Nutrition & Diet

Diet patterns

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Blood linoleic acid tracked with 25% less leg artery disease across 9 cohorts of 137,704 adults

Oct 21, 2026

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New US dietary guidelines showed no clear mortality link in 17,855 Spanish adults; a Mediterranean diet did

Oct 20, 2026

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Mediterranean lifestyle linked to 30% lower death rate in 105,812 Dutch adults, across income levels

Oct 16, 2026

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Ultra-processed food showed no link to colorectal cancer in 461,682 older US adults

Oct 16, 2026

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Plant-based eating was not linked to stroke in 14,776 US adults, and results for heart disease were mixed

Oct 14, 2026

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Heart attack survivors with the healthiest diets had death rates 23% to 34% lower over an average 16 years

Oct 9, 2026

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Vegetarian diet built muscle in over-55s who lifted weights, but less than a meat diet in a 108-person trial

Oct 1, 2026

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Is olive oil good for your heart? What the research shows

Sep 29, 2026

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Whole grains nudged weight, cholesterol and blood pressure down across 87 randomized trials

Sep 23, 2026

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A Mediterranean diet went with half the risk of rheumatoid arthritis over 15 years, in 15,874 adults

Sep 22, 2026

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Protein-rich Mediterranean eating improved nutrition and thinking scores in 105 at-risk older adults

Sep 22, 2026

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A vegan switch shrank thigh muscle in older adults within 12 weeks; strength training halved the loss

Sep 22, 2026

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MYTH diet score tracked 21% lower aging-related death risk, level with an older healthy-eating index

Sep 14, 2026

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Vegan children were shorter and had lower growth-hormone markers than vegetarian peers

Sep 8, 2026

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Shifting nursery menus plant-forward sped up bone turnover in young children

Sep 7, 2026

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Four healthy eating patterns each tracked about 12% less acid reflux across 183,878 adults

Sep 1, 2026

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The best diet-and-sleep combination tracked 43% less lung cancer across 192,034 people

Sep 1, 2026

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Plant-based low-carb eating tracked 15% less dementia over nine years, whatever the genetic risk

Aug 30, 2026

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The Portfolio diet tracked 10% lower death risk across 513,284 people in four cohorts

Aug 26, 2026

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A China-adapted planetary diet tracked 14% lower deaths

Aug 17, 2026

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Mediterranean diet beat low-fat on 20-year heart risk

Aug 6, 2026

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Anti-inflammatory diet linked to longer life after cancer

Aug 4, 2026

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A plant-based pattern cut 20-year heart disease risk by 26%

Jul 31, 2026

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The traditional Chinese diet tracked with fewer deaths, more obesity

Jul 29, 2026

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Hitting the wholegrain target tracked with less breast cancer

Jul 29, 2026

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Plant-based only helped if it wasn't ultra-processed

Jul 28, 2026