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3 Diet Tweaks Heart Health Nutrition Scientist Made to Prevent Disease ...
By Kim Schewitz You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Professor Sarah Berry is a nutrition scientist who specializes in cardiovascular health. ZOE 2026-04-12T09:09:01.257Z Emerging evidence suggests that how quickly and when you eat could affect your health. In response, Sarah Berry, a nutrition scientist, has made some changes to the way she eats. Berry tries to stop eating by 9 p.m and chews her food slowly. Professor Sarah Berry, a nutrition scientist who specializes in heart health, takes a balanced approach to her diet by focusing on the basics, like eating plenty of whole foods and avoiding refined sugar. But recently, she has experimented with tweaking her eating habits. She told Business Insider that emerging data has convinced her that how quickly we eat and at what time of day, could impact the risk of developing chronic diseases."This is a really interesting area of research that I've found myself in more recently," she told Business Insider. Here are three ways Berry has changed how she eats based on current research.Not eating after 9 p.m.For a self-professed snacker like Berry, this is no easy feat. Research suggests that eating late disrupts the circadian rhythm, the biological clock that controls sleep and wake cycles, hormone regulation, and hunger cues. This is thought to negatively impact metabolic health, increasing the risk of chronic diseases, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease.Studies have also found that eating late into the evening can lead to waking up hungry, she said, which can cause weight gain if we eat more than we typically would.A meta-analysis published in the journal Obesity Reviews in 2022 found that those who ate the majority of their daily calories earlier in the day lost more weight than those who ate the same amount of calories later in the day and into the evening. The authors said improved synchronization of sleep-wake cycles and daily hormone cycles in the early eaters was the likely reason.Earlier eating was also associated with lower LDL or "bad" cholesterol, lower fasting glucose levels, and lower insulin resistance, all signs of good metabolic health.Fasting for 12-hours overnightBerry tries to make sure she doesn't eat for 12-hours overnight. A typical 12-hour fasting period for Berry is from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m.This is a relatively attainable form of intermittent fasting, or eating within a restricted time window, a trend that's been...
Prevention of Diet-Related Diseases and Disparities
Importance of Preventing Diet-Related Diseases and DisparitiesDiet-related illnesses including cardiovascular diseases, Type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers are the leading source of poor health in the United States. These illnesses also negatively affect worker productivity, military readiness, healthcare spending, and health disparities. Food insecurity and diet-related illnesses often co-exist. Both are interrelated with challenges and opportunities in the use of natural resources. Across all life stages, research, education, Extension, and innovation could potentially improve understanding of the various factors contributing to the prevention of diet-related diseases and disparities.Precision nutrition is a new concept that aims to harness emerging findings from nutritional science into meaningful and clinically relevant dietary recommendations for individuals and population sub-groups. Nutrition science encompasses research examining multiple synergistic levels of influence: dietary habits, genetic background, health status, microbiome, metabolism, food environment, physical activity, socioeconomics, psychosocial characteristics, and environmental exposures, among others. Precision nutrition, like precision medicine, aims to capitalize on the exponential growth that is occurring in technology, genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics platforms along with personalized and environmental sensors and other big-data resources.NIFA’s ImpactNIFA recognizes that nutrition could be one of the most cost-effective approaches to address many of the societal and economic challenges faced across the globe today. NIFA’s nutrition efforts are grounded in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, and other federal food and nutrition guidelines and priorities. NIFA partners with the Land-grant University System and government, private, and nonprofit organizations to support science to advance understanding of what is in the foods and beverages we produce and how do our products best serve their final users either humans or animals. The agency also invests in developing nutrition scientists across all stages of professional development and building their capacity to work across disciplines and entities to advance nutritional sciences research, policy, and practice.Relevant NIFA ProgramsAgriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)Foundational and Applied Science ProgramFood Safety, Nutrition, and Health (FSNH) program areaA1343 Fo...
Simple Diet Shifts to Lower Chronic Disease Risk: Evidence-Based Tips ...
Studies consistently showed that higher whole grain consumption reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death. Additionally, dietary fiber, abundant in whole grains, was associated with lower Type 2 diabetes and all-cause mortality risks.
We Asked a Doctor What the Best Fruit Is for a Healthier Heart
Eating a healthy diet can reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke, and heart disease. In general, fresh fruits and vegetables are great additions to a heart-healthy diet. To find out which fruit or vegetable has the most heart benefits, we spoke with Kin Yuen, MD, MS, a physician at UCSF Health who ...
