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Diets
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Fasting diets are not better than calorie counting for weight loss
Health Diets that involve intermittent fasting or time-restricted eating have become popular in recent years, but it seems they help people lose weight simply by eating less By Clare Wilson What you eat seems to matter more than when you eat itEvgeniia Siiankovskaia/Getty Images Eating only within an eight-hour window during the day works about
Meat-Heavy Diets Might Have Link to MS
By Robert PreidtHealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you eat a lot of meat, you may be at increased risk for multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study suggests.MS is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the insulation around nerves. It's not clear what triggers the attack, but mounting evidence suggests…
Plant-based diets + rewilding provides “massive opportunity” to cut CO2
Enlarge / We'd like to replace you with a forest.By shifting to more plant-rich diets, wealthy nations could cut their agricultural emissions by 61 percent—and sequester nearly 100 gigatons of CO2 equivalent if the surplus farmland is left to rewild. The global food system is the second-biggest source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs), accounting for…
How High-Fat Diets Allow Cancer Cells To Go Unnoticed by the Immune System
A microscopic image of a normal mouse small intestine. Cells stained red express normal amounts of cell-surface tags (MHC-II) needed by immune cells to find threats like infections or cancer. High-fat diets reduce the levels of MHC-II tags in intestinal cells, and so the immune system has a harder time recognizing intestinal tumors. Credit: Beyaz…