There’s no question that following a healthy diet is a proven and powerful way to lower your risk of heart disease. Since dinner is often the main meal of the day, it’s your best opportunity to feature foods that support cardiovascular health. Need some ideas and inspiration? We asked the editors in chief of the…
With its bright green flesh, it looks like a vegetable — but botanically, an avocado is a fruit. And from a nutrition standpoint, it fits more into the healthy fat category: half of a medium avocado has as much fat as a tablespoon of olive oil. Indeed, avocados can defy categorizing. And they’re clearly popular:…
Bogus information about seed oils — especially canola oil and soybean oil — has been circulating on the Internet for more than a decade. The details are misleading, often creating confusion in the kitchen. “Patients ask me if they need to avoid seed oils because they’ve seen social media claims that these oils…
Eating a plant-based diet that includes a variety of fruits and vegetables has been shown to help lower high blood pressure. But can these foods also protect against worsening of chronic kidney disease in people who already have high blood pressure? To find out, researchers recruited 153 participants with both high blood pressure and chronic…
It’s widely known that a diet heavy in ultra-processed food is unhealthy, but it may even shorten your life span, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition in July 2024. The research drew on data from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, which tracked the diet and health…
Intermittent fasting — the use of a strict eating schedule to help with weight loss — continues to grow in popularity. But can it really help? “Recent research has found that intermittent fasting has a similar or even modest benefit over traditional calorie-restriction dieting for weight loss,” says Dr. Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition…
Even late in life, following healthy habits can help people live longer, suggests a study published online June 20, 2024, by JAMA Network Open. Researchers examined the lifestyles of 5,222 people aged 80 and older. They then looked at who in the group reached age 100 (centenarians) and who did not. The team ranked each…