How can you get a perfect diet score?

Experiments showing how much vitamin C our body absorbs and excretes can give us a sense of how many vitamin C rich fruits and vegetables we should be eating each day.

Those with genetic mutations that leave them with an LDL cholesterol of 30 live exceptionally long lives. Can we duplicate that effect with drugs?

Why might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90 percent of our risk for having a heart attack, whereas drugs may only reduce risk by 20 to 30 percent?

Boiling, steaming, microwaving, air frying, and sous vide cooking are put to the test for nutrient retention.

By losing 15 percent of their body weight, nearly 90 percent of those who’ve had type 2 diabetes for less than four years can achieve remission.

What did randomized controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from eating onions?

Pomegranate juice for prostate cancer was finally put to the test in a randomized, controlled, clinical trial.

What happened when topical olive oil was pitted against an ibuprofen-type drug for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis?

Weight regain after bariatric surgery can have devastating psychological effects.

Why does the meat industry add salt to its products when millions of lives are at stake?

Losing weight without rearranging your gastrointestinal anatomy carries advantages beyond just the lack of surgical risk.

The extent of risk from bariatric weight-loss surgery may depend on the skill of the surgeon.

What would happen if you secretly gave cancer patients four of the healthiest foods?

Today, death rates after weight-loss surgery are considered to be “very low,” occurring in perhaps 1 in 300 to 1 in 500 patients on average.

How do barukas, also known as baru almonds, compare with other nuts?

Blueberries are put to the test against insulin resistance, oxidation, and DNA damage.

If the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO, what about swapping gut flora?

Is “toxic mold syndrome” a real thing? And, what do we do about toxic mold contamination of food?

How many cola cancer cases are estimated to be caused by Coke and Pepsi in New York versus California, where a carcinogen labeling law (Prop 65) exists?