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18 Aug

Posted at 07:47h in Diet

A study published in the journal Nature Communications puts forthshocking new claims about the detrimental effects of sugar intake at levels currently considered safe. Researchers at the University of Utah fed mice a daily diet of 25 percent extra sugar — the equivalent of a healthy human...

18 Aug

Posted at 07:44h in Cancer, Diet

In a study of more than 500,000 Americans, those who ate a healthy diet reduced their risk for pancreatic cancer by 15 percent. The diet used in the study followed federal dietary guidelines from 2005 and recommended eating a variety of nutritional foods and limiting saturated...

13 Aug

Posted at 06:59h in Aging, Brain Health, Diet

Earlier studies have reported cognitive benefits from flavanols sourced from other food sources, but this may be the first to look at chocolate flavanols’ effects on cognition. This study, which included 90 elderly participants with mild cognitive impairment, found significant improvements after 8 weeks of...

13 Aug

Posted at 06:30h in Diet, Neurological Disease

Eating vegetables that naturally contain nicotine, such as peppers and tomatoes may reduce your risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study. Previous research has found that smoking and other types of tobacco use are associated with a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease,...