run followed 708 healthy seniors for two years.

Belly fat plus low vitamin D may more than double your risk of dying early

A 6-year study of 5,520 adults over 50 links the combination to sharply higher mortality.

Eating more plants could cut 350 calories from your daily diet, no counting needed

A 16-week clinical trial saw people eat 357 fewer calories a day, without tracking a thing.

Cutting salt alone may not lower your blood pressure: here’s what to add

A new University of Vermont review says potassium is the missing half of the equation.