A large study of adults in the U.S. suggests that when you eat your first and last calories of the day may be linked to how long you live. For the study, researchers looked at health and diet information from 31,044 adults aged 40 and older, collected between 1999 and 2018. Participants reported everything...
A recent study published in the journal Gastro Hep Advances looked at whether drinking sugar-sweetened beverages or artificially sweetened beverages was linked to a higher risk of gastric cancer. "This is the first study to demonstrate an association between sugar-sweetened beverage intake and gastric...
New research, published in Frontiers in Psychology, suggests that people who really enjoy very sweet tastes may be more cautious when making risky decisions than people who prefer less sweet flavors. The researchers reached this conclusion after conducting two experiments. In the first experiment,...
A new study from Finland has found a link between regular coffee drinking and differences in body fat, metabolism and sex hormones. "Coffee is consumed by millions of people every day, yet we still know surprisingly little about how it relates to our metabolism and hormones. What stood out in our...
A recent study carried out by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Freiburg in Germany found that changing your diet may begin to affect how your genes work within just a few weeks. Published in MedComm, the study found several changes in the body's chemistry,...
A study published in Nutrients found that adults with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) who ate raw tomatoes and tomato sauce every day for six weeks had a greater reduction in liver fat than people who avoided tomatoes. The study, called the POMOSANO Study, was carried...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced two landmark actions to modernize federal oversight of food ingredients and establish a stronger scientific foundation for future nutrition policy. HHS proposed a rule requiring manufacturers to notify the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
A study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Neurology, found that people who consumed the most low- and no-calorie sweeteners experienced faster declines in memory and thinking skills than those who consumed the least. Previous studies have linked artificial sweeteners to health problems, including...
A new review published in the journal Cell Press Blue found that eating more protein is not always better. For many adults who are not very physically active, eating less protein may support healthier aging and could even help them live longer. After reviewing more than 350 studies involving humans,...
A study published in npj Aging found that babies who were exposed to less sugar before and after birth had a lower risk of developing dementia, Alzheimer's disease, depression, and anxiety later in life. The study looked at what happened after sugar rationing ended in the UK. When restrictions were...
Industrial chicken farming is helping the spread of Campylobacter, the world's most common bacterial cause of diarrhea, according to a new study. "As the chicken population has exploded, they've increasingly picked up strains from different wild birds and become a cauldron of bacterial evolution,"...
Researchers with the American Heart Association have released a new scientific statement in the journal Circulation on how coffee and caffeine affect heart health. For this, the experts reviewed findings from several previous studies that looked at how caffeine affects blood pressure, cholesterol,...
A new study suggests that staying up late and being a 'night owl' may be linked to poorer metabolic health and higher body fat. The study followed healthy women in Auckland, New Zealand, and looked at whether their sleep pattern, known as chronotype, is linked to eating habits, body fat, and overall...
According to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, regularly missing about 90 minutes of sleep each night can lead to nearly 1 pound of weight gain in six weeks. If this pattern continues, it could add up to almost 9 pounds in a year. The study combined data from two clinical trials...
A new study published in Frontiers in Physiology found that smelling dark chocolate with a high cocoa content may help reduce hunger and make people feel fuller before exercise. "We know olfaction is powerfully wired into the brain's appetite and emotion networks, but surprisingly, no study has systematically...
August 21, 2026 14:42 ET The minutes of the latest policy meeting of the Federal Reserve, housing market data and manufacturing sector survey results were the main news for the U.S. economy this week. In Europe, inflation data from the U.K. was the highlight, while consumer price data from Japan drew attention in Asia.