Researchers in Ireland that a diet that is high in milk may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The study was published in the May edition of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health . Researchers studied the diet diaries Read More...

Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Maryland believe that people who consume a lot of salt are more prone to ulcers of the stomach and duodenum. A team at the university discovered that a high salt diet causes an increase Read More...

American researchers have found that following a Mediterranean-style diet can lower the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by 50 percent. The study, headed up by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, looked at Read More...

The Federal Trade Commission is clamping down on the U.S. Department of Agriculture by ordering it to stop two advertising campaigns that tout the supposed weight loss benefits of milk. The decision is in response to a FTC petition filed by the Physicians Read More...

The German government is stepping up its fight against childhood obesity and western administrations should take notice. With astonishing rates of illness, childhood obesity is putting a strain on the European country’s healthcare system. In response Read More...

Consumer Reports has come out with its picks for best diet plan and best diet book. The Volumetrics Eating Plan by Barbara Rolls, a professor in the nutritional sciences department at the University of Pennsylvania was named the diet winner based on results Read More...

Weight loss supplement giant TrimSpa will launch its new advertising campaign today. The company halted advertisements following the death of Anna Nicole Smith Feb. 8. Smith had been a celebrity spokesperson for the diet pills since 2003 shortly after Read More...

According to People magazine, British starlet Keira Knightley is distraught by rampant rumors that she suffers from an eating disorder. The Pirates of the Caribbean actress is reportedly very upset that photographs of her have been attached to magazine Read More...