In 2025, Matthew J. Breit and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus did a secondary look at a 12-month trial with 36 adults trying to lose weight. They compared two groups: one cut calories every day, the other did 4:3 intermittent fasting (normal eating 4 days, low calories 3 days). They tracked eating habits, hunger feelings, and hormones like ghrelin (hunger signal) and leptin (fullness signal) at start, 3 months, and 12 months using surveys and blood tests.

In 2025, Lucas Santos and a team from Brazil studied Wistar rats fed a high-fat diet from weaning to mimic obesity. They split them into four groups: standard diet, standard diet with extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO), high-fat diet, and high-fat diet with EVOO. They checked body weight, blood sugar, satiety, and brain inflammation markers in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus.

In 2025, Francesco Bettariga and a team from Edith Cowan University studied breast cancer survivors. They tested a single 30-minute session of resistance training (like weights) or high-intensity interval training (HIIT), measuring myokines—proteins from muscles that fight cancer. Blood samples were taken before, right after, and 30 minutes post-workout to see effects on cancer cells in a lab.

In 2025, Stephanie Harris and team from Case Western Reserve University reviewed studies on protein needs in older adults. They found protein metabolism changes with age, leading to muscle loss and weaker immunity. In the US, 30% of men and 50% of women over 71 eat too little protein due to gut issues, less appetite, tooth problems, money worries, and loneliness.

In 2025, SWM Cheng and a team analyzed data from 36,192 adults with high blood pressure in the UK Biobank. They used wrist trackers to measure daily steps and walking speed for a week, then tracked heart issues like heart failure, heart attacks, and strokes over 7.8 years.

In 2025, Lydia Woodyatt and her team from Flinders University studied why some people can't forgive themselves after mistakes. They talked to 80 individuals: some who stayed stuck in guilt and shame, and others who eventually forgave themselves. The researchers looked at real-life stories to understand what keeps people trapped in the past and what helps them move on.

In 2025, Seyed Mohammad Mousavi and team from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health analyzed data from three large US studies with over 205,000 health professionals followed for nearly 40 years. They tracked potato intake—French fries vs. boiled, baked, or mashed—and diabetes cases, adjusting for lifestyle factors like smoking and exercise. 22,299 people developed type 2 diabetes during the study.

In 2025, health experts from EatingWell reviewed studies on walking after eating. They looked at how even a short stroll, like 15-30 minutes, can help people with or without diabetes by preventing blood sugar spikes, easing digestion, and more. Research showed walking right after meals lowers glycemic response better than before, cutting blood sugar rises by 20-30% in some cases.

In a 2019 study from Michigan State University, researchers surveyed grass-finished beef from 12 US farms, analyzing fatty acids, minerals, and vitamins. Farms used all-grass diets, leading to an average omega-6 to omega-3 ratio of 4.1, far better than typical grain-fed beef's 20:1 or higher.

In 2021, Yumeng Xie and a team from Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University reviewed many studies on how exercise helps people with depression. They looked at different kinds of workouts like running, swimming, or yoga, and how they change brain chemicals, reduce swelling, and improve mood. Exercise works by boosting happy brain signals like serotonin and dopamine, growing new brain cells, and cutting down harmful stress.

In 2025, Maya K. Vadiveloo and a team from the American Heart Association reviewed studies on ultraprocessed foods like chips, sodas, and ready meals. They looked at how these foods, often high in fats, sugars, and salt, affect health in the US where 55% of calories come from them, rising to 62% in youth.

In 2025, Hailun Xie and team analyzed 6,568 cancer patients from multiple hospitals. They made an inflammatory score from white blood cell count and C-reactive protein levels in blood, grouping it as mild, moderate, or severe. They tracked survival and nutrition changes using stats like survival curves and risk models.

In 2025, María D. Navarro-Hortal and her team from the University of Granada reviewed many studies on how honey helps with Alzheimer's disease, a brain problem that causes memory loss and confusion. They looked at honey's natural compounds like flavonoids and polyphenols, found in raw honey from bees, and how they fight harmful changes in the brain.

In 2025, Xiaorong Ji and team from Shanghai University of Sport reviewed 21 studies with 1,200+ healthy adults. They looked at how whey protein, taken with exercise like weight lifting or running, helps build muscle. The studies compared groups using whey (20-40g per dose) to those doing exercise alone or with other proteins, measuring muscle protein synthesis (how muscles repair and grow) and the AKT/mTOR pathway, a cell signal that turns on muscle building.

In 2025, HJ Jeon and team from South Korea studied 661,122 people using the Korean National Health Insurance Service data. They compared 4,664 patients who had their gallbladder removed to 13,992 matched individuals who didn’t, over 5.35 years, to check for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a fatty liver condition tied to obesity or diabetes.

In 2025, X. Liu and team studied 56 patients with facial redness from acne or rosacea. They split them into two groups: one got intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy alone, while the other used IPL plus 3% tranexamic acid (TXA) cream. They measured redness levels and quality of life before and after treatment using standard scales.

In 2025, Changhu Sun and a team from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine looked at data from 2,207 older adults in the US from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011-2014). They created a score called the Dietary Index for Gut Microbiota to see how foods that help good gut bugs—like fruits, veggies, whole grains, beans, yogurt, and fish—affect thinking skills.

In 2025, Xiangyan Zhou and a team from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China reviewed studies on how gut microbes affect depression. They explored the gut-brain axis, a two-way connection between your belly and brain, showing how gut bugs impact mood and mental health.

In 2025, Fajian Ren and a team from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine reviewed how flavonoids from safflower, like chalcones and quercetin, work in the body. They looked at many studies on these compounds, found in safflower petals used in traditional medicine for blood flow and pain relief.

In 2025, Samuel J. Dicken and a team from University College London ran a trial with 55 adults. They split people into two groups: one ate minimally processed foods like overnight oats or homemade spaghetti Bolognese for eight weeks, then switched to ultra-processed foods like breakfast bars or ready meals after a break.