Tag: diet
The Hunger Games: Extreme calorie reduction may increase lifespan
Five days of hunger a month could significantly reduce aging and age-related medical conditions.
Low calorie diet ensures longer and healthier lifespan for monkeys
Researchers just added more weight to the idea that a low-calorie diet extends lifespan.
Cockroach milk: superfood of the future?
What better way to top off your meal?
How the American diet leaves people both overfed and undernourished at the same time
More than half of American's calories come from ultra-processed foods, a new study finds. The data also indicates close to ...
Why most diets don’t work
Universal diets don't work because "healthy food" varies from person to person, a new study has found. Image via Flickr. Sadly, ...
Low fat diets have a very low impact, decade-long study finds
A meta-analysis of 53 weight-loss studies spanning over several decades and focusing on 68,000 people found that weight loss have ...
New dietary guidelines will bring fats back
"Fat is bad" seems to be a general rule when concocting dietary guidelines, but fatty foods may be making a ...
Tricking your body to think it’s fasting might help you live longer and healthier
Fasting has been practiced since ancient times as a cleansing process, often accompanied by prayer and periods of seclusion. Famous ...
Obese teens are much more susceptible to junk food commercials, brain scans reveal
It's no secret that TV food commercials stimulate pleasure and reward centers in the brain, after all advertisers wouldn't pay ...
Panda poo shows they shouldn’t munch on bamboo so much
Giant pandas love to feast on bamboo - it's their favorite food, and they easily make quick work of it, ...
High-fat diet might put your mental health at risk
Mice that had gut bacteria transferred from other mice fed with a high fat diet changed their behavior in a ...
84% of American Vegetarians Relapse after one Year
A study conducted on 11,000 Americans found that the vast majority of vegetarians relapse totally or partially after only one ...
Gut bacteria may control your mind by influencing your dietary choices
Gut bacteria may influence what we want to eat. GIF: University of California Our gut hosts an enormous population of ...
The food gap is widening more than ever
It's the first period in human history when the rich are thing, and the poor are fat - and this ...
