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What Can You Do to Control Microscopic Colitis?
Diarrhea due to microscopic colitis can be debilitating. One step might be to restore balance to the microbiota in the digestive tract.
Can You Reduce Your Chance of Getting Diabetes?
You may be able to lower your chance of getting diabetes if you concentrate on eating lots of vegetables and fruits rather than processed foods.
What Are the Benefits of Consuming Plant Protein?
The NIH-AARP Health and Diet Study demonstrates that people who eat more plant protein rather than animals have a small but significant advantage.
Does Eating Fish Protect the Brain from Pollution?
A study finds that, for older women, eating fish a couple of times a week can provide protection against brain shrinkage caused by air pollution.
How You Should Eat to Lower Cholesterol Is Controversial
An international panel says there's little evidence that LDL cholesterol is an important risk factor for heart disease. A low-fat diet might not be helpful.
Snacking on Almonds Improves Your Blood Vessels
British researchers found that snacking on almonds instead of mini-muffins boosts blood vessel flexibility and lowers LDL cholesterol levels.
What Is the Best Diet to Lower Cholesterol?
If you focus on vegetables, fruits and whole grains and avoid processed foods, you're on a good diet to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease.
Diet Makes a Difference for Clear Skin
Eating patterns without processed foods seem to promote clear skin better than a typical American diet.
Healthy Eating Can Help Prevent Heart Disease
Adopting a healthy eating pattern over the years reduces your chance of a heart attack or stroke by about 20 percent.
What Immunity-Boosting Nutrients Are You Missing?
An analysis of dietary intakes show that many Americans fall short on important immunity-boosting nutrients such as vitamin D or vitamin A.
What Do You Eat to Reduce Your Risk for Diabetes?
A long-term study of health professionals suggests that eating fewer processed foods and more whole grains and vegetables can lower the risk for diabetes.
Could Dairy-Free Diet Help Clear Your Complexion?
According to research, people following a dairy-free diet are less prone to acne. Could this approach benefit your complexion?
Do You Take Olive Oil for Your Blood Pressure?
Could extra virgin olive oil rich in plant phenols be a key to the benefits of the Mediterranean diet? One reader suggests we should all take olive oil.
What Should You Eat to Reduce Your Risk of Dementia?
A study from Framingham suggests berries, apples, pears, oranges and tea are among the foods you should eat to reduce your risk for Alzheimer disease.
Is Coffee Really Bad for You?
Studies show that coffee drinkers are less likely to die of heart disease, unless they drink a lot of boiled coffee. Unfiltered coffee is bad for you.
Show 1210: What Are the Health Benefits of Tea, Coffee and Chocolate?
If you think of them as just tasty beverages, you could be surprised to learn about the health benefits of tea, coffee and chocolate. Listen May 2, 2020.
How Can You Make Your Own Rosemary Water?
If you want to keep your brain healthy over the years, don't smoke, do exercise, get enough sleep and sip rosemary water. You can make it yourself.
Will You Have Better Poop With Blackstrap Molasses?
A reader reports that taking two tablespoons of blackstrap molasses daily eased symptoms of urgency and frequency of bathroom visits.
Will Blood Pressure Remedy Lead to Kidney Stones?
Scientists confirm that drinking beet juice could be a helpful blood pressure remedy. However, it might increase the risk of kidney stones for some people.
