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To B or Not to B, That is the Question…
How Blood Type Affects the Likelihood of Developing Alpha-gal, or Red Meat, Allergy Alpha-gal allergy, which is often referred to …
How to Spice up your Summer with a Western BBQ
Add a fun twist to traditional backyard barbecues with a Western theme party! Transform your backyard party space into a Saloon and have a grand ol’ time with friends and family with the help
'Western' Diet Not the Way to Age Well
British study says fried foods and red meat lead to premature aging, illness
Study Finds Western Diet Increases Alzheimer's Risk
The diet plus high meat consumption was strongly linked to risk of developing Alzheimer’s and other chronic diseases.
How Western Diets Are Making the World Sick
The modern Western diet contributes to obesity and the build-up of visceral fat, which has been linked to diseases like diabetes and heart disease.
Sepsis: Western diet may increase severity
Sepsis can be fatal, but we still do not understand why it affects some people more severely than others. A new study investigates the role of diet.
Western-style diet lowers chances for ideal ageing
A new study of adults in Britain suggest that adherence to a "Western-style" diet (fried and sweet food, processed and red meat, refined grains, and high-fat dairy products) lead people to age poorly and die earlier.
Exercise may prevent western-diet associated erectile dysfunction in men
Obesity continues to plague the U.S. and now extends to much of the rest of the world. One probable reason for this growing health problem is more people worldwide eating the so-called Western diet, which contains high levels of saturated fat, omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (the type of fat found in vegetable oil), and added sugar.
Study: Teens who eat a Western diet suffer poor academic performance
Soft drinks and processed food won't help achieve that 'A+' report card.
Do You Work In A Meat Processing Plant?
If you work in a meat packing plant, food processing facility or commercial farm in North Carolina, you and your household may be able to join a research study. Participation includes up to 5 study…
How Diet Affects NASH-to-HCC Progression
A new study associates the progression and regression of NASH with consumption of a Western diet.
Five Questions To Ask When Considering Health Supplements
While there are no guarantees about what's actually in a supplement, there are steps consumers can take to avoid misleading or even harmful products.
Everything Is Awful and I’m Not Okay: questions to ask before giving up
Are you hydrated? If not, have a glass of water.<br>Have you eaten in the past three hours? If not, get some food — something with protein, not just simple carbs. Perhaps some nuts or hummus?<br>Have you...
5 questions with a colonial culinarian
It's not everyday that you get to meet an expert on colonial foodways—especially not one dressed in a historically accurate pilgrim outfit.
How Eating a Rural African Diet Can Prevent a Very Common form of Cancer
Personal Health Tests on subjects opting for foods rich in beans and vegetables found a drop in biological markers for bowel cancer. By Ian Sample / The Guardian VIA ALTERNET Swapping a western di…
Is Eating Wheat at the Root of Your Depression?
How ironic it would be for the most celebrated food of Western culture -- wheat -- to be at the root of the global epidemic of depression?
Study finds correlation between high-fat Western diet and pain
The Western diet is associated with many ills, and now chronic pain may be added to the list, according to a new study.
Dieting? Your gut microbes might delay the benefits
Researchers find that the benefits of switching from a Western diet to a calorie-restricted, plant-based diet may be hampered by microbes in the gut.
These Diet Changes May Add Years to Your Life, Study Finds
Researchers estimate that these simple changes to the Western diet could increase your life expectancy by up to 10 years.
Benefits Of Omega 3's
The two changes to the Western diet most consistently linked to metabolic syndrome are decreased omega-3 fatty acid intake and incr...
Western diets lead to higher levels of gut inflammation, study finds
Recent studies have highlighted the ways that a Western diet -- one that contains large amounts of fats and sugars -- can negatively impact consumers’ heal
