If you try supplements, you still need to eat a healthy diet, exercise, reduce your stress, quit smoking and get enough sleep. Even then, they may still not be enough.
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Don’t be intimidated by the package insert that comes with your medication. Learning how to read it can help you better understand how drugs work.
Research shows the key to changing your diet is focusing on changing eating habits and food behaviours, one at a time.
Improving diabetes care in South Africa requires strong will and support from health authorities, introduction of clinical information systems, the use of technology and digital solutions.
Rainwater may be contaminated with chemicals and scientists are still uncertain about their effects.
It has long puzzled researchers why Latinos seem to have lower rates of heart disease than their non-Latino counterparts, even though they have higher risk factors for heart disease.
Proponents of intermittent fasting say the clock can help you win the battle of the bulge. But the science behind it is a little more complicated.
As a laureate professor in nutrition and dietetics, people often ask me what I eat. Here are four plant-based foods I have on my weekly grocery list.
A growing body of research shows that nutrition, sleep, exercise and a host of other lifestyle choices can help optimize the immune system. But they are no substitute for life-saving vaccines.
Targets for diabetes would improve healthy lives, reduce deaths, and be cost effective. But they should not be for managing diabetes alone; they must include treating hypertension.
Gene silencing drugs target the underlying causes of a disease, rather than the symptoms it causes.
Here’s all the things you need to know about the mighty egg.
Confused about whether meat is good or bad for you? You’re not alone. Various studies, some of which were funded by the meat industry, have added to the confusion. A noted expert sorts it out.
What if you could treat obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure just by limiting when you eat and drink all your calories? New research says it might work.
Destruction of rainforests through wildfires or deforestation may harm human health. As these forests disappear, we may be losing precious medicinal plants that hold treatments for various diseases.
Personalised nutrition has the power to save lives.
Symptoms of pre-eclampsia, including high blood pressure, usually resolve by about two months after the birth. But some health problems can develop later.
There is no treatment for osteoporosis, which affects millions of people and costs billions of euros every year. What if the solution was in the bile? Explanations.
Box jellyfish stings are excruciating and occasionally deadly. We have identified a common, cheap drug that is already on the market and which could be a treatment candidate with further development.
A recent study revisited the issue about eating foods high in cholesterol, such as eggs. The findings are nuanced but suggest that those with high cholesterol may want to limit food with cholesterol.
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer on Health Care Policy, Harvard University
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Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Global Health, Institute for Applied Research, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of Food Politics and Policy, The University of Melbourne
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Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Internal Medicine and Preventative Cardiology, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Medicine, Bond University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Emeritus Professor of Nutrition & Dietetics, King's College London
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Professor of Nutrition, Robert Gordon University
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
