Diet

You can live up to 10 years longer by doing these 5 things

by Charlotte Edmond 12/2/20 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Do you eat your greens? Get daily exercise? Limit how much alcohol you drink? There are five healthy habits that can help you live up to a decade longer, cutting the risk of cancer, heart problems and diabetes, researchers have found.

Why we all need to go on the ‘planetary health diet’ to save the world

by Kate Whiting 17/1/19 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Diet fads come and go, like New Year’s resolutions, and often have little impact on our waistlines.

New diet guidelines: Drop the sugary drinks; coffee and eggs are OK

by Mary Clare Jalonick 20/2/15 PBS NEWS

WASHINGTON — An extra cup or two of coffee may be OK after all. More eggs, too. But you definitely need to drink less sugary soda. And, as always, don’t forget your vegetables.

Analysis: Is it actually healthy to eat ice cream? Here’s what the evidence says

by Duane Mellor 16/7/23 Duane Mellor PBS NEWS

Ice cream lovers worldwide were probably rejoicing when a recent article suggested that indulging in your favorite flavor might be healthy. The article drew upon a 2018 doctoral thesis, which suggested that people with type 2 diabetes who consumed more ice cream had lower risks of heart disease. But as exciting as this sounds for those of us who sometimes enjoy indulging in a bowl of raspberry ripple, when we actually examine the study, it’s likely this link comes down to variety of other factors.

These 8 habits could add up to 24 years to your life, study says

by Sandee LaMotte 24/7/23 CNN

Starting at age 50 instead? No problem, you could prolong your life by up to 21 years, the study found. Age 60? You’ll still gain nearly 18 years if you adopt all eight healthy habits.

Mediterranean diet named best diet for 2021

by Sandee LaMotte 5/1/21 CNN

Tied for silver was the DASH diet, which stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension, and the Flexitarian diet, which encourages being a vegetarian most of the time, but is flexible enough to allow a burger now and again.

Scientists find link between maternal diet and diabetes

by Neil Bowdler 8/3/11 BBC

Scientists already suspect that a poor diet during pregnancy can result in health problems such as diabetes for the offspring in later life. What the researchers at the University of Cambridge have come up with is a possible explanation.

What we know about the health risks of ultraprocessed foods

by Maria Godoy 25/5/23 npr

This morning, while tidying up my office, I found an open box of packaged coconut and chocolate cookies that I'd bought sometime last year. The "use by" date had come and gone more than eight months ago. Curious, I took a small bite. They still tasted pretty darn good.

Prevalence and correlates of vitamin D deficiency in US adults

by Kimberly Y.Z. Forrest 1/11 ScienceDirect

Mounting evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency could be linked to several chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and cancer. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its correlates to test the hypothesis that vitamin D deficiency was common in the US population, especially in certain minority groups. 

Better diet quality is associated with reduced body pain in adults regardless of adiposity: Findings from the Whyalla Intergenerational Study of Health

by Susan J. Ward 10/24 ScienceDirect

A cross-sectional study of 654 Australian adults (57% women) from the WISH found better diet quality, particularly the intake of core foods, assessed via the DGI, was associated with lower body pain. 

Consuming eggs for breakfast influences plasma glucose and ghrelin, while reducing energy intake during the next 24 hours in adult men

by Joseph Ratliff 2/10 ScienceDirect

We hypothesized that consuming eggs for breakfast would significantly lower postprandial satiety and energy intake throughout the day. Using a crossover design, 21 men, 20 to 70 years old, consumed 2 isoenergetic test breakfasts, in a random order separated by 1 week. 

Food for thought: how nutrition impacts cognition and emotion

by Sarah J. Spencer 6/12/17 npj

More than one-third of American adults are obese and statistics are similar worldwide. Caloric intake and diet composition have large and lasting effects on cognition and emotion, especially during critical periods in development, but the neural mechanisms for these effects are not well understood.

Vitamins, the gut microbiome and gastrointestinal health in humans

by Van T. Pham 11/21 ScienceDirect

The gut microbiome plays important roles in the maintenance of host health and the pathogenesis of many diseases. Diet is a key modulator of the gut microbiome. There is increasing evidence that nutrients other than fermentable fiber affect the gut microbial composition. In this review, we discuss the effects of vitamins on the gut microbiome, and related gastrointestinal health, based on in vitro, animal and human studies.

Dietary walnut altered gene expressions related to tumor growth, survival, and metastasis in breast cancer patients: a pilot clinical trial

by W. Elaine Hardman 6/19 ScienceDirect

Consumption of walnuts has slowed breast cancer growth and/or reduced the risk of mammary cancer in mice. The benefit against cancer was associated with altered expression of genes for cancer growth and survival. We hypothesized that walnut consumption would alter gene expression in pathologically confirmed breast cancers of women in a direction that would be expected to decrease breast cancer growth and survival, as was seen in mice.

Nourishing productivity: How nutrition at work benefits businesses and societies

by Naoko Tochibayashi 5/5/25 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Daily meals play a pivotal role in shaping physical health and mental well-being, influencing our overall quality of life. In the aftermath of the severe food shortages during and after World War II, Japan underwent rapid economic growth, which significantly improved the availability of food.

How the new future of nutrition puts holistic health first

by Wolfram Alderson 13/1/23 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Now is the time for laying out the pathways to a new future for sustainable and healthy food. Simultaneous impacts from accelerating climate change, international conflicts, economic pressures, and supply chain disruptions continue to challenge consumer industries’ progress toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and pose a significant threat to food and nutrition security.

Why so many nutrition studies are “fundamentally and fatally flawed”

by Julia Belluz 10/6/15 Vox

The secret to a balanced diet? Better roads, say scientists

by Dwayne Oxford 7/1/25 ALJAZEERA

A new study published in the journal Nature Food is challenging the conventional wisdom that the production of crop diversity by farmers (food production diversity or FPD) is the primary path to addressing nutritional deficiencies.

How innovative actions can create opportunities to solve the global food and nutrition crisis

by Gerda Verburg 7/9/22 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Fifteen years ago, in the face of a global food crisis that took the lives of millions in some of the most impoverished countries on earth, the world said 'never again.' Government leaders committed to working together to build resilient food systems, prioritising nutrition as an essential building block of these. Yet, here we are, once again facing a global food and nutrition crisis that is threatening the lives of millions of people worldwide. How can the power of 'we' be harnessed to advance solutions and build stronger resilience against future crises?

The economic impact of nutrition during pregnancy

by Nick Bunker 10/12/24 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

By now economists, researchers, and policymakers are all well aware of the impact of a child’s earliest years on their future economic prospects. Before children enter school at age 5, events and circumstances play a huge role in an individual’s future socioeconomic status.  One of those circumstances can be poor nutrition, which a new research paper shows may have effects on a child even before they are born.

From lifespan to healthspan: why childhood nutrition is key to the new longevity

by Daniel Mahadzir 24/2/25 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

The Global Healthspan Summit in Riyadh highlighted the preservation of quality of life as an indicator of progress in longevity. Healthspan – the years lived in good health – begins in early life, with childhood nutrition serving as the foundation. Lifespan without healthspan can result in prolonged periods of ill health, disability and increased healthcare costs – burdens that are already weighing heavily on global economies.

Carbon Dioxide May Rob Crops Of Nutrition, Leaving Millions At Risk

by Courtney Columbus 2/8/17 npr

Rising carbon dioxide levels could have an unexpected side effect on food crops: a decrease in key nutrients. And this could put more people at risk of malnutrition.

Food companies distort nutrition science. Here’s how to stop them.=

by Julia Belluz 21/4/16 Vox

Beneath An Ugly Outside, Marred Fruit May Pack More Nutrition

by Jill Neimark 26/4/16 npr

When orchardist Eliza Greenman walks through a field of apple trees and gazes upon a pocked array of blemished and buckled fruits — scarred from fighting fungus, heat and pests — she feels a little thrill of joy. "I'm absolutely infatuated with the idea of stress in an orchard," says Greenman, who custom grafts and grows pesticide-free hard cider apples in Hamilton, Va. These forlorn, scabbed apples, says Greenman, may actually be sweeter.

Get The Most Nutrition From Your Veggies

by Allison Aubrey 27/7/09 npr

Tomatoes are certainly nutritious — a good source of the antioxidants lycopene and beta-carotene. But consider this: if you eat a tomato without adding a little fat — say a drizzle of olive oil — your body is unlikely to absorb all these nutrients.

You can't outrun a bad diet. Food — not lack of exercise — fuels obesity, study finds

by Maria Godoy 24/7/25 npr

Back in the 1800s, obesity was almost nonexistent in the United States. Over the last century, it's become common here and in other industrialized nations, though it remains rare among people who live more traditional lifestyles, such as the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania

Why we need to get serious about nutrition

by Jomo Kwame Sundaram 31/10/14 WORLD ECONOMIC RORUM

The world has a nutrition problem. Though great strides have been made toward the Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of undernourished people in developing countries, the problem remains persistent, pervasive and complex. After all, the issue goes beyond merely providing more food; effective efforts to reduce undernourishment must ensure that people have access to enough of the right types of food – those that give them the nutrients they need to live healthy, productive lives.

Across The Globe, Our Diets Are Making Us Sicker, Report Finds

by Rhitu Chatterjee 8/10/16 npr

Diet and nutrition are now the biggest risk factors for people's health across the globe, even in poorer countries. That's according to a recent report published by the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems Nutrition, an independent group of experts on nutrition and health.

[https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/676170139/6-food-rules-that-could-help-you-live-longer by Allison Aubrey Alissa Escarce Maria Godoy NPR 21/1/2019]

Healthy eating can be easy if you follow a few simple rules. We guide you through three types of food you should eat more of and three types to avoid. Plus, we follow up each suggestion with an actionable tip from registered dietician Angela Ginn-Meadow.