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Study Finds Dopamine, Biological Clock Link to Snacking, Overeating, and Obesity

January 8, 2020

A new study finds that the pleasure center of the brain and the brain's biological clock are linked, and that high-calorie fo...

How Diet Affects Mental Health—What's the Evidence?

January 7, 2020

Study confirms that while certain foods can be associated with a mental health condition, this tells us little about why the ...

High Carbon Footprint Families Identified by Sweets and Restaurant Food, Not Higher Meat Consumption

January 1, 2020

Study by experts in Sheffield and Kyoto, Japan, found meat consumption explained less than 10 percent of difference in carbon...

Medical Minute: Healthy Eating Over the Holidays

December 25, 2019

The biggest challenge is thinking of the period between Thanksgiving and January as a holi-MONTH instead of a few, individual...

Eating More Ketones May Help Fight Alzheimer's Disease

December 10, 2019

Dietary intervention restores protective protein and decreases death rate in mice

How Much Will We Eat in the Future?

December 9, 2019

Researchers at Göttingen University investigate relationship between our body size and human global calorie demand...

Scientists Create 'Epigenetic Couch Potato' Mouse

December 5, 2019

A new Baylor College of Medicine-led study in mice shows that epigenetics plays a key role in determining one's inn...

Ketogenic Diet Helps Tame Flu Virus

November 18, 2019

Mice fed a ketogenic diet were better able to combat the flu virus than mice fed food high in carbohydrates, according to a n...

Meal-Detection Technology Brings 'Artificial Pancreas' One Step Closer to Reality

November 12, 2019

AI researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology develop meal-detection technology that allows insulin to be administered au...

Potatoes Are as Effective as Carbohydrate Gels as Fuel Source for Athletes

October 30, 2019

Study finds inexpensive tubers comparable to commercial carbohydrate products in trained cyclists

Scientists Identify New Signposts in Blood and Urine to Reflect What We Eat and Drink

October 25, 2019

Recent research addresses a major challenge in assessing diets: studies in nutrition largely rely on participants to rec...

Study Provides First Evidence That Fat Accumulates in the Lungs of Overweight and Obese People

October 21, 2019

Scientists already know that people who are overweight or obese are more likely to suffer with wheezing and asthma, but the r...

Large, Long-Term Study Suggests Link between Eating Mushrooms and a Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer

October 10, 2019

Recent research shows that even a small increase in mushroom consumption could offer potential health benefits

Psychologists Show Leading with Flavor Encourages Healthy Eating

October 3, 2019

Evocative labels such as "twisted citrus glazed carrots" and "ultimate chargrilled asparagus" can get people to choose and co...

Meatballs Might Wreck the Anti-Cancer Perks of Tomato Sauce

September 23, 2019

Study finds twofold decrease in lycopene uptake with iron supplement

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