Eating mushrooms every day nearly halves your chances of getting cancer.
People who eat 18 grams of mushrooms—roughly equivalent to four teaspoons—each day reduce their cancer risk by 45 percent. ...
Sugary drinks and processed foods are bad for us, as we know—but they could be having even more of a damaging effect on our immune system than previous research had...
Keeping our blood vessels healthy has become especially important in the Covid-19 epidemic—and eating Brussels sprouts, broccoli and cabbage every day is one of the best ways of protecting the...
A plant-based diet—fruits, vegetables, legumes such as peas and beans, nuts and seeds—reduces your blood pressure naturally, even if you're also eating meat and dairy.
One of...
A food additive that whitens desserts, drinks and gum could be triggering heart disease, obesity and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
The additive, E171, which has been banned...
People eating an unhealthy diet of processed foods will increase their chances of developing a chronic disease, such as heart problems, cancer and dementia—but it's not quite as simple as...
Give your body a quick cleanse with Vani Hari’s simple two-day detox, bursting with foods that will get your elimination systems up and running
We can accumulate...
The high-protein, low-carb ketogenic diet could be the answer to asthma. It stops the airways from becoming inflamed, which causes the distressing symptoms of asthma where the sufferer can't breathe...
Edric Kennedy-MacFoy, a vegan and bodybuilder, makes the case against the myths about fitness and animal protein.
The biggest myth out there about veganism is that it'll...
Not sleeping well? It could be to do with your diet, and especially the refined carbs and added sugars you're eating.
People who eat 'the white stuff'—added...
The high-fats, low-carbs ketogenic diet could be good for you—but only for one week. After that, it starts to have negative health effects, a new study suggests.
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After years of gallbladder troubles, Juliet Sullivan devised a diet that will keep your digestion running smoothly, even after surgery.
If you suffer from gallstones or a...
Eating all your meals within a set number of hours and then fasting the rest of the day is the best way to lose weight, stabilise blood sugar and reduce...
There are seven factors that contribute to a healthy heart, according to the American Heart Association—and avoiding processed food could be the biggest.
People whose diets are...
Around one in five children are allergic to sesame. Although they're usually seen as a healthy snack or seasoning, sesame seeds are one of the top 10 allergens for children....
Forget statins, eating an avocado a day can keep 'bad' LDL cholesterol in check. After five weeks, levels will be 'significantly' down, researchers say.
The diet has...
Drinking a cup of tea most days can help keep you mentally sharp as you get older—by changing regions in the brain that improve neural signaling.
Brain...
Chocolate helps prevent depression—but it must be dark. Normal milk chocolate doesn't seem to have any positive effects, certainly not when it comes to mental wellbeing.
Those...
If you can tolerate gluten, rye is one of the healthiest to eat, especially for helping maintain 'good' gut bacteria.
Rye sourdough—used for baking rye bread—is rich...
It doesn't only protect us while we're babies, breastfeeding can give lifelong immunity, new research has discovered.
And it's because the milk contains immune cells—and not proteins...
Everyone knows that broccoli is one of the ‘power vegetables’ that prevent cancer—and now scientists have figured out how it does it.
The vegetable contains a molecule...
Substituting one or two steak meals a week for fish will help you live longer. Eating more fatty fish—and less red and processed meat—reduces your risk of cancer and heart...
Just in case you were in any doubt, cholesterol in your diet doesn't increase your chances of heart disease and stroke. Eating an egg a day carries no risk—even in...
Eat walnuts if you have high blood pressure (hypertension). They contain compounds that can lower a blood pressure reading and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The...
Muscle-building protein shakes and snack bars could be doing more harm than good in the long run.
They'll certainly help bulk you out, but they could cause...
Add some raspberries to your breakfast if you want to prevent—or even reverse—type 2 diabetes.
Eating 125g (less than one cup) of raspberries every morning can reduce...
The seasonal flu shot doesn't work very well—it reduces the risk of flu by just 40 per cent at best—and it works even less well if you're eating fast, processed...
Let food—but not supplements—be your medicine, say researchers who reckon it packs a bigger health punch than taking vitamins, at least the low-potency and inexpensive variety.
The...
So what is it: wine before beer, or beer before wine? According to the adage, drinking beer first reduces your chances of a hangover—but scientists say it really doesn't matter:...
Compounds in green tea, tomatoes and carrots are reversing Alzheimer-like symptoms—at least in mice.
Alzheimer's sufferers, and those who want to increase their chances of avoiding it,...
Avocado is a super food—but so too could be its large seeds. They have anti-inflammatory qualities that could treat gut problems such as ulcerative colitis, say researchers.
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Allium vegetables—garlic, leeks and onions—have a powerful protective effect on bowel (colorectal) cancer, the world's third most common cancer.
People who regularly eat the vegetables lower their...
According to the CDC, chronic wasting disease has been detected in wild deer, elk or moose in 24 states. Hunters have been warned to avoid handling or eating the potentially...
Hazelnuts can super-charge your nutritional status—especially when you're 55 or older.
The nuts help raise levels of magnesium and alpha tocopherol, or vitamin E, two nutrients that...
Heart disease—or cardiovascular disease (CVD)—is a disease primarily of diet, but not of saturated fats as the cholesterol theory has maintained, but of processed, white-flour foods.
Eating...
Eating plenty of fatty fish—such as salmon and tuna—can help improve the lung function of children with asthma, a new study has found.
Children can see a...
Yet another nail in the coffin of the already-discredited theory that a fatty diet causes heart disease comes this week with the news that cheese and yoghurt protect against the...
Adding plenty of green leafy vegetables to your diet could help ward off age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the most common causes of failing eyesight as we get older....
Diabetics could control their condition just by eating a vegan diet. The plant-based diet reduces many of the typical biological markers of type 2 diabetes without the need for any...
Eating organic does make a difference. It reduces your risk of any cancer by around 25 per cent—and you're 73 per cent less likely to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer...
The fatty acids from fast and processed foods could be a cause of depression—and eating more fish could be the antidote.
Although there are many possible reasons...
Be warned—gluten-free food served in restaurants may be nothing of the sort. Around a third of meals listed as being gluten-free contain traces of the protein that's found in wheat...
One of the greatest dietary myths is that vegetarians—especially vegans—don't eat enough protein. Nancy Addison serves up three good sources of plant protein in these delicious recipes
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A cup of strawberries every day could ease some of the severe symptoms of irritable bowel disease (IBD) such as diarrhea and fatigue.
The fruit reduces inflammatory...
When it comes to alcohol, little and often seems to be the way to go, at least according to the latest research. Moderate drinkers are less likely than teetotallers and...
When it comes to dietary advice, never read the headlines: you'll end up confused by the contradictory and conflicting announcements. The latest example is that a low-carb diet will shorten...
Sugars from processed foods are an unsuspected cause of osteoarthritis (OA), researchers believe. And it isn't just down to obesity or being overweight: people who eat a lot of fast...
New research is bubbling around 'psychobiotics': food products like kefir that boost your gut—and your mood. Shann Nix Jones reports
It may be hard to believe that...
Women who eat their greens—and especially their yellow and orange vegetables—reduce their chances of developing an aggressive form of breast cancer.
Eating five or more daily servings—which...
Throughout its history, which dates back at least 4,000 years, chocolate has been a symbol of luxury, wealth and power. During the 14th century, the Aztecs and Maya even used cacao...
The nitrates in processed meats could trigger bouts of mania and hyperactivity in healthy people—and those with a history of psychiatric problems are three times more likely to regularly eat...
What to use to sweeten your food is a popular subject, given that so many people have an affinity for sweets, and it’s widely known that refined sugar is one of the...
Eating your last meal of the day earlier—and at least before 9pm—helps lower your risk of breast and prostate cancer. And if you do snack later than that, you'll get...
If you're prone to feeling stressed out, this diet will produce all the natural brain chemicals that can calm you down and boost your brain power, says psychotherapist Dr Mike...
