By now everyone knows that mom had good reason to tell you, “Eat your veggies.” Vegetables contain just about every nutrient that growing kids—and adults—need for optimal health. But now new research is showing that eating vegetables is even...
A new large-scale random control trial has found that supplementing with flavanols is able to improve memory scores of older adults. Moreover, the beneficial effects of the flavanol supplementing was sustained over a three year follow-up. The researchers found that...
A new study from UK’s University of Birmingham is reinforcing just how important antioxidants are for good health—and how detrimental processed foods are. In this case the research relates to healthy pregnancies. The researchers found a diet rich in fruit,...
If you’re one of the 41 percent of Americans who make a New Year’s resolution, you probably know that such resolutions are often difficult to keep. Especially health-related goals. But they don’t all need to be difficult. In fact, there’s one...
In 1998 a study published in Journal of the American Heart Association documented what most health experts already knew: A diet high in processed foods speeds up clogging of the arteries and leads to an increase in heart attacks. Unfortunately the findings went...
Americans are eating more processed foods than ever, and surveys show that most consumers don’t understand just how much this trend affects their health. Just in the year 2022 alone, studies highlighted the wide range of health issues linked to consumption of...
