Nutrition and Fitness News

A recent study found that moderate salt restriction was associated with substantial reductions in BP and depressive symptoms in patients with primary aldosteronism.

Lactation-boosting cookies appeared to be ineffective after a month-long randomized clinical trial and may only offer “false hope and unnecessary financial costs” to vulnerable patients, according to researchers.

Americans can achieve the Healthy People 2030 added sugars target with modest reductions in added sugars, according to the results of a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Women with greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet had a significantly reduced risk for CVD and total mortality, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Heart.

A high caffeine level in plasma was associated with reduced body fat and a lower risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a two-sample Mendelian randomization study published in BMJ Medicine.

People who adhered more closely to the Mediterranean diet had a lower risk for dementia, regardless of genetic risk, according to data published in BMC Medicine.

For older adults, yoga improved lower extremity strength and gait speed, but it did not appear to offer more benefits for frailty markers than other forms of exercise, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Improved domains of sleep quality may improve patients’ ability to adhere to components of a behavioral weight-loss intervention, including exercise and diet goals, a speaker reported.

Individuals who consumed MIND and Mediterranean diets had fewer amyloid plaques and tau tangles in their brain, which are indicators of Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers.

Diet may play an important role in the pathophysiology of endometriosis, with a plant-based diet and vitamin D possibly beneficial in preventing and treating the disease, according to a review published in Frontiers in Nutrition.