A placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised trial of boys with autism found that two to three servings of cruciferous vegetables a day improves social interaction, abnormal behaviour and verbal communication – within a matter of weeks.
The typical Western diet is the number-one cause of premature death and the number-one cause of disability. In other words, a long and healthy life is largely a matter of choice.
Ounce for ounce, herbs and spices have more antioxidants than any other food group.
Popeye was right about spinach: dark green, leafy vegetables are the healthiest food on the planet. As whole foods go, they offer the most nutrition per calorie.
A plant-based diet is like a one-stop shop against chronic diseases.
Eating a varied plant-based diet – and avoiding all meat, fish, chicken and dairy products – may have much to recommend it, but it’s certainly not for everyone.
After following more than 60,000 people for more than a dozen years, University of Oxford researchers found those who consume a plant-based diet were less likely to develop all forms of cancer combined.
A good way to adjust to a healthier diet is to think of three meals you enjoy that are largely plant-based. Pasta with tomato sauce can be tweaked to whole-grain pasta with added vegetables.
One of the reasons it’s so difficult to study the relationship between diet and disease is because many dietary behaviors are associated with non-dietary behaviors.
The benefits of a healthier diet are far-reaching because they also equate to fewer animals being bred into inhumane factory farm conditions and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
Simply switching to a healthy, plant-based diet can lessen stroke risk by reducing cholesterol and blood pressure, flooding your body with antioxidants and improving blood flow.
Nutrition is an exciting, dynamic field – there are more than 10,000 articles published on human nutrition in medical journals every year.
Mental health can be just as important as physical health – and major depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses.
As a physician specializing in nutrition, my priority is to the health of the public.
Berries have a lot of soluble fiber. That’s why they gel up when you’re making your Thanksgiving cranberry sauce, with the pectin.
While positive mental states may be associated with less stress and more resilience to infection, positive well-being might also be accompanied by a healthy lifestyle.
Everyone feels sad occasionally. A full range of emotions is part of what makes us human.
You can be in excellent physical shape, with low cholesterol, a healthy body weight and good overall physical fitness – but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re healthy.
When the FDA announced its intentions to join other countries and ban quinolone use on U.S. chicken farms, the drug manufacturer Bayer initiated legal action that successfully delayed the process for five years.