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Dietary patterns higher in fiber intake are associated with lower risk for multiple chronic diseases. Researchers analyzed a large collection of data to determine the strength of the relationship between eating fiber-rich foods and health. After looking at 33 meta-analyses covering 38 health outcomes and over 17 million individuals, they found that higher intake of
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In 2025, we provided the latest evidence-based information on a wide variety of health and nutrition topics—including current hot topics such as ultraprocessed foods, seed oils, and added sugars. Have you been paying attention? To continue reading this article or issue you must be a paid subscriber. Sign in Subscribe Subscribe to Tufts Health &
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Even healthy foods can contain trace amounts of elements such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic. These “heavy metals” are part of the earth’s crust and can enter the food supply naturally through soil and water. Industrial activities—like mining, burning fossil fuels, and the manufacturing of batteries, paints, and fertilizers—can add more of these elements
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Only 47 percent of U.S. adults age 18 and older get the recommended 150 minutes a week of moderate (or 75 minutes of vigorous) aerobic physical activity. Add the recommendations for muscle-strengthening activity and that level falls to 24 percent. One of the key reasons people say they don’t exercise is lack of time. Emerging
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Growing, processing, packaging, transporting, and wasting food has a significant environmental impact, contributing to climate change, water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Current diet patterns in much of the world are high in foods that are both unhealthy and environmentally harmful. To continue reading this article or issue you must be a paid subscriber. Sign
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Happy New Year! Are you among the 76 percent who have tried to lose weight at some point in your life? Losing excess body weight is difficult…and keeping it off can be even harder. That’s why, unless you are underweight, it’s important to avoid gaining. To continue reading this article or issue you must be
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Nutrients, Vol. 18, Pages 45: Machine Learning-Driven Precision Nutrition: A Paradigm Evolution in Dietary Assessment and Intervention Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu18010045 Authors: Wenbin Quan Jingbo Zhou Juan Wang Jihong Huang Liping Du The rising global burden of chronic diseases highlights the limitations of traditional dietary guidelines. Precision Nutrition (PN) aims to deliver personalized dietary advice to
