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The Health Benefits of Nuts
Consuming nuts several times a week is linked with reductions in many diseases, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and inflammation. Nuts’ benefits are a result of their many nutrients,...
View ArticleAre You at Risk of Developing Prediabetes?
A prediabetes warning can be characterized by low blood sugar symptoms like fatigue, weakness, tiredness, and more. This phenomenon, despite how common it is, is not normal, nor is it healthy. It’s the...
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What’s the Healthiest Oil? The Winner Is…
Liquid vegetables oils—for example, olive oil and soybean oil—are celebrated as healthy unsaturated fats. Unsaturated fatty acids, when substituted for saturated fats, support general heart health. But...
View ArticleWhat Does Soda Do to Your Body? 7 Reasons to Kick the Habit
While the debate rages on about whether or not sodas should be banned in schools and major cities, one thing is for certain: Each individual can make a personal choice to limit or quit drinking sodas...
View ArticleNewsbriefs: Plant-Based Proteins; Brain Power; Malnutrition After Heart...
Live Longer: Consume Plant-Based Proteins Whether you get your protein from animals or plants may make a difference in longevity of life, according to a study published July 13, 2020, in JAMA Internal...
View ArticleExamining the Health Benefits of Soy
In past years, soy has been one of the most controversial foods in the grocery store. Today, with much research on the topic, the benefits of soy have become much more clear-cut. The Positives The...
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Being Fit Is More Important Than Being Fat
They say good things come to those who sweat, and it’s no surprise that yet another report has emerged supporting that assertion. A recent study of patients with metabolic associated fatty liver...
View ArticleMetabolic Syndrome: A Call to Action
A recent study suggests that a condition called metabolic syndrome is prevalent among older Americans. The condition is diagnosed if a person has any three of five health risk factors: high blood...
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Special Report: Risks of an Expanding Waistline
Forty-four percent of U.S. adults 50 and over have metabolic syndrome, a cluster of interrelated health issues that increases risk for heart attack, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. It also raises the risk...
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Skip High-Fructose Corn Syrup for Better Overall Health
Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)—an inexpensive sugar substitute used heavily in food and drink manufacturing—has significantly increased since the 1970s as people rely more and more on...
View ArticleMaw on Raw (Food)?
Raw foodism has been circulating for more than a century but has seen surging popularity in recent times. This movement defines “raw food” as food that is not “cooked” to temperatures over 118 degrees...
View ArticleEarly Studies Suggest a Keto Diet May Protect Your Brain
Dementia has been accepted as part of the natural aging process and severe forms of dementia found in diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s have been considered unavoidable. Today, neurologists...
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Identifying (and Avoiding) a Heart Attack
Someone has a heart attack in the United States every 40 seconds. Blood flow to a section of the heart becomes blocked and, starved of oxygen, that section of heart muscle is injured or even dies. Here...
View ArticleNewsbites: Cardiovascular health; weight loss in older adults;...
High-Dose Omega-3 Supplements and Cardiovascular Health A recent large, randomized controlled trial (coauthored by Friedman School Dean and Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter editor-in-chief Dariush...
View ArticleNewsbriefs: Reduce inflammatory markers; Type 2 diabetes risk; Whole grains...
Eat Walnuts to Reduce Inflammatory Markers A meta-analysis of 24 randomized controlled trials showed that a walnut-enriched diet significantly reduced LDL (“bad”) cholesterol. Scientists then assessed...
View ArticleA Wake-Up Call from Your Liver
The message, change your lifestyle to improve your health, is so repetitive that it easily falls into the background like white noise. But if your doctor diagnoses a fatty liver, the need to heed that...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Don’t Give in to Diabetes
In this month’s issue, we’re looking at how blood glucose meters can help people with diabetes manage their condition. It’s vital for people with diabetes to keep a close eye on their glucose levels...
View ArticleThe Scoop on Fructose
Fructose is a simple sugar with a bad reputation. Sweeter than table sugar—which it’s a component of—and primarily found in many fruits and some vegetables, fructose once enjoyed status as a...
View ArticleResearch Roundup: July 2021
Wine May Lower incidence of Cataract Surgery. Drinking low to moderate amounts of alcohol, particularly wine, may reduce risk of requiring cataract surgery, according to researchers at University of...
View ArticleRx For Stroke Prevention: A Healthy Diet and Lifestyle
If there existed a condition that was in the top 5 causes of death and a leading cause of disability in the US, affected someone in the US every 40 seconds, totaling more than 795,000 people each year,...
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