Can vitamin C help manage diabetes?
Diabetes is a health problem that makes it difficult for your body to control the amount of sugar in your blood. Insulin, a hormone,...
Low-carb breakfast can improve blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes
A new study led by a team from UBC Okanagan suggests that a simple change to the first meal of the day could help...
Mediterranean and low-fat diets reduce risk of heart attacks and death
Choosing the right diet could mean the difference between life and death, especially for those at a higher risk of heart disease.
According to a...
How fast-food restaurants in neighborhood affect your health
A study from the University of Canterbury suggests that living near fast-food restaurants could be bad for your health.
Specifically, it could lead to weight...
How a common sugar fructose contributes to obesity
A team of researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that fructose, a type of sugar found in many foods,...
Drinking kombucha lowers blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes
A clinical trial conducted by researchers at Georgetown University's School of Health, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and MedStar Health found that type 2 diabetes...
Vegetarian diets linked to higher risk of broken hips, study finds
You've likely heard about vegetarianism. It's a way of eating where people don't eat meat or fish. Some people do it for ethical reasons,...
High-salt diet strongly changes your kidneys, study finds
Ever wondered how your body turns the food you eat into energy? This process is called the metabolic pathway.
But here's something surprising: researchers found...
Many plant-based milk alternatives are not nutritionally equivalent to cow’s milk, study finds
More people are swapping traditional cow's milk for plant-based alternatives made from oats, soy, or almonds, primarily due to health, environmental, and ethical considerations.
But...
Intermittent fasting may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes, study suggests
Type 2 diabetes, a health condition where the body can't effectively utilize insulin, affects approximately 1.3 million Australians. With no known cure, prevention is...