Canola oil may worsen memory

A diet supplemented with canola oil worsened memory and led to weight gain in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers report.

Ingesting soy protein may ease severity of inflammatory bowel disease

A diet supplemented with soy protein may be an effective adjunct therapy for inflammatory bowel diseases, researchers reported after completing a study that included mice and cultured human colon cells.

Dietary changes may help postpone dialysis in patients with chronic kidney disease

A vegetarian very low-protein diet supplemented with ketoanalogues may slow disease progression.

Mediterranean diet with nuts, olive oil ‘may reverse metabolic syndrome’

Researchers say that a Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts or extra-virgin olive oil could reverse metabolic syndrome in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

Mediterranean diet helps cut risk of heart attack, stroke: Results of PREDIMED study presented

Results of a major study aimed at assessing the efficacy of the Mediterranean diet in the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases show that such a diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil