The timing of your meals can have striking effects on your weight, appetite and chronic disease risk.

People who cut back on added sugar, refined grains and processed foods lost weight without worrying about calories or portion size.

Adults who cut carbohydrates from their diets and replaced them with fat sharply increased their metabolisms.

Low-carb, high-fat eating can lead to weight loss, but scientists debate the long-term effects on health.

People who followed a diet of ultra-processed foods ate about 500 more calories a day compared to when they ate a whole foods diet.

Many patients who were critically ill with Covid-19 face arduous recoveries, often requiring extensive physical rehabilitation.

The sugar industry funded animal research in the 1960s on sugar’s effects on heart health, then buried data suggesting sugar could be harmful.

Learn why some popular foods are unhealthy (and even unsafe) for babies.

Three-quarters of parents underestimated the total amount of sugar in common foods like juice, yogurt and pizza.

Nadia Popovici wrote a message on her phone, with “mole,” “cancer” and “doctor” in bright-red type to get the attention of Brian Hamilton, an assistant equipment manager for the Vancouver Canucks.

Potentially lifesaving tests and preventive procedures that you need at every stage of your adult life.

A new book argues that for many families with limited time and money, avoiding processed food is not a realistic option.

Newbies to spin classes can land in the emergency room, as doctors say they are seeing more of the rare but dangerous rhabdomyolysis.

A new report documents the beverage industry’s deep financial ties to health groups as part of a strategy to silence critics and gain unlikely allies.

When Sha’Carri Richardson was denied a spot in the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, it reignited a debate about using cannabis to aid in sports. Does it actually help?

Is your microbiome flourishing? Or are the good microbes getting crowded out by unwelcome guests? The answer largely depends on how well you’re taking care of them.

When the food industry funds nutritionists, critics say it subverts science to preserve its market.

Industrial processing changes the structure of food. Experts say it can affect how much you eat and absorb, your weight and your risk for chronic disease.

A new study suggests that tobacco companies, who were skilled at marketing cigarettes, used similar strategies to hook people on processed foods.

A growing body of research suggests that our bodies function optimally when we align our eating patterns with our circadian rhythms.

Worried Americans are scrambling to buy wellness products they think will protect against coronavirus. Some may do harm.

Workers at the University of California, San Francisco, lost belly fat and showed metabolic benefits after a ban on sugary drinks went into effect.

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Talk about a paleo diet. Scientists have uncovered the last meal of a frozen hunter who died 5,300 years ago in the Alps. The stomach contents of the corpse, widely known as Oetzi the Iceman, offer…

Workplaces are banning the sale of soft drinks as part of a growing effort to curb their consumption around the country.

Siddhartha Mukherjee says trial is first in a series on ‘rethinking human diets for cancer’

"Anybody interested in this field should probably understand the origins." —Ron Krauss

Overweight people who ate fewer carbohydrates and increased their fat intake had significant improvements in their cardiovascular disease risk factors.

A new crop of digital health companies is using blood glucose monitors to transform the way we eat.

The American Cancer Society’s fund-raising alliances with Herbalife and others have stirred concerns, and influenced the departure of its chief medical officer.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics invested in food stocks and accepted donations from the food industry, a new study shows.

Soft drink studies conducted by independent researchers tend to draw different conclusions than studies supported by the beverage industry.

Food and drink claims like “just a tad sweet” or “healthy” may mask high levels of added sugars.

For Tim Howard, symptoms of Tourette syndrome started when he was a child. Now he tries to raise awareness of the neurological disorder, which is fairly common but also misunderstood.

Ultra-processed foods are extra tasty concoctions that we eat every day. They are also linked with chronic diseases and a higher risk of early death.

The newest announcement implies that all risks are equal, and they are not.

The full list of nominees for the restaurant industry’s biggest awards.