Herbs and spices are rich in antioxidants, and a new University of Georgia study suggests they are also potent inhibitors of tissue damage and inflammation caused by high levels of blood sugar.

A new article indicates that an increased intake in minerals such as potassium, and possibly magnesium and calcium by dietary means may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and decrease blood pressure in people with hypertension. A high intake of these minerals in the diet may also reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke.

Our inability to produce a chemical present in every other primate may be linked to a series of chronic diseases. Roger Highfield explains more

After various factors were taken into account and a further 20 studies excluded, the researchers linked vitamin A supplements to a 16% increased risk of dying, beta-carotene to a 7% increased risk and vitamin E to a 4% increased risk.

Diets containing two percent, six percent, or nine percent walnuts, when given to old rats, were found to reverse several parameters of brain aging, as well as age-related motor and cognitive deficits. Also, blueberries have been found to contain compounds that can reduce inflammation in the central nervous system.

The study, presented at the scientific meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians in Chicago, suggests iron deficiency may help explain why some otherwise healthy, non-smoking women had persistent coughs.

Organic fruit and vegetables may be better for you than conventionally grown crops, US research suggests.

Even those who are not overweight should slim down if they want to cut their risk of cancer, a major international study has claimed.

Fortifying flour with folic acid to cut birth defects may lead to a range of health problems, warn scientists.