Fiber gets a lot of well-deserved credit for keeping the digestive system in good working order—but it does plenty more. In fact, it’s a major player in so many of your body’s systems that getting enough can actually help keep you youthful. For example, older people who ate fiber-rich diets were 80 percent more likely …

There has been something of a renaissance of raw milk in recent years. And, not surprisingly, the dicey drink of bygone eras is also reviving disease outbreaks. In recent years, researchers at the CDC have noted that more states have made it legal to get raw (unpasteurized) milk, and yearly outbreak numbers linked to unpasteurized …

Intermittent fasting is a hot topic in nutrition lately, but the concept itself isn’t new. In fact, temporarily going without eating or drinking stems from the practices of many major world religions and cultures. But intermittment fasting or “IF” — a trend gaining major traction among celebrities (Terry Crews!) and Silicon Valley — does things …

As of Tuesday, 646 of the fast-food chain’s restaurants remain closed — and people aren’t taking it well. KFC restaurants in the United Kingdom are facing an unprecedented problem: not enough chicken. The shortage, which was blamed on delivery issues, has forced KFC to close more than half of its 900 British restaurants, leaving some …

You know to avoid smoking (and secondhand smoke), but here’s another way to show lungs some love: Chow down on high-fiber foods. A 2016 study found they can boost lung function and lower the chance of problems like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Experts speculate that as the good bacteria in your gut digest fiber, they produce …