Low-fat diet helps fatigue in people with MS, study shows

People with multiple sclerosis who for one year followed a plant-based diet very low in saturated fat had much less MS-related fatigue at the end of that year — and significantly less fatigue than a control group of people with MS who didn’t follow the diet, according to a study.

Many toddlers consume too little potassium and dietary fiber

Children ages 1 to 3 may not consume adequate amounts of key shortfall nutrients. This should be addressed in the 2020 Dietary Guidelines according to a recent NHANES analysis.

Vitamin D deficiency may predict aggressive prostate cancer

New research has found that men with low levels of vitamin D, particularly African-American men, may be at increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer.

Among breast, colorectal and other cancers, Vitamin D may raise survival rates

Cancer patients who have higher levels of vitamin D when they are diagnosed tend to have better survival rates and remain in remission longer than patients who are vitamin D-deficient, according to a…

A mother’s diet before conception can permanently affect how her child’s genes function

Mother’s diet affects the ‘silencing’ of her child’s genes, according to a study published in Nature Communications.