Nutrition

How eating tomatoes every day may affect your heart and cancer risk

A cheap kitchen staple keeps showing up in major heart and cancer reviews, and the daily amount is smaller than you'd expect.

110 people received specially prepared meals every week: Both blood sugar and blood pressure dropped

A small trial asked whether a weekly box of tailored meals could do the work of a pill.

Vitamin may help protect babies from stress during pregnancy

A new look at prenatal stress and nutrition has researchers pointing to one small daily habit expecting parents can start tomorrow.

A vitamin B5 relative eased psoriasis in 24 patients, and the clue was in cholesterol

What the researchers found inside certain immune cells could change how doctors think about the chronic skin disease.

What happens to your cholesterol and heart when you cut out red meat

Decades of feeding studies have lined up on the same shift, and it tends to show up faster than most people expect.

How eating tomatoes every day may affect your heart and cancer risk

A cheap kitchen staple keeps showing up in major heart and cancer reviews, and the daily amount is smaller than you'd expect.

110 people received specially prepared meals every week: Both blood sugar and blood pressure dropped

A small trial asked whether a weekly box of tailored meals could do the work of a pill.

Vitamin may help protect babies from stress during pregnancy

A new look at prenatal stress and nutrition has researchers pointing to one small daily habit expecting parents can start tomorrow.

A vitamin B5 relative eased psoriasis in 24 patients, and the clue was in cholesterol

What the researchers found inside certain immune cells could change how doctors think about the chronic skin disease.

Mouse offspring showed blood sugar changes from sweeteners they never tasted

A study found metabolic effects that outlived the exposure itself.

Drinking orange juice every day may change thousands of your body’s genes

A small study points to broad, mostly favorable gene changes after two months of daily juice.

One daily bowl of oatmeal may lower your LDL cholesterol, and the FDA agrees

The FDA endorses a specific daily target of oat fiber for a real drop in LDL.

What your gut bacteria could start eating when you don’t give them enough fiber

New research suggests fiber shortages push gut microbes to feed on the lining that protects your intestines.

Is breakfast really the most important meal? Here’s what the evidence actually says

For most adults, the century-old slogan does not match what modern trials show.

Plant protein vs. animal protein: which is better for your heart and muscles?

The best protein source depends on what you're after, a longer life or bigger muscles.