Olive leaf extract may reduce blood pressure, improve blood lipids and help the way our bodies handle glucose. But the evidence isn’t clear cut.
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Both stunting and obesity create a cost to the economy.
Many Americans are deficient in vitamin D, vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acids, all of which affect energy levels.
Genetics, age, hormones and nutrition can affect the growth of your hair and nails. Here’s how.
Nutrition Facts labels provide useful information about how nutritious a food is, but can be overwhelming. A single score could help make healthy grocery shopping more approachable.
An exercise science specialist defines this nutrition term you might hear tossed around by people who are focused on a particular diet.
It’s not just sugary foods that cause type 2 diabetes. Red meat plays a part too.
Eating when we experience stress is a normal behaviour to meet increased energy needs. But sometimes our relationship with food becomes strained in the process.
Rising carbon dioxide levels in the air are making plants grow larger and faster, but diluting their nutritional content. This could threaten the health of herbivores worldwide.
To identify threats to the health of mothers and children, birth cohort studies look at groups of moms and their babies from birth or even earlier and follow them for many years.
For healthy aging, it’s crucial to distinguish between lifespan and healthspan: the amount of time for which a person is healthy within their lifespan. Maintaining muscle is key to a longer healthspan.
Gelato is the Italian word for any type of ice cream. But in Australia, gelato refers to the frozen dessert of Italian origin. No wonder it’s confusing.
Rapeseed oil, sunflower oil and other seed oils are perfectly healthy in moderation.
Most of what we know about the health impact of sea moss comes from studies in cells and animals, not humans.
A careful look at the scientific literature shows humans can absorb some nutrients from the air. Could we use this to our advantage?
Despite the emergence of nutrition science and the resources available to most elite athletes, many don’t consume enough carbohydrates.
Frybread — a simple, versatile “comfort food” for many Indigenous communities — embodies the contradictions that have dictated Indigenous food and health in North America since colonization.
Conservation measures can be designed in ways that improve nutrition and health of people.
Diet plays an important role in human health, but how it does so — especially among those with gastrointestinal diseases — becomes complicated by the emotional and psychological aspects of eating.
While most Halloween candies contain lots of sugar, some are better for your gut microbiome than others.
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