Diet & Nutrition

Food and beverages provide the energy and nutrients you need to improve health, manage disease, and reduce the risk of disease. Complete nutrition requires ingestion and absorption of vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids from protein and essential fatty acids from fat-containing food, also food energy in the form of carbohydrate, protein, and fat. Dietary habits and choices play a significant role in the quality of life, health and longevity.
What Happens to the Body When we Diet?

The body starts to respond to healthy dietary changes as soon as they are made. This can be advantageous, because a diet can then eventually reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, as well as improve a person’s overall sense of well-being.

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Mediterranean diet may reduce type-2 diabetes risk in fatty liver patients

Mediterranean diet may reduce type-2 diabetes risk in fatty liver patients

Advances in the surgical management of gastroschisis

Advances in the surgical management of gastroschisis

Exploring mouse models for studying liver fibrosis regression

Exploring mouse models for studying liver fibrosis regression

Gut bacteria changes may foreshadow rheumatoid arthritis

Gut bacteria changes may foreshadow rheumatoid arthritis

Work-related stress linked to poor cardiovascular health

Work-related stress linked to poor cardiovascular health

California expanded Medi-Cal to unauthorized residents. The results are mixed.

California expanded Medi-Cal to unauthorized residents. The results are mixed.

Pregnancy vitamin D supplementation boosts bone density in kids up to age 7

Pregnancy vitamin D supplementation boosts bone density in kids up to age 7

New approach to COPD focuses on socioeconomic factors and comorbidities

New approach to COPD focuses on socioeconomic factors and comorbidities

Understanding gut microbial imbalance in pancreatic cancer development and treatment

Understanding gut microbial imbalance in pancreatic cancer development and treatment

Research shows how trained immunity links to cardiovascular disease

Research shows how trained immunity links to cardiovascular disease

Research links self-efficacy to better diabetes management in adolescents

Research links self-efficacy to better diabetes management in adolescents

Ketogenic diet linked to gut microbes and seizure reduction in epileptic children

Ketogenic diet linked to gut microbes and seizure reduction in epileptic children

The global challenge of weight-related issues in kidney disease

The global challenge of weight-related issues in kidney disease

Cachexia diagnosis criteria affect cancer patient survival rates

Cachexia diagnosis criteria affect cancer patient survival rates

Unmarried individuals 80% more likely to experience depressive symptoms compared to married counterparts

Unmarried individuals 80% more likely to experience depressive symptoms compared to married counterparts

Saturated fats accelerate neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis

Saturated fats accelerate neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis

Work stress increases risk of unfavorable cardiovascular health measures

Work stress increases risk of unfavorable cardiovascular health measures

New research explores how omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may impact cancer rates

New research explores how omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may impact cancer rates

Polyphenol-rich Mediterranean diets could help keep the brain younger

Polyphenol-rich Mediterranean diets could help keep the brain younger

Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy strengthen children's bones

Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy strengthen children's bones

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