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NUTRITION & HEALTHY AGING
Can a different diet change your biological age?
A small trial found changes in aging-related biomarkers. What that tells us—and what it leaves unanswered.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
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Heart-Risk Warning Signs Can Appear Before Diabetes Is Diagnosed
A 42,907-person observational study found unfavorable triglyceride-to-HDL ratios and rising blood pressure before diabetes diagnosis, highlighting heart risk beyond glucose.
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Gut Bacteria May Help the Body Tell When Food Arrives
A new mouse and laboratory study explains how a common gut bacterium may connect food timing with nutrient absorption. Human benefits remain unproven.
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Ultra-Processed Foods Were Not All Alike in Colorectal-Cancer Study
A 461,682-person cohort found no overall colorectal-cancer link for total ultra-processed food intake, but associations differed by food type.
Recent research, explained
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Heart-Risk Warning Signs Can Appear Before Diabetes Is Diagnosed
A 42,907-person observational study found unfavorable triglyceride-to-HDL ratios and rising blood pressure before diabetes diagnosis, highlighting heart risk beyond glucose.
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Gut Bacteria May Help the Body Tell When Food Arrives
A new mouse and laboratory study explains how a common gut bacterium may connect food timing with nutrient absorption. Human benefits remain unproven.
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Ultra-Processed Foods Were Not All Alike in Colorectal-Cancer Study
A 461,682-person cohort found no overall colorectal-cancer link for total ultra-processed food intake, but associations differed by food type.
BEHIND THE HEADLINE
A younger biomarker profile isn’t proof of a longer life.
Research reported May 12, 2026 · Small randomized trial · 4 weeks
In a trial of 104 adults aged 65–75, several diet changes improved a biological-age estimate based on 20 biomarkers. The clearest statistical signal came from the omnivorous, higher-carbohydrate group.
The important limit: the trial did not establish longer life or fewer diseases. It excluded people with conditions including type 2 diabetes and cancer, so the findings cannot simply be applied to everyone.
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Diet, gut microbes, and aging: what a new review can—and cannot—tell us
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Curiosity.
With perspective.
Health headlines move quickly. Research briefs should link to their sources, identify the kind of evidence, and explain what remains unknown.
Human trials, observational studies, and animal experiments answer different questions. Promising findings deserve attention—and careful interpretation.