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In a new study, Northwestern University researchers demonstrated that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like lead and cadmium, effectively filtering dangerous contaminants out of drinks. Heavy metal ions stick to, or adsorb to, the surface of the tea leaves, where they stay trapped.

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While food fads come and go, the latest research points to a focus on balanced macronutrients from whole foods, rather than a restrictive, all-or-nothing approach.

TV chefs have put sustainable fish high on the agenda but getting to grips with where seafood has come from remains confusing for consumers

Alongside the Mediterranean diet, find out what diets made the top spots in U.S. News & World Report’s annual evaluation—and what they’re good for.

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Its not just for gym bros.

Rather than limiting certain foods, it’s better to educate your patients to focus on the actual nutrient density of the foods they’re eating.

Here's what you need to know.

The health benefits of fermented food and drink have long been touted, but firm evidence in favour of kombucha, sauerkraut and kefir is surprisingly elusive

olive oil ftw

One budget bottle far exceeded our expectations.

New evidence shows how we evolved to crave and digest carbohydrates and how this helped spur today’s carbohydrate consumption beyond healthy amounts.

People conceived during the UK's 1940s and 50s sugar rationing have a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure than those conceived after rationing ended

It’s probably leaching chemicals into your cooking oil.

The Blue Zones where people live longer may be a myth. The Blue Zone Diet is based on speculation, not solid science.

Maltodextrin is a white starch that is added by manufacturers to many foods to improve flavor, texture, thickness, and shelf life. Learn about the benefits and dangers of maltodextrin and which foods contain it.

A years-in-the-making change to how iron deficiency is measured in Ontario lab results will be a game changer for patients across the province, according to doctors who worked to make it happen.

Around half the world's population are thought to have an insufficiency of this vitamin.

We'd all like to be more healthy but the advice we get is conflicting and absurd. Here's what the science says can help...

Water is often seen as the ultimate thirst quencher, but research from Scotland's University of St. Andrews suggests that other beverages might hydrate better.

Where’s the logic in this line of thinking?

Dedicated weightlifters are serious about their supplements. And while most supplement stashes contain protein powder, branch chain amino acids, creatine, and select vitamins, there seems to be one much-needed supplement (or mineral) missing from many gym bags: Magnesium. The often-missed mineral is rarely seen as an essential supplement for weightlifters when in reality is crucial […]

According to longevity experts, the way you drink your coffee (and the setting you do it in) will inevitably play a role in your overall health.