Bacon receives a cancer warning. Spinach comes with a nutrition label. Both contain nitrates and nitrites, the same group of compounds that have been linked to stomach cancer risk since the 1990s. This contradiction has puzzled researchers for decades. A Canadian mathematical model traced the chemical reactions leading up to digestion and found that it … Read more
Most people try to avoid stress. Wellness advice often says that reducing stress leads to a happier, healthier life. But new research suggests the story may be more complicated. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Pennsylvania State University studied people who experienced little stress on a daily basis. The result is … Read more
Recommendations for calcium and vitamin D supplementation should be reevaluated, researchers suggest Detailed study finds that supplements with calcium, vitamin D, or their combination offer little or no clinically meaningful benefit in preventing fractures and falls in most older adults. review the latest evidence published by BMJ today. Almost one-third of people over the age … Read more