Vegetables

Consuming a diet with more plant-based foods and the right kind of fats while engaging in daily exercise are sure-fire paths to maintaining brain health, according to speakers at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.

Young children at high genetic risk for type 1 diabetes may be more likely to progress to the disease based on their dietary intake, according to a presenter at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.

Fruits and vegetables may be beneficial in the treatment of hypertension to reduce chronic kidney disease progression, according to published data.

Dietary acid reduction from fruits and vegetables or sodium bicarbonate improved kidney health in patients with hypertension and macroalbuminuria, findings from a randomized controlled trial showed.

CHICAGO — Eating baby carrots as little as three times a week was associated with increased skin carotenoid levels in young adults, according to a study presented at NUTRITION.

Dietary patterns focused on eating more whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts and seeds are best for the management of diabetes, according to an updated guideline published in Diabetologia.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Parul Kharod, MS, RD, LDN, about the ancient medical knowledge system known as Ayurveda and what it can reveal about living with diabetes. 

Compared with patients without chronic kidney disease, patients with CKD are more likely to consume a limited number of fruits and vegetables, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

Adults using the Noom weight-loss app in the U.S. ate fewer fruits and vegetables and more red meat during the first week of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders compared with before the lockdown, according to study data.

Two servings of fruit and three servings of vegetables every day may be enough to reduce overall mortality and death from CVD, cancer and respiratory illness, according to research published in Circulation.