You’ve probably spent plenty of time thinking about what’s on your plate. But have you considered the order you eat it in? A surprising hormone connection suggests your first bites could make a difference to your blood sugar.

Your liver could pay a price for something a lot of us do almost every evening. A study involving nearly 200,000 people uncovered a troubling connection to serious liver disease. The encouraging news? A surprisingly simple change may help protect this vital organ.

Loads of research has stacked evidence of coffee’s health benefits. But it gets better. Beyond the heart, it slays a cluster of conditions, even in early stages, to crush what’s now known as cardiometabolic disease, and it just takes this much…

Lots of studies say that restricting certain foods is heart-protective. But sometimes studies can be contradictory. But researchers really put the impact of food to the test using twins and say this diet can turn heart health around in just six weeks…

What if feeding your gut microbes helped your body absorb fewer calories without leaving you hungrier? That’s what researchers found when they put a gut-friendly eating plan to the test. It reveals a gap in the calorie-counting advice we’ve heard for decades.

Trans fats earned their terrible reputation. But does the same verdict fit the ones naturally found in your favorite dairy foods? A review of 22 studies gives cheese and yogurt lovers something to chew on…

We’re constantly told: Eat healthy whole foods, not vitamins. But research reveals some of those foods have been delivering less nutrition for decades. Yet we’re still discouraged from doing one simple thing that could help.

Most of us think aging moves in only one direction. But after just four weeks of eating differently, older adults showed signs of a younger biological age. And get this: the diet with the clearest results may challenge what you’ve heard about eating for longevity.

From fibermaxxing to sleepmaxxing, everyone is looking for a way to get more out of healthy habits. Now whole grains may be having a “maxxing” moment of their own, with heart benefits validated by 87 clinical trials.

Protein is everywhere right now — but researchers are asking whether constantly adding more is really the best strategy for healthy aging. A major review suggests that, for some people, the answer may lie in doing the opposite.

Selenium plays a role in many bodily processes, including reproduction, thyroid function, and protecting the body from free radicals and infection. But what it can do to slow brain aging got our attention, even in the event of stroke…

A drink many people reach for every day was tied to a surprisingly large increase in stomach cancer risk. Researchers also uncovered another clue that may help explain why this habit deserves a closer look.