Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a collection of disorders that include abdominal obesity, hypertension (HTN), dyslipidemia including high triglycerides (TGs) and/or low HDL cholesterol, and impaired ...

Deciding what to make for dinner or an afternoon snack can be a challenge at the best of times but toss confusion about processed and ultraprocessed foods into the mix, and the question of what to put ...

Several decades ago it was rare for a child or adolescent to be diagnosed with high cholesterol. But just as the prevalence of childhood obesity has climbed over many years so have lipid levels among ...

With the pendulum swinging between low-fat and low-carb trends, protein had once long been the neutral macronutrient. But today, it’s developed a health halo. What began with research suggesting that ...

The argument that ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are harmful to health has been building for the past 15 years, heightened recently by some key events. Late last year, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory ...

Apple cider vinegar has been used for a wide variety of applications and ailments, from sunburns and scratches to digestion and diabetes. The word vinegar is derived from the French phrase vin aigre ( ...

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as CVD, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, obesity, and cognitive impairment are among the leading causes of death and disability throughout the world ...

Despite being a conditionally essential nutrient, carnitine is a topic of uncertainty, even controversy, because it’s like a coin with two sides, and those sides can appear to be in direct conflict ...

Making sense of dietary supplements (DS) and knowing how and when to recommend them can be a complicated matter for all dietitians. Navigating loose regulatory standards, proper dosing guidelines, and ...

When people hear the term “food waste,” they may think of full plates scraped into trash bins, moldy produce, dented cans, and expiration dates gone by. Postconsumer waste, also termed food loss, has ...

Traditional weight loss recommendations encourage people to eat less and move more to create a calorie deficit, leading some people to believe that the more they restrict their food intake, the more ...

When you hear the term “fermented,” foods and beverages like pickles, sauerkraut, kombucha, and kimchee may immediately come to mind. A lesser-known treasure that has been a staple for centuries ...