News Significant Link Found Between Heme Iron, Found in Red Meat and Other Animal Products, and Type 2 Diabetes Risk. Higher intake of heme iron, the type found in red meat and ot ...

The results show that the more fruit, oats or rye children ate, the more their risk of T1D increased. In contrast, eating strawberries, blueberries, lingonberries, raspberries, blackcurrants and other ...

Bioactive compounds like polyphenols and their health benefits have long captured public attention and interest. Commonly present in plant-based food like fruits, vegetables, seeds, coffee, and tea, ...

Recent Research on the Use of Beta-Glucans in CVD and Immune Health By Danielle VenHuizen, MS, RDN Today’s Dietitian Vol. 26 No. 8 P. 38 Beta-glucans, a type of soluble fiber (SF) derived from several ...

Why 'Yo-yo Dieting' May Lead to Weight Gain and Harm Cardiometabolic Health Weight cycling, repeated cycles of intentional weight loss and unintentional regain, is common among dieters. Also known as ...

Today's Dietitian is doing its part to push the fiber intake of Americans with its fabulous list of the highest fiber foods people should be eating today. Many areas of nutrition tend to elicit ...

Many shared risk factors and characteristics link these two disorders, but there are also significant differences when it comes to treatment and recovery. The word satiate comes from the Latin root ...

Studies have long examined what it is about the “Mediterranean” eating pattern that protects against heart disease. Does the answer lie in Crete? Crete, the legendary birthplace of Zeus, has been a ...

On a sunny spring day, a group of nearly 40 supermarket dietitians from across the nation gathered in Santa Rosa, Calif., for the first Oldways Supermarket Dietitian Symposium planned in partnership ...

A new study found that eating less fiber, more saturated fat, and more sugar is associated with lighter, less restorative, and more disrupted sleep. Results show that greater fiber intake predicted ...

A diet rich in vegetables has cardiovascular benefits that have long been well documented. It’s been proposed that these health effects may be due, in part, to vegetables’ high nitrate content. While ...

At any given time, hundreds of species of bacteria—both potentially harmful and potentially helpful—inhabit the human digestive tract. Probiotics are the “friendly” types that help to ferment, ...