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Certain amounts and types of food processing can diminish the nutritional value of the original ingredients. Deanna Kelly/Moment via Getty Images

What if you could rank food by ‘healthiness’ as you shopped? Nutrient profiling systems use algorithms to simplify picking healthy groceries

Nutrition Facts labels provide useful information about how nutritious a food is, but can be overwhelming. A single score could help make healthy grocery shopping more approachable.
Nearly 60% of respondents to one medical school survey said they received no nutritional education at all. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Diet-related diseases are the No. 1 cause of death in the US – yet many doctors receive little to no nutrition education in med school

Looking for ways to eat better? Turns out your doctor may not be your best source of information.
Two foods may have the same number of calories, but other food factors and your microbes influence which calories your body uses more of. Martin Barraud/OJO Images via Getty Images

Is weight loss as simple as calories in, calories out? In the end, it’s your gut microbes and leftovers that make your calories count

Your gut microbes have a lot to say about how many calories you consume and how effectively your body metabolizes them.
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Research: switching salt could prevent thousands of deaths from heart attack and stroke in Indonesia

A simple switch from regular salt to salt substitute alternatives will help reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. It would also provide much-needed health expenditure savings.
The relatively new discipline of epigenetics explores how diet and nutrition can affect not only our own health but that of future generations. Drazen Zigic/iStock via Getty Images Plus

What you eat could alter your unborn children and grandchildren’s genes and health outcomes

Studies show a parent’s poor diet could affect the genes of generations to come – and set up children and grandchildren for obesity and cardiovascular issues.
Whole foods like unprocessed fruits, vegetables and grains are typically high in fiber. Tanja Ivanova/Moment via Getty Images

Fiber is your body’s natural guide to weight management – rather than cutting carbs out of your diet, eat them in their original fiber packaging instead

Many processed foods strip carbs of their natural fibers. Eating foods with an ideal total carbohydrate-to-fiber ratio can help with weight management and improve overall health.
Despite the promise of drugs that can help people shed pounds, healthy lifestyle choices are still key to overall health. Zing Images / DigitalVision via Getty Images

Drugs that melt away pounds still present more questions than answers, but Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro could be key tools in reducing the obesity epidemic

Anti-obesity medications are becoming the go-to treatment for weight loss. But drugs alone may not provide the same benefits as lifestyle choices like exercise and a healthy diet.

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