diet

After developing Type 2 diabetes and having a heart attack in his 40s, Clearwater resident Fabricio Zambrano switched to a plant-based lifestyle.

The guidelines, which took effect in July, make it easier to follow a vegetarian or vegan diet. Also, students may request a substitute for school milk if they have a milk allergy.

While a vegetarian diet has long been thought to have health benefits, we might just be at a point in our evolution where the negative health impacts of eating meat may outweigh the benefits.

On this episode, program host Dr. Joe Sirven examines the effect of sleep deprivation and a poor diet on the health of fathers.

New research shows that the number of 12- to 25-year-olds who used the GLP-1 medications climbed from about 8,700 a month in 2020 to 60,000 a month in 2023.

But some health experts worry about traditional diet companies and gyms getting in the medication business and believe the drugs will cater to society’s need for quick fixes.

Researchers find that Latinas who ate vegetables, fruits and healthy oils-based foods had fewer incidences of preeclampsia. More research is needed to determine the exact diet that could be beneficial.

Weight-loss medications tamp down hunger — often dramatically — causing some people to lose the pleasure of communing over food at a festive family meal.

Many welcome what they say is greater control over what they eat. “I don’t care about the bread as much. I still eat what I enjoy,” says one Tampa area woman who lost more than 200 pounds taking Mounjaro.

New research finds that limiting eating from noon to 8 p.m. helped patients manage weight and blood sugar as much as calorie counting – and was easier to keep up.