When you think of what NFL players eat, you might imagine hulking athletes tearing into juicy steaks and scarfing fattening food. Perhaps it's not so far from the truth: ESPN recently reported it takes nearly 600 pounds of beef to feed the Buffalo Bills for a week, and that's not even counting chicken (700 pounds) and fish.

Increasing time between meals made male mice healthier overall and live longer compared to mice who ate more frequently, according to a new study published in the Sept. 6, 2018 issue of Cell Metabolism. Scientists from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, reported that health and longevity improved with increased fasting time, regardless of what the mice ate or how many calories they consumed.

From cod to clingfilm, the advice we’re given can often be confusing. If you’re serious about eating green, here are some straightforward solutions

Almost 4 million children in the UK live in households that would struggle to afford to buy enough fruit, vegetables, fish and other healthy foods to meet the official nutrition guidelines, a groundbreaking food poverty study reveals. The research, by the Food Foundation thinktank, says the diminishing ability of low-income families to pay for healthy food is consigning the least well-off to a greater risk of diet related illness, such as obesity and diabetes, as well as widening health inequalities across society.

It’s been touted as the recipe for a healthy life, preventing all manner of ills. Now researchers say a Mediterranean diet still offers benefits in older age and could reduce the risk of death. While somewhat nebulous in specific makeup, the diet is typically said to be rich in fish, nuts, fresh vegetables, olive oil and fruit.

While just 1% of the UK is allergic to the proteins that cause coeliac disease, many others suffer with gluten-related digestive problems. Some researchers believe mass-produced food is to blame

Cheese lovers, rejoice. There's new evidence that the saturated fat found in cheese, milk, and other kinds of dairy is not tied to an increased risk of heart problems or death from any cause. The study is the latest in a series of papers that question the idea that eating fat is unhealthy.

Beyond the human suffering, diet-related diseases impose massive economic costs.

Vegan musician Bryan Adams says that switching to a plant-based diet is the best decision he ever made. The Canadian singer-songwriter took to Instagram to show off his homemade avocado toast lunch and to share with fans how a vegan diet has drastically improved his health.

Researchers reveal how chemicals in some vegetables can prevent bowel cancer.

Dr Berry picks this study to pieces.

Since childhood, we’ve constantly been told that breakfast—compared to all other meals—is the by far the most important one. But research hasn’t always shown that to be true, leading many researchers and dietitians to suggest that whether or not you eat first thing in the morning is more about personal preference and less about getting a nutritional advantage.

"Eat fat, get fat" has been the conventional wisdom guiding American diets for the past two decades. Yet more and more research suggests that thinking is dangerously misguided.

A year-long randomized clinical trial has found that a low-fat diet and a low-carb diet produced similar weight loss and improvements in metabolic health markers. Furthermore, insulin production and tested genes had no impact on predicting weight loss success or failure. Thus, you should choose your diet based on personal preferences, health goals, and sustainability.

People who cut back on added sugar, refined grains and processed foods lost weight without worrying about calories or portion size.

Psychological resilience is a measure of stress coping ability and has been associated with favourable health outcomes. While evidence on the relationship of dietary habits with a number of psychosocial conditions is available, there is lack of studies on their association with psychological resilience in a general adult population.

Make no mistake, Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz is a big fan of Tom Brady. But his diet? The love only goes so far. This week, the now-retired slugger appeared on the Pardon My Take podcast to discuss his Red Sox career and a bit of his retirement.

Restricting calories may reduce the risk of an early death by protecting the body from damaging byproducts of converting food to energy, a new study suggests. Researchers have observed in animals that fewer calories keeps core body temperature lower and slows metabolisms, insulating the body from the collateral damage from metabolic processes.

Several studies show that healthy eating is connected with better mood.

Exploring human diets in a different way.

A study finds a diet rich in oily fish may help to delay natural menopause, while carbs hasten it.

Mice with added sugar to their diet had health, reproductive problems.

An extreme, all animal-based diet is gaining followers in search of heightened productivity, mental clarity, and a boosted libido. But experts express doubts.

A study in China suggests a daily egg may reduce the risk of a stroke

A new review of 180 studies found little or no protective effects from taking dietary supplements, and actually found some harm.

Fat but otherwise healthy women are still likelier to have a stroke or heart attack, a study says.

I have one of these, or similar. I bought it in Italy. It is the best thing for olive oil. When you put it down, excess oil runs down the spout and through the vein in the ground glass connection and back into the bottle. If you aren't eating more olive oil, you should be. Except possibly in the US where there is a lot of fake olive oil.

The tendency for children to eat more or less when stressed and upset is mainly influenced by the home environment and not by genes, according to a new UCL-led study. The study, published today in Pediatric Obesity, found that genetics only play a small role in young children’s emotional overeating and undereating, unlike other eating behaviours in childhood such as food fussiness.

It looks like there's a really simple way for doctors to diagnose whether young Caucasian men are getting enough vegetables: it's detectable in the colour of their skin.

Until better science emerges, we're having pasta for breakfast.

Siddhartha Mukherjee says trial is first in a series on ‘rethinking human diets for cancer’

One 12-ounce glass of orange juice contains 10 teaspoons of sugar, roughly what’s in a can of Coke.

I was a young student in college when I first decided not to eat any animal products. It came from a well-intentioned place—I had educated myself on factory farming, CAFOS (or concentrated animal feeding operations, where animals live in deplorable conditions), and the damage that eating animals caused our health and environment. I thought I knew it all. I was going to tell anyone who would listen about how being a vegan was better than what they were doing.

If health is a choice, then are sick people bad? Blaming people for their own ill-health ignores the real causes, experts say.

While some people like their bananas green, others love a mushy brown banana. But is there really a difference between the two?