Health Newspapers — Nutrition & Diet https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition Diets, supplements, and food claims tested against the evidence. en-us Whole grains and health: what the dose-response evidence shows https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/whole-grains-heart-disease-mortality-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/whole-grains-heart-disease-mortality-evidence Higher whole-grain intake is consistently linked to lower rates of heart disease, cancer and early death, with benefit rising up to about seven servings a day. Refined grains show no such signal. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition Soy, isoflavones and the breast-cancer myth: what the evidence shows https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/soy-isoflavones-breast-cancer-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/soy-isoflavones-breast-cancer-evidence The fear that soy fuels breast cancer is not supported by the human data; if anything, soy food intake tracks with lower recurrence and death after diagnosis. Its other health claims are weaker. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition Red and processed meat, heart disease, and the 2019 guideline row https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/red-processed-meat-heart-mortality-guideline https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/red-processed-meat-heart-mortality-guideline Cohorts link both to modestly higher rates of heart disease and early death, on low-certainty evidence. A 2019 guideline then told people to keep eating them — and split the field over how to weigh nutrition science. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition Fish-oil supplements for heart and brain: what the big trials found https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/omega-3-fish-oil-heart-brain-trials https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/omega-3-fish-oil-heart-brain-trials Large randomised trials mostly find no cardiovascular benefit from ordinary fish-oil capsules. One high-dose prescription drug is the striking exception, and the case for brain protection is weak. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition Nuts and health: what large cohorts and PREDIMED actually show https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/nuts-heart-disease-mortality-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/nuts-heart-disease-mortality-evidence People who eat nuts have lower rates of heart disease and early death in large cohorts, and a Mediterranean diet with nuts cut cardiovascular events in one trial. Most of the evidence is observational. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition How much protein do you actually need? https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/how-much-protein-do-you-need https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/how-much-protein-do-you-need The official figure is 0.8 grams per kilogram of bodyweight a day — but that number is a floor to prevent deficiency, not a target for optimal health, and that distinction drives most of the argument. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition Whole fruit, fruit juice and sugary drinks: not the same for diabetes https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/fruit-juice-whole-fruit-sugary-drinks-diabetes https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/fruit-juice-whole-fruit-sugary-drinks-diabetes Whole fruit is linked to lower type 2 diabetes risk, sugary drinks to clearly higher risk, and fruit juice sits closer to the drinks than to the fruit it comes from. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition Dairy, the heart and the whole-fat question: what the evidence shows https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/dairy-cardiometabolic-whole-fat-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/dairy-cardiometabolic-whole-fat-evidence For heart disease and death, dairy looks roughly neutral to modestly favourable in large cohorts, and the long-standing warning against whole-fat dairy is not well supported by outcome data. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition Coffee and type 2 diabetes: what the cohort evidence shows https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/coffee-type-2-diabetes-cohort-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/coffee-type-2-diabetes-cohort-evidence Across nearly 1.1 million people, each extra daily cup tracks with lower diabetes risk in a clear dose-response. It is consistent and large — and still only observational. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition How much added sugar is too much? What the guidance and cohorts say https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/added-sugar-how-much-is-too-much https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/added-sugar-how-much-is-too-much Health authorities converge on a ceiling — under 10% of daily calories, and lower is better still. Large cohorts single out sugary drinks as the form most clearly tied to dying earlier. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition The Portfolio diet: a plant-based pattern built to lower cholesterol https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/portfolio-diet-cholesterol-lowering-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/portfolio-diet-cholesterol-lowering-evidence A randomised trial found the Portfolio diet cut LDL cholesterol by about 13%, and a large cohort study links closer adherence to lower cardiovascular risk. Its authors' industry funding belongs in the record. Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition Vegan diets: the cardiometabolic upside and the nutrient gaps https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/plant-based-vegan-diets-cardiometabolic-nutrient-gaps https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/plant-based-vegan-diets-cardiometabolic-nutrient-gaps A twins trial found a vegan diet lowered LDL cholesterol, insulin and weight in eight weeks. The same pattern comes with real gaps — vitamin B12 must be supplemented, and iron stores tend to run lower. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition Low-carb versus low-fat: what the weight-loss trials really found https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/low-carb-ketogenic-diets-weight-metabolic-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/low-carb-ketogenic-diets-weight-metabolic-evidence Head-to-head randomised trials find low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets produce similar weight loss over a year or two. The differences that survive are in blood lipids and glycemic control, not the scale. Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition What the trials actually show about the DASH diet and blood pressure https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/dash-diet-blood-pressure-trial-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/dash-diet-blood-pressure-trial-evidence Two controlled-feeding trials found a diet rich in fruit, vegetables and low-fat dairy lowered blood pressure, most in people who already had hypertension, and more still when sodium was cut. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT nutrition The Mediterranean diet's landmark trial was retracted, then republished https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/mediterranean-diet-predimed-retraction-reanalysis https://www.healthnewspapers.com/nutrition/mediterranean-diet-predimed-retraction-reanalysis Spain's PREDIMED trial is the strongest randomised evidence that a dietary pattern lowers cardiovascular events. In 2018 its authors withdrew it over flawed randomisation and reissued corrected results. 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