Research examines how lectins, oxalates, and phytates in plant foods may impact nutrients and health—balancing benefits ...

Following the New Year, just about everyone on the internet—qualified and not—starts offering up dieting advice like clockwork. And for every well-balanced and sustainable plan you see, you ...

Scientists at Nottingham Trent University found that food from people—directly or indirectly—contributes an estimated 35% of ...

It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...

The first major evolutionary change in the human diet was the incorporation of meat and marrow from large animals, which occurred by at least 2.6 million years ago. The diet of the earliest ...

Recent research has homed in on diet and exercise as key factors when it comes to slowing down biological aging and boosting ...

People who follow a healthier diet and have a lower waist-to-hip ratio during midlife may have better brain and cognitive ...

They knew that there are several kinds of fatty acids in the human diet, so they decided to answer some of these questions by systematically feeding the sick animals a selection of known fats to ...

Chickpeas and lentils offer more nutritional value to the human diet than products made from oats and wheat, research from ...

"Our study represents a major leap forward in how we track diet and its impacts on human health," said ISB Associate Professor Dr. Sean Gibbons, senior author of the study. "With food-derived DNA ...