Nutrition
16:8 Fasting Diet Linked to Weight Loss in Study
The 16:8 fasting diet could also be easier to maintain than other fasting diets.
What Is the Blood Type Diet?
Some nutritionists are recommending personalized healthcare and fitness plans.
This Tiny Sensor on Tooth Can Reveal What You Eat
The tooth sensor can provide information regarding glucose, salt and alcohol intake.
Glowing Worms are Better than Humans in One Way
These cool worms have a key protein in their bodies that helps them perfectly regulate iron.
Cheaper Fruits and Veggies Could Prevent Deaths
A 30 percent price change would prevent 63,000 deaths per year.
Vodka Versus Wine: Which Is Healthier?
Vodka's distillation process makes it one of the purest alcohols, eliminating sugars from fruits and vegetables.
Kids Need Access to School Lunches, Not Shame
Public outcry about school meal shaming has sparked the creation of at least 30 GoFundMe campaigns organized by parents and teachers to pay remaining balances on student accounts.
You Shouldn't Go Gluten-Free Unless You Have To: Study
Doctors say it's not necessarily a healthy choice to adopt the gluten-free diet for no reason.
An Old Box Just Flipped the Nutrition World On Its Head
Everything we know about healthy and unhealthy fats may be a lie.
Cambodia Bans Breast Milk Exports
A U.S.-based company exported milk from more than 90 Cambodian women.
Can a Good Diet Help Ward Off Cancer?
Why nutrition is playing more of a role in treatment—and prevention—of the disease.
New Sugar Labels Unlikely to Help At-Risk Consumers
New FDA rules will require manufacturers to disclose how much sugar has been added to processed foods.
FDA Is Letting Kind Bars Be Labeled ‘Healthy’ Again
The nuts had pushed the bars over the legal fat limit for the term "healthy" to apply, but the company CEO says those regulations are outdated.
Eggs, Butter & More: Science Shifts on What's Healthy
Here are five foods that were once villains of nutritional science but are now OK to eat again.
The American Diet Is Mostly Ultra-Processed Foods
A new study finds too many people live on sustenance that can barely pass as edible.
Climate Change Bad for Our Health
By reducing food availability, climate change could kill 500,000 by 2050
New Dietary Guidelines Cook Up Controversy
The controversial advice instructs Americans to eat a plant-based diet, limit sugar and avoid saturated fats such as those found in red meat.
Warning to New Yorkers: There’s A LOT of Salt in That
New York City will require chain restaurants to mark items high in sodium with a warning label.
Omega-3 Supplements Don’t Work
Research from the NIH suggests nutritional supplements marketed for the prevention of cognitive decline are a waste of money.
Stealth Health
Vitamin-fortified curry powder and soy sauce could alleviate malnutrition across the globe.
A Palm Pilot Program
A laser device can read your palm and see whether you’re eating right.