May 15, 2017 by News Staff

Giant sloths, massive animals that lived in the Americas during the Ice Age, subsisted on an exclusively plant-based diet, according to an isotopic analysis...

May 2, 2017 by News Staff

In a study published recently in the journal PLOS Biology, neuroscientists identified three gut bacteria species — Acetobacter pomorum, Lactobacillus...

Mar 28, 2017 by News Staff

Primate brain size is predicted by diet, indicates new research from New York University. The findings, just reported in the journal Nature Ecology and...

Feb 9, 2017 by News Staff

A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that substituting whole grains for refined grains increases calorie loss by...

Dec 14, 2016 by News Staff

Europe’s earliest humans did not use fire, but had a balanced diet of meat and plants — all eaten raw, according to a team of researchers led by...

Nov 17, 2016 by News Staff

In a study on eukaryotic and bacterial parasites, a duo of researchers at the University of Oxford has detected differences in DNA sequences that could...

Nov 9, 2016 by News Staff

A new study published in the Journal of Public Health has found eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, combined with regular exercise, leads to better...

Nov 7, 2016 by News Staff

Herbivorous, or plant-eating, mammals have bigger bellies than their usually slim carnivorous counterparts, according to a study led by University of Zurich...

Oct 18, 2013 by News Staff

Bitter root plant material found on teeth of Neanderthals suggests their complex diet may have included the stomach contents of hunted animals. Reconstruction...

Jun 3, 2013 by News Staff

A healthy Nordic diet can lower ‘bad’ cholesterol levels and may reduce the risk of heart disease, according to a new Scandinavian study published...

Jan 10, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

According to a new study led by the Warwick Medical School, people from low socio-economic positions in the United Kingdom eat more salt than the well...

Oct 4, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to a multinational team of scientists led by Dr Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo of Complutense University, Madrid, a fragment of a child’s skull...