Keto diet considered for Navy SEALS
One of the side effects of the keto diet is that it changes the way the body handles oxygen deprivation.
Promoting ‘food literacy’ in schools
Scott Richardson believes that school meals should be treated as part of the educational experience. Richardson, a student in the inaugural cohort of the PhD in Population Health Sciences program—a joint collaboration between Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
Moderate egg consumption likely OK for most healthy people
Eating three or four eggs a week doesn’t appear to have a major effect on blood cholesterol for people who don’t already have high cholesterol or type 2 diabetes.
Diet may affect prostate cancer risk
Certain foods have been linked to prostate cancer risk—and a man’s risk of dying prematurely from the disease.
Why doctors are writing prescriptions for food
Evidence suggests that healthy diets may be effective in helping control and reduce chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension.
Simple guidelines for healthy meals
The flurry of nutritional information in the media can make healthy meal planning seem daunting and confusing. But it doesn’t have to be.
Food system transformation needed for human and planetary health
The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems calls for global cooperation and commitment to shift diets toward healthy, largely plant-based patterns; make large reductions in food loss and waste; and implement significant sustainability improvements in…
Vegan diet can benefit both health and the environment
There is strong evidence that a plant-based diet is the optimal diet for living a long and healthy life, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health nutrition expert Walter Willett. In a January 7, 2019 interview…
Q&A: Taking Nutrition Headlines with a Grain of Salt
How to make sense of nutrition news? Harvard Public Health editor Madeline Drexler looked for guidance from Eric Rimm, professor of epidemiology and nutrition and a scientist who has, for more than three decades and in some 750…
Policy changes needed to improve diets, lower cardiovascular disease risk
According to a new review paper by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, policy changes are needed to help people overcome the roadblocks to a heart healthy diet.