The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have released new treatment guidelines that sharply lower the threshold for high blood pressure, also [...]
Dr. Takayuki Yamaji — a cardiologist at Hiroshima University in Japan — is the lead author of the study, which examined more than 1,000 participants over a period of 5 [...]
High protein diets may lead to long-term kidney damage among those suffering from chronic chronic kidney disease, according to research led by nephrologist Kamyar [...]
Most diets don’t work. Though it’s possible to lose weight via exercise or a healthier diet, it’s much harder to keep it off. That’s because your body [...]
I was talking with my bandmates during our break the other day about the death of Tom Petty, Gregg Allman and all the other music heroes we have lost in the last year. The [...]
No matter your goal, hacking your way to success can help you hit the marker you’ve set for yourself, especially in a weight-loss plan. To get started, just use these [...]
For many, the holidays are a time when you give yourself a get-of-jail-free card in terms of diet. But no matter how many times you tell yourself that the calories in that [...]
Heidi Borgeraas, Ph.D., from the Vestfold Hospital Trust in Tønsberg, Norway, and colleagues examined the effects of probiotic supplementation on body weight, BMI, fat [...]
I’ve talked before about how much damage we can do to our bodies in one meal loaded with carbohydrates and unhealthy fats. One single meal can potentially throw a [...]
Metabolism: We’ve all got one, but some people’s are “faster” or “slower” than others’. And that matters, because the rate at which your body burns calories and [...]