The Mediterranean diet is associated with improved memory and learning in young rats, a recent study shows, suggesting that ...

As evidence accumulates on the protective effects of a plant-heavy diet against cancers, experts explain how providers can ...

They found that following a Western diet—high in red meat, sugar, fat, salt, and refined grains—was associated with increased progression of osteoarthritis and high rates of obesity. Added sugar is ...

University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientist Hang Xiao is tackling a new challenge in his ongoing aim to develop tasty, ...

A recent study by Tulane University investigates how the Mediterranean Diet might promote brain health. It suggests that its ...

Diet can have a huge influence. “Some foods such as the highly processed Western style diet, with high levels of saturated fat, fuel inflammation. Others, such as a Mediterranean-style diet ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic became so popular as weight loss drugs that there was a mid-year shortage. These drugs are also ...

Researchers have discovered a bacteria in cows milk and soil can block weight gain even on a diet high in fat and sugar ...

Rats fed a Mediterranean-style diet showed distinct bacterial changes linked to better memory, cognitive flexibility, and working memory compared to those on a Western diet. Beneficial bacteria levels ...

The rats showed increases in four beneficial types of gut bacteria, compared to another group of rats eating a Western-style diet high in saturated fats. These changes in gut bacteria were linked ...