Does a healthy diet counter the ill-effects of obesity?

A healthy quality Mediterranean-like diet partially modifies the association between obesity and cardiovascular mortality, according to a new study.

Are all vegetarian diets healthy?

Vegetarian foods are not equally healthy, according to new research.

Plant-based ‘meats’ improve some cardiovascular risk factors compared with red meat

Swapping out red meat for certain plant-based meat alternatives can improve some cardiovascular risk factors, according to a new study.

Plant-based diets shown to lower blood pressure even with limited meat and dairy

Consuming a plant-based diet can lower blood pressure even if small amounts of meat and dairy are consumed too, according to new research.

People with high cholesterol should eliminate carbs, not saturated fat, study suggests

An international team of experts on heart disease and diet say there’s no evidence that a low-saturated fat diet reduces cholesterol in people with familial hypercholesterolemia.

Vegetarians tend to be slimmer and less extroverted than meat eaters, study finds

The less animal products someone consumes, the lower his body mass index on average and the less he tends to be extroverted. A connection with depressive moods as other studies had found could not be confirmed.

Which foods do you eat together? How you combine them may raise dementia risk

It’s no secret that a healthy diet may benefit the brain. However, it may not only be what foods you eat, but what foods you eat together that may be associated with your risk of dementia, according to a new study.

Fiber consumption linked to lower breast cancer risk

Consuming a diet high in fiber was linked with a reduced incidence of breast cancer in an analysis of all relevant prospective studies.

Isoflavones, in tofu and plant proteins, associated with lower heart disease risk

People who regularly ate tofu and other foods containing isoflavones had a moderately lower risk of developing heart disease. However, people who eat isoflavones and adhere to a healthier diet in general are already considerably less likely to die from a heart attack compared to those who did not.

With high fiber diets, more protein may mean more bloating

People who eat high fiber diets are more likely to experience bloating if their high fiber diet is protein-rich as compared to carbohydrate-rich, according to a study.

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