The chocolate heart connection: Can cocoa help keep your heart healthy?
What's This All About?
You know chocolate, right? Not just the sweet treat, but the actual stuff it's made from cocoa. Well, scientists have found...
Defining “junk food” for health policies: A path towards taxation
Introduction: Defining "Junk Food" for Health Policies
Defining "junk food" is crucial for implementing effective health policies, such as junk food taxes, aimed at reducing...
Cutting down on salt: good news for those with a special kind of high...
You might think salt is just something we add to our food for taste, but it does more than that. When we eat too much salt, it can make our body hold on to more water. This extra water raises our blood pressure.
A little magic from fruits and veggies: how flavanols prevent memory loss
Scientists found out that flavanols might be a secret ingredient for a good memory, especially as we get older.
How does the body convert food to fuel? How much do we need? And...
You have more of it on Saturdays than on Mondays, it seems to evaporate just before any planned gym session, and kids on airplanes...
The superfruit you didn’t know about: Health benefits of watermelon
You probably love watermelon because it's juicy and sweet. But did you know that this tasty fruit is also super healthy? Recent research says...
A high sodium, low potassium diet could increase the risk of dementia
Dementia, characterized by memory loss and impaired thinking, is increasingly impacting the elderly, causing significant health, social, and economic challenges.
This is especially true for...
Tricking your tummy: How looking at pictures could help you feel full
Do you ever feel like you see food everywhere online? Whether it's on Instagram, Facebook, or even ads that randomly pop up, the internet...
Memory magic: How imagining bigger meals can make you eat less
Scientists from University of Cambridge decided to see what would happen if people imagined their recent meals were even bigger than they were.
Time-restricted eating: blood sugar down, alertness… Zzzzzz
Research conducted by Josiane Broussard, an assistant professor in health and exercise science at Colorado State University, has revealed that time-restricted eating (TRE), a...