The gold medal for best 2021 diet went to the Mediterranean diet for the fourth year in a row, according to rankings announced Monday by U.S. News & World Report. Tied for silver was the DASH diet, which stands for
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If your heart goes pitter-patter for diet beverages, it may not be due to love. Artificially sweetened beverages, a new study has found, may be just as bad for your heart as the sugar-laden kind. “Our study suggests artificially sweetened
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Cinnamon may improve blood sugar control in people with a condition known as prediabetes and may slow the progression to type 2 diabetes, according to a new pilot study of 51 people with elevated blood sugars. “We are looking for
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With more people cooking at home, many have struggled to prepare certain pantry staples. Meatless Monday surveyed social media followers to see which pantry items they had on hand that they didn’t know how to cook. The top three vote-getters
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To lower your cancer risk, vegetables and whole grains should be on your menu and processed and red meat should be off, according to updated guidelines published Tuesday by the American Cancer Society. It’s best not to drink alcohol, the
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Your pantry is full of forgotten treasures: the can of kidney beans hiding behind the rigatoni; the unopened pouch of quinoa tucked off in the corner; the lonely tin of canned corn… But these ingredients, along with other overlooked pantry
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For many of us, the day doesn’t start off right until we have that cuppa joe. Just the aroma of that dark, rich brew can get our senses stirring, ready for the mood boost we know is coming. And it
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The self-described “happiest place on Earth” is getting increasingly happier for animals, and for those who are increasingly removing those animals from their diet. After a big push last fall, the resort development division of Walt Disney World in Florida
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For the third year in a row, the well-researched Mediterranean diet KO’d the competition to win gold in US News and World Report’s 2020 ranking of best diets. The report, released Thursday, is now in its 10th year. “The hallmarks
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Google users in the United States had a lot of questions about blood pressure, the keto diet and hiccups in 2019. Those topics were among the 10 most-searched health-related questions on the search engine this year, according to new data
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