This visual abstract depicts the findings of Cheng et al., who show a short-term diet that mimics periodic fasting modulates b-cell number and promotes insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis with implications for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes....
Eating a Mediterranean diet could decrease the chances an overweight person will experience regular pain, a new study says.Image Credit:Flickr/mmtzphoto
Eating a Mediterranean diet could decrease the chances an overweight person will experience regular pain, new research suggests.
A well-established connection...
The world population consumes around 10 per cent more food than it needs, while almost nine per cent is thrown away or left to spoil, researchers say.Image Credit:Flickr/Michael Stern
Almost 20 per cent of the food made available to consumers...
Many parents do not promote healthy eating in kids, according to this month's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan.
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If you know healthy...
This image shows the impact of saturated fatty acids on the liver, muscles and fatty tissue.Credit: © DDZ
The global proliferation of overweight and obese people and people with type 2 diabetes is often associated with the consumption of saturated...
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A randomized trial shows cycles of a five-day fasting diet designed by a USC researcher safely reduces the risk factors for age-related diseases
What if you could lose weight and reduce your risk of life-threatening disease...
Gluten-free products often contain rice flour as a substitute for wheat. Rice is known to bioaccumulate certain toxic metals, including arsenic and mercury from fertilizers, soil, or water, but little is known about the health effects of diets high...
Recent research published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics offers one glimpse into how cutting calories impacts aging inside a cell.Image Credit: Flickr/jek-a-go-go
There's a multi-billion-dollar industry devoted to products that fight signs of aging, but moisturizers only go skin...
Consuming grapes twice a day for six months protected against significant metabolic decline in Alzheimer-related areas of the brain in a study of people with early memory decline. Image credit: Flickr/Zoi Koraki
Consuming grapes twice a day for six months...
According to a new study, nuts have a positive effect on health because, among other things, they are involved in activating the body's own defences for detoxifying reactive oxygen species. Image Credit: Flickr/naomii
Roasted and salted, ground as a baking...
A poor diet during pregnancy can cause biological changes that last throughout life.Image credit: Flickr/Dan Zen
A poor diet during pregnancy can cause biological changes that last throughout life, according to research from Imperial College London.
The study, published this week in...
