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A wholefood plant-based diet improves health in women with metastatic breast cancer

In overweight women with metastatic breast cancer, a whole food, plant-based diet can improve health markers.

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Swapping meat for mushroom protein may be better for reducing cholesterol

A recent study found that swapping meat and fish for mycoprotein may help significantly lower cholesterol levels.

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FDA allowing labels that claim yoghurt can help reduce type 2 diabetes risk

Federal regulators are allowing yogurt manufacturers to make limited claims on their packaging that state that yogurt may help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

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Why the double standards on ultra-processed foods? Because some have better PR than others

The growing evidence on UPFs merits sober discussion, but products marketed with a halo of ‘health’ are avoiding scrutiny. So what is the “truth” about UPFs? Are they as bad for health as many claim? And how are consumers, armed with this information, meant to navigate the supermarket aisles?

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Mediterranean diet, fish intake, tied to lower depression risk in women

Close adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with a reduced risk of depressive symptoms in older women, according to a new study.

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Avid appetite in childhood linked to later eating disorder symptoms

The study looked at survey data from 3,670 young people in the UK and the Netherlands to investigate how appetite traits in early childhood might relate to the likelihood of developing eating disorder symptoms up to 10 years later.