DHA in omega-3 may harm your heart health, study finds
Doctors often recommend Omega-3s to help patients lower their cholesterol and improve heart health.
Those Omega-3s can come from fatty fish like salmon and mackerel,...
Alcohol drinking linked to more than 740,000 new cancer cases in 2020
In a new study, researchers found 4% of newly diagnosed cancer cases in 2020 in the world may be linked to drinking alcohol.
They estimated...
Ultra-processed food linked to higher risk of common bowel diseases
In a new study from McMaster University and elsewhere, researchers found a higher intake of ultra-processed food is associated with higher risk of inflammatory...
Lingonberry juice can help lower high blood pressure
In a recent study, researchers found that long-term drinking of lingonberry juice lowers high blood pressure and improves the function of blood vessels. The...
Plant-based diet and a healthy gut may prevent this dangerous disease
In a new study from the University of Iowa, researchers found that metabolism of plant-based dietary substances by specific gut bacteria, which are lacking...
Eating this food linked to better waist size, blood pressure, blood sugar
In a new study from Tufts University, researchers found middle- to older-aged adults who ate at least three servings of whole grains daily had...
Fake meat and meat are not nutritionally equivalent, study finds
Plant-based meat substitutes taste and chew remarkably similar to real beef, and the 13 items listed on their nutrition labels—vitamins, fats and protein—make them...
A fermented-food diet can reduce inflammation, improve gut health
In a new study from the Stanford School of Medicine, researchers found that a diet rich in fermented foods enhances the diversity of gut...
Zinc may be key to better diabetes treatments
Diabetes is a major risk factor for heart and circulatory diseases. Around 300,000 adults have been diagnosed with diabetes in Scotland and it is...
Older people living alone more likely to have this health problem
In a recent study published in Australasian Journal on Ageing, researchers found that more than a third (37%) of older people who live in...