We all know that eating too much salt can increase your risk of developing high blood pressure and suffering from heart problems, including stroke, but now new research has suggests there’s another big health reason to cut back. A new study on mice, published in the Nature Neuroscience journal, suggests that a high-salt diet could …

During a healthy pregnancy, women gain weight as the baby grows. This is normal and necessary. But recent research indicates that excessive weight gain during pregnancy increases health risks for mothers and their children. Yet half of mothers-to-be gain too much weight, according to research involving half a million pregnancies published in JAMA last year. …

Salt does more than raise blood pressure; it may also increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in Nature Neuroscience. Plaques or tangles of proteins called beta amyloids are known markers of Alzheimer’s. However, the brains of those with dementia also have problems with the blood vessels in the brain and …

In the face of rising global obesity, photographer Gregg Segal traveled around the world to ask kids what they eat in one week and then photographed them alongside the food. In an 8×8 aluminum hut on a construction site outside Mumbai, Anchal Sahni sits down to dinner with her family: homemade aloo bhindo (okra and …

Food cravings are often a sign that the body is lacking a particular nutrient so why do women crave chocolate around their menstrual cycle? ‘It’s commonly believed that pre and perimenstrual chocolate cravings are due to hormonal imbalances,’ said dietitian Melanie McGrice on her blog. ‘The theory is, that it’s caused by the drop in …