Extensive research over the years continues to pinpoint the Mediterranean diet as one of the best for your heart. But why?

A Harvard medical student recently went vegan as a health experiment — and the results were surprising. Plant-based diets have been heralded for their health benefits — but Nick Norwitz, 25, ...

Medically reviewed by Jamie Johnson, RDN A low-fat diet includes foods with 3 grams or less of fat per 100 calories.You can ...

Heart attack despite a healthy diet? Stroke without high blood pressure? The reason might lie in the blood—and few people know about it. Lipoprotein(a) is a value that is genetically determined and ...

While beef diets slightly raise LDL-cholesterol, they don't significantly affect most heart health indicators, opening the door for balanced discussions on red meat's role in nutrition. Study: Beef ...

Health experts have sounded the alarm over a popular diet trend, cautioning that it could lead to an increase in "bad" ...

A recently published, comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis has added to the growing body of evidence showing that beef can be enjoyed in a heart-healthy diet. Specifically, research ...

Researchers have discovered an experimental medication that significantly reduces a cholesterol-like particle that can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Many Americans are unaware that ...

The problem with the liver’s strategy of dumping excess cholesterol into the gut is that some of it ends up re-absorbed back into the body ...

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