The microbes living in your food can affect your risk of cancer. While some help your body fight cancer, others help tumors evolve and grow.
Great care must be taken when using essential oils around the very young. These same guidelines should also be followed with the elderly and with those who are frail or whose immune systems are severely compromised.
- By Hazel Flight
There’s been a lot of chat on social media over the past few months about the importance of magnesium supplements.
There are many reasons why so many people of different ages, cultures, and races eat clay. Do these earth-eaters know something most people don’t? Yes, they do. Now you will know, too.
As nutrition scientists who have spent our entire careers studying how different foods influence health, our team at Tufts University has created a new food rating system
Apple cider vinegar has become a popular home remedy in recent years and has been used for centuries in cooking and medicine.
- By Hazel Flight
Vegetarianism was practised as early as the 5th century BC in India, and it is strongly linked with a number of religious traditions worldwide, such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism.
These diets promise quick results and can particularly entice people around the new year, when there tends to be a renewed focus on health and lifestyle habits.
- By Emma Beckett
One popular dieting technique is to create a food blacklist. Quitting “carbs” or packaged foods is common, which can mean avoiding supermarket staples like pasta.
In recent years, intermittent fasting has become a popular habit – and has been credited with some health benefits, be it to manage excess weight, chronic illnesses or flagging energy levels. But what exactly is intermittent fasting?
Italians are notoriously – and understandably – protective of their cuisine, as regular arguments about the correct toppings for pizza or the appropriate pasta to use with a Bolognese ragu will attest.
Have you heard the saying “water is life?” Well, it’s true. Water is an essential nutrient. Our body cannot produce sufficient water to live, so we need to consume water through food and fluids to survive.
Nowadays most everyone is familiar with the unique health benefits of fruits, vegetables, protein, herbs, and spices, and their specific effects on the human organism.
- By Tobias Eckle
All human body functions also follow this daily rhythm, and the timing of behaviors like exercise or food intake can significantly influence your health.
The brains of people with cognitive decline fare better with higher levels of vitamin D, research finds.
Two common compounds—green tea catechins and resveratrol in red wine and other foods—reduce the formation of Alzheimer’s plaques, a new study shows.
Many people’s default when preparing fruit and vegetables is to peel them. But often, it’s not necessary. There are important nutrients in the peel.
The chilli pepper of the genus Capsicum (family Solanaceae) is one of the world’s most widely used spices, found in thousands of recipes and sometimes eaten as a stand-alone dish.
- By Hazel Flight
Pumpkins are synonymous with autumn. But while most of us associate them with Halloween, pie and pumpkin spice lattes, these fruits are in fact extremely versatile. And depending on how they’re prepared, they can be good for your health
- By John Cryan
When it comes to dealing with stress, we’re often told the best things we can do are exercise, make time for our favourite activities or try meditation or mindfulness. But the kinds of foods we eat may also be an effective way of dealing with stress
It’s long been popular advice for people looking to lose weight to avoid late night snacking. It’s no wonder, with a host of research showing that late night eating is linked to greater body weight and increased risk of obesity.
Brushing your teeth is essential for maintaining optimal oral health, but like most aspects of health, the full story is more complicated.
When the first humans moved out of Africa, they carried their gut microbes with them. Turns out, these microbes also evolved along with them.