Close Pictured recipe:Quinoa Avocado Salad with Buttermilk Dressing There’s lots to love about fiber-rich foods. Because you digest fiber slowly, it can help you stay fuller longer—that’s part of the reason it’sa key nutrient for weight loss. Plus,fiber has benefitsfor your gut, heart, digestion and type 2 diabetes risk. If that weren’t enough to make you reach fora bowl of oatmeal, new research from Columbia University found that eating fiber from whole grains could also help decrease inflammation....

Close Photo:Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Getty Images Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Getty Images Struggling with joint pain and stiffness? Your eating pattern could have more to do with it than you think. According to a newly published study, eating more fiber may reduce the inflammation that causes rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to develop. What the Study Found What did the scientists learn? They saw that the more fiber participants ate, the less likely they were to report a RA diagnosis....

Close Photo: Getty Images / Fourleaflover Next time you’re in the grocery store or as you ease back into safely eating out at restaurants, take a look around. If your community matches the average one in America, 1 in every 10 of the people you see has been diagnosed with diabetes, according to thelatest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And 90 to 95% of those people have type 2 diabetes....

ClosePhoto: Getty Images / Westend61Just like for adults, fruits and vegetables are super important for kids to be able to grow up healthy and strong. In fact, science recommends gettingat least two servings of fruit and three servings of vegetables each day. But getting kids to actually eat their fruits and vegetables might be easier said than done. If you need additional reasons to help your kids boost their intake, new research has found that students who eat more fruits and vegetables might have better mental well-being than those who get less....

Close Photo: Elena Bondarenko/Getty Images In this article, we’ll examine the study’s findings and explore how eating fruits and veggies can boost your heart health. Eating More Fruits and Veggies May Improve Your Memory—Here’s Why, According to New Research What the Heart Health Study Found The study also drew attention to the broader implications of food policy and its role in public health. As part of the research, questionnaires about fruit and vegetable consumption, food insecurity and health status were completed at the program’s start and end....

Close Growing up, you were likely told more times than you can count to “Eat your veggies”—and for good reason.Fruits and vegetablesare among the healthiest foods on the planet. They provide a wide variety of vitamins, minerals, fiber and other essential phytonutrients (like antioxidants) that are critical for good health andlowering your risk of developing chronic diseases, such as heart disease and cancer—thetop two causes of death in the U.S....

ClosePhoto: Photography / Caitlin bensel, Food Styling / Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Styling / Julia BaylessPictured recipe:Creamy Spinach OrzoWhat you eat can have a major influence on your brain health. That’s why some eating patterns—like the MIND diet, whichcombines the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet—focus on ingredients that can help keep your brain young. And while the foods that the MIND diet prioritizes are great ways to protect your brain, new research indicates that one nutritional priority in particular can have a big positive impact....

Close Photo:Getty Images Getty Images What the Study Found To arrive at these conclusions, researchers at the University of Leipzig Medical Center studied the potential impact of a high-dose dietary prebiotic supplement on the brain’s response to popular high-calorie foods. Their exploration focused on a group of 59 participants that included young to middle-aged adults who were overweight and followed a standard omnivorous Western diet. For 14 consecutive days, the participants consumed a daily dose of 30 grams ofinulin, a prebiotic fiber derived from chicory root....

That result is especially notable because it matches or even exceeds the results of recent attempts to find a pharmacological remedy for migraines, like monoclonal antibody treatments. “This study provides a biologically plausible demonstration that pain can be treated through targeted dietary alterations in humans,” the study’s authors wrote in their paper, which was published in the U.K. medical journalBMJin July. The 8 Best Vegan Omega-3 Rich Foods Migrainesare one of the most common medical conditions in the world, affecting about one billion people; yet, are still not fully understood....

In This ArticleView AllIn This ArticleWhat Does This Study Show?What Does This Mean for You?The Bottom Line In This ArticleView All View All In This Article What Does This Study Show? What Does This Mean for You? The Bottom Line Close Photo:EatingWell EatingWell Cardiovascular disease has been the No. 1 cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. for many years: according to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 5 deaths in the U....

And according to a study published January 18, 2023, in theJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, we have even more evidence to be pro purple: Anthocyanins in plants may have properties that can help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. What This Type 2 Diabetes Study Found Researchers in the food science unit at the University of Turku in Finland reviewed the results from previous studies related to anthocyanins—the antioxidant that lends the red, purple and blue pigments to certain fruits, vegetables and roots—and learned that several factors might play a role in their ability to reduce risk for type 2 diabetes....

Close Photo:Cenk1988/Getty Images Cenk1988/Getty Images Related:6 Signs You Could Be Eating Too Much Protein What the Study Found Lead researcherBabak Razani, MD, PhD, a professor of cardiology at Pitt, highlighted how crucial these findings are for understanding the possible dangers ofovereating protein. “Our study shows that dialing up your protein intake in pursuit of better metabolic health is not a panacea. You could be doing real damage to your arteries,” said Razani in a statement....

Onions and garlic are important bases for so many beloved recipes around the world, and new research shows they offer a whole lot more than just flavor. Abrand-new studyout of the University of Buffalo and University of Puerto Rico found daily consumption of both foods could seriously reduce one’s risk for breast cancer—up to 67 percent!samael334Researchers studied nearly 700 Puerto Rican women for six years—approximately half of the participants had breast cancer—and found the combined intake of garlic and onions on a daily basis was associated with a significant reduction in breast cancer risk....

ClosePhoto: Getty / Vladislav NosickOn Tuesdays, I dig into a big, gooey, cheesy pizza with my family. Sometimes it’s wood-fired, others deep-dish, but most of the time it’s your run-of-the-mill thin crust—the kind that’s cut into squares. (I live in the Chicago ‘burbs. I think it’s a Midwestern thing.)Years ago, this wouldn’t have been possible for me. I went to pizza places but would order acaprese salad, an appetizer that’s undeniably delicious but was eaten because it felt “safer” than a slice....

It is becoming more and more apparent that the way we eat and live can impact the health of our brains. For example, a sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy sleep habits, may increase your Alzhiemer’s risk. (These 13 Things Could Make You More Likely to Get Alzheimer’s, According to New Study). Luckily for us, there are also ways to reduce your risk and give your brain health a boost (learn more about theMIND dietfor a healthy brain)....