Diet

Two new studies are offering insights into the long-term effects of intermittent fasting on human health. The research suggests fasting for just one day a month, over many years, can lengthen lifespan and enhance heart health – but there are caveats.

New research has found the ketogenic diet can protect from influenza infection in mice. Whilst experts are calling the study intriguing, many are also cautioning these animal results are not transferable to humans.

The results of a randomized controlled trial found dietary improvements lasting just a few weeks can improve overall mood and symptoms of anxiety.

Fructose may be more damaging to your health than glucose according to a new animal study comparing the effect of both sweetening compounds on liver metabolism.

A series of systematic reviews is controversially suggesting there is little to no evidence that eating red or processed meat significantly increases risk of heart disease, diabetes, or cancer.

A new trial looks at the health and weight loss effects of only eating across a 12-hour period every two days.

New research reveals different types of fasting results in significantly different immune responses.

A new study has discovered a mechanism explaining how obesity and high-fat diets can disrupt the appetite-suppressing signals from the brain and lead to overeating. The fascinating research revealed a hormone in the gut, triggered by high-fat meals, actually induces the body to keep eating.

A large and comprehensive meta-analysis led by scientists from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is offering the most convincing evidence to date that a plant-based diet can significantly lower a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

​Also known as the "caveman diet," the increasingly-popular paleo diet is claimed to be good for weight loss, gut health, blood pressure control, and other factors. According to new research, however, it may also boost the risk of heart disease.

Does weight loss inherently result in the slowing down of a person’s metabolism? New research suggests we have evolved an anti-starvation mechanism that slows our metabolism and ironically is triggered by modern weight loss methods.

For thousand of years humans have been using fermentation as a way of preserving foods and engendering good gut health. A new study has discovered that a specific immune function receptor, evolved in humans and apes, is triggered by a metabolite from lactic acid bacteria found in fermented foods.