Living with diabetes often means paying extra attention to what you eat, not just to avoid sugar but also to include foods that help your body work better. One nutrient that often goes unnoticed is ...

Energy grids, like a balanced diet, need a healthy mix of ingredients to function properly. You would not feed your kids only lettuce and expect them to thrive. Yet California is doing just that with ...

A major Australian study reveals a surprising link: daily diet soda consumption may elevate type 2 diabetes risk by 38%, surpassing that of sugary drinks. This association persists even after ...

What Is a Vegan Diet? A vegan diet includes only plant foods—fruits, vegetables, beans, grains, nuts, and seeds. People who follow a vegan diet don't eat any animal foods, including dairy, eggs, and ...

About 830 million people worldwide have diabetes, according to the World Health Organization. This chronic metabolic disease is characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose. However, this ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The health benefits of the Mediterranean diet, a dietary pattern that incorporates an abundance of whole, plant-based foods, are well documented. There’s plenty of research to back the diet’s benefits ...

Eating a Mediterranean diet — including lots of produce, whole grains and healthy fats — while also adding a few healthy lifestyle behaviors, could lower your diabetes risk by almost a third. That’s ...