Nutrition

A new study suggests that restricting when a person eats simply leads to fewer calories consumed—and that's why intermittent fasting can lead to weight loss.

Could boosting beneficial gut bacteria help fight heart disease?

A small study found that participants with serious mental illness significantly reduced their symptoms, lost weight and reversed metabolic syndrome.

A greater effect seen in younger children than older ones.

Hey egghead! Are eggs good or bad for you? How do you counsel about egg allergies? How do you store and cook them properly?

What can we make of these findings? And how do they measure up with what else we know about intermittent fasting and heart disease?

They reduce cancer mortality risk but increase risk for CVD death.

How might a substance previously thought worth its weight in gold have transformed into something many medical institutions consider a key predictor of disease?