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Protein makes you lean. You need to eat more protein for muscles to grow. Vegans can’t get sufficient protein. Red meat is bad. Men should not eat soy. Humans should not consume dairy. These are some of the protein myths that just won’t go away. Allow me to set the record...

The debate is over. Dietary protein supplements significantly improve muscle strength and size when taken by healthy adults who lift weights, a determination reached by McMaster scientists who analyzed dozens of research studies. But the effects are not as big as some supplement companies would...

If you’re becoming vegetarian or vegan, know that you’ll have to beef up your diet in other ways, says a University of Alberta dietitian. Switching to a plant-based diet—whatever the reason—isn’t as simple as taking meat or other animal products like cheese, eggs and milk off...

Although the Fountain of Youth may just be a myth, the MIND Diet is showing real promise at slowing cognitive decline in older people. This brain-healthy diet is based on science that shows that foods and nutrients have both positive and negative effects on how the brain functions. The MIND Diet,...

Based on these standard definitions, 7.5% of Indians were diabetic and 25% had high blood pressure. While the rates of persons with diabetes seems slightly lower than some prior estimates (9%), it could be due to the fact that self-reported data on diabetes was not used, and a single blood glucose...