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Why the Mediterranean Diet Keeps Winning the Evidence Wars

One Spanish randomised trial cut heart attacks and strokes by roughly 30 percent using olive oil and nuts. Here is why that result has held up so well since.

Jun 18, 2024

The Finnish Sauna Study Everyone Quotes Is Real, and It Is Weaker Than the Wellness Industry Wants It to Be

Men who used a sauna four to seven times a week had far fewer sudden cardiac deaths over twenty years than men who went once. That finding launched an industry. What the study can and cannot support, and who should be careful.

Sep 6, 2026

Wine Drinkers Died Less Often in a 340,000 Person Study, and the Most Likely Explanation Is Dinner

An analysis of 340,924 UK Biobank adults found moderate wine drinkers had a 21 per cent lower risk of cardiovascular death, while beer, cider and spirits went the other way. The researchers' own leading explanation is not the wine.

Aug 28, 2026

The First Oral PCSK9 Drug Changes the Cholesterol Treatment Conversation

FDA approval of the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor adds a once-daily option for adults who need greater LDL reduction, but it does not replace individualized cardiovascular care.

Aug 1, 2026

Ozempic and Wegovy: What the Trials Actually Showed

Semaglutide now has a heart disease approval too. Here is what the STEP and SELECT trial data really says, and what it does not.

Mar 13, 2024

What Happens to Your Gut When You Remove Fruit and Vegetables

Fibre is not a supplement you can skip and make up later. Take it out of a diet and the effects run from the bowel to blood glucose to long-term cardiovascular risk.

Jun 24, 2026

The Carnivore Diet's Evidence Problem, Explained Plainly

All meat, no plants, and a wave of enthusiastic testimonials online. The actual research base behind the claims is nine small studies with no control group at all.

Apr 5, 2026

Mounjaro and Zepbound: The Case for Two Hormones at Once

Tirzepatide just beat semaglutide head to head in a major trial. Here is what SURMOUNT and SURPASS data actually shows about hitting two receptors.

Dec 9, 2024

The Diabetes Drug That Turned Out to Be a Kidney Drug

SGLT2 inhibitors were developed to lower blood sugar by making you urinate it out. The glucose effect turned out to be the least interesting thing about them, and the kidney trials changed how this complication is treated.

Jul 25, 2026

Retatrutide: The Triple Agonist Still Proving Itself

Retatrutide just posted phase 3 weight loss data hitting three hormone receptors at once. Here is what is confirmed and what remains unproven.

May 27, 2026

Fitness to Dive: Why the Medical Form Is Not a Formality

PFO, asthma, diabetes and certain medications can all change whether diving is safe. Here is why the medical questionnaire before a course matters.

Jan 27, 2025

Latest Trends

Wildfire Smoke Does Not Respect Borders, and Its Health Toll Outlasts the Flames

As fires force evacuations across France and Spain, fine particles can travel far beyond fire lines and worsen heart and lung disease after the immediate emergency fades.

Jul 25, 2026

The WHO Advised Against Sweeteners, and Then Made One Exception That Nobody Reported

The 2023 guideline told people not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control. It explicitly does not apply to people who already have diabetes, which is precisely the group that read the headline and threw them out.

Aug 11, 2026

One Receptor, Two, or Three: Comparing Semaglutide, Tirzepatide and Retatrutide

Ozempic, Mounjaro and the drug that has not arrived yet are not three versions of the same thing. They hit different receptors, produce different results, and suit different people.

Aug 11, 2026

Retatrutide's Phase 3 Run Is Nearly Complete. The Numbers Are the Largest Yet

TRIUMPH-2 and TRIUMPH-3 read out in July, following TRIUMPH-1 in May. Across the programme the triple agonist has produced weight loss in a range no approved obesity drug has reached, with a filing due in early 2027.

Aug 11, 2026

Ultra-Processed Food: What the Research Actually Shows

One rigorous NIH trial proved ultra-processed diets cause overeating. A UK parliamentary report says the classification behind it is too blunt.

Jun 2, 2026

Muscle Pulls Glucose Out of Your Blood Without Asking Insulin's Permission

Contracting muscle opens a separate doorway for glucose that does not require insulin at all. It explains why a ten minute walk after dinner works, why lifting weights matters more than it is given credit for, and why a hard sprint can send the number up.

Aug 9, 2026

Mediterranean Diet Keeps Winning: What Research Says

The Mediterranean diet isn't trendy, it's proven. New 2025 research shows it cuts diabetes risk by a third when combined with lifestyle changes.

Feb 10, 2025

Strength Training for Longevity: Muscle as an Organ of Healthspan

New mortality data pinpoints how much weekly strength training lowers death risk, and shows more is not always better.

Apr 10, 2025

The Mammalian Dive Reflex: A Human Body on One Breath

Submersion triggers an ancient reflex that slows the heart, redirects blood, and quietly reshapes what a trained freediver's body can survive underwater.

Sep 18, 2024

Continuous Glucose Monitors Without Diabetes: Useful Data or Noise?

Over-the-counter glucose monitors reached healthy consumers in 2024, but research suggests their readings may not mean what wearers assume.

Jul 22, 2025

Salt and Blood Pressure: The Evidence, and the Gulf's Convenience-Food Problem

WHO sets a 5 gram salt ceiling; the Gulf's average intake runs far above it, driven largely by bread and processed food.

Jan 16, 2025

Retatrutide's Third Receptor Is the Hormone That Raises Blood Sugar. Adding It On Purpose Is the Whole Idea

Semaglutide hits one receptor and tirzepatide hits two. The third one retatrutide adds is glucagon, which does the opposite of what a diabetes drug is supposed to do. It is also where the liver results and the safety questions both come from.

Aug 20, 2026

A Healthy Diet Is Becoming a Luxury, and That Is a Public Policy Failure

The 2026 global food-security debate is shifting from calories alone to whether families can afford nutritious food. The consequences reach health, education and productivity.

Jul 31, 2026

A Tape Measure Round the Waist Did the Same Job as Four Measurements and a Formula

In 1,900 American adults, waist circumference on its own matched a new multi measurement framework against a proper body fat scan. BMI alone missed a substantial number of people who met the body fat criteria for obesity.

Sep 1, 2026

A Protein Bar Is Ultra-Processed. New Trial Data Says That May Not Be the Point

Protein-enriched processed foods produced higher satiety hormones and lower calorie intake than normal-protein versions of the same products. It complicates a classification a lot of advice now rests on.

Aug 17, 2026

When Scientists Dive, Credentials Do Not Remove the Risk

Research divers work under formal scientific diving safety standards, but a marine science background does not make deep or technical diving inherently safer to attempt.

Jun 14, 2026

CO2 and O2 Tables: The Dry Training That Actually Moves Your Breath-Hold

Two tables, two different adaptations, and a hard rule about where you do them. One trains tolerance to discomfort, the other trains efficiency at low oxygen, and confusing them wastes weeks.

Aug 12, 2026

The Al-Awady Death: What Is Confirmed and What Is Still Open

A UAE medical report found a natural death from sudden cardiac arrest. Egypt then exhumed the body for a second examination. Both of those facts are true, and neither cancels the other.

May 17, 2026

Freediving Breathing: What Helps, What Does Nothing, and What Can Kill You

Breathe-up, diaphragmatic breathing and the recovery breath are the three that matter. Hyperventilation is the one that removes your warning that you are about to black out.

Aug 10, 2026

Sleeping Through a Gulf Summer: Why Heat Wrecks Sleep and What Helps

Falling asleep requires your core temperature to drop, which is difficult when the night does not cool. The fixes that work target body temperature rather than room temperature, and cost very little.

Aug 13, 2026

Omega Three and a Daily Aspirin Matched Antibiotics for Severe Gum Disease Over a Full Year

In a placebo controlled trial of 109 people, 58 per cent of the antibiotic group and 57.7 per cent of the supplement group reached the clinical target. The placebo group reached 23.1 per cent, and that third number is what makes the first two mean anything.

Aug 31, 2026

A Diet Trial Was Stopped Early Because the Control Group Was Doing Measurably Worse

PREDIMED tested a Mediterranean diet with added olive oil or nuts against low-fat advice. Diabetes incidence was 6.9 per cent with olive oil against 8.8 per cent on the low-fat arm, and the follow-up trial did considerably better.

Aug 15, 2026

What Nizam al-Tayyibat Gets Wrong, Item by Item

Banning fish and fruit while encouraging red meat and starch is not a cautious eating plan. Set against the evidence, each exclusion removes something with a measurable protective effect.

Jun 3, 2026

Nizam al-Tayyibat: What the Diet Actually Tells You to Eat

Chicken, eggs, fish, legumes and most vegetables are out. Rice, potatoes, red meat and certain sugars are in. Set out plainly, the food lists are stranger than the slogans suggest.

May 13, 2026

The Summer's Diving Deaths Have More in Common Than the Coverage Suggests

A cave in the Maldives, a lake in Germany, an inlet in Florida, a tuna farm off Malta. Four very different events, and a short list of factors that shows up in nearly all of them.

Aug 13, 2026

GUE: The Agency That Will Fail You, and Thinks That Is the Point

Global Underwater Explorers standardises equipment, teaches in teams, tests fitness, and hands out provisional passes rather than certificates. It is the most divisive system in diving, and the most internally consistent.

Aug 12, 2026

What Nizam al-Tayyibat Gets Right, Taken Seriously

Millions of people did not follow this system because they are foolish. Three things about it genuinely work, and understanding them explains the reach better than mockery does.

May 29, 2026

How Diving Accidents Are Actually Analysed: The Four Links in the Chain

Almost every fatality report ends with drowning, which tells you nothing. Investigators use a four-part chain instead: trigger, disabling agent, disabling injury, cause of death. Here is how to read one.

Aug 12, 2026

DAN's Safety Guidance, Condensed: What the Research Body Actually Recommends

Divers Alert Network is not a training agency and issues no certifications. It collects the injury data, then publishes guidance based on it. Here is that guidance, in the order it matters.

Aug 12, 2026

Meal Timing and Late-Night Eating: What Circadian Nutrition Research Actually Shows

Chrononutrition research links late eating to worse metabolic outcomes, but the field is younger and messier than headlines suggest.

Sep 25, 2025

Ten Thousand Steps Was a Marketing Number. The Evidence Says the Benefit Flattens Around Seven Thousand

Two large pooled analyses now agree: the drop in mortality with more walking is steep up to about seven thousand steps a day and shallow after that. What the studies found, what they could not show, and what to do with a phone that counts.

Sep 6, 2026

Metformin as an Anti-Aging Drug: The Claims Versus the Trial Data

Biohackers take metformin to slow aging, but the trial designed to actually prove that, TAME, still has not finished enrolling.

May 6, 2024

Fibre Is the Nutrient Almost Everyone Under-Eats, and Here Is What It Does

Most adults eat about half the fibre they need. The gap matters more than dieters realise, and closing it is not about bran.

May 22, 2024

Vitamin D Supplements: A Reality Check on Who Actually Benefits

Large trials with more than 30,000 participants found vitamin D pills do little for people who are not deficient, reshaping decades of assumptions.

Jan 20, 2026

Zone 2 Cardio Versus VO2 Max: Sorting the Training Trend From the Evidence

VO2 max strongly predicts longevity, but the evidence that slow, low-intensity Zone 2 training is the best way to raise it is weaker than the trend suggests.

Jan 15, 2025

Six Breaths a Minute Is the Number, and It Is One of the Few Wellness Claims With Trials Behind It

Yogic breathing is unusual among wellness practices in having a measurable, replicated physiological effect. The size of it is modest, the mechanism is well understood, and a few of the more dramatic techniques carry real risk.

Sep 4, 2026

Intermittent Fasting Works About as Well as Eating Less, Because in the Trials That Is What It Turned Out to Be

Three randomised trials put time-restricted eating against ordinary calorie control or against nothing. The eating window on its own did little. Combined with eating less, it did what eating less does. What that means for anyone considering it.

Sep 6, 2026

France’s June Heatwave Toll: 5,764 Excess Deaths in 2026

A delayed mortality count reveals the June heatwave’s true scale, showing why the deadliest climate disaster can pass quietly behind ordinary causes of death.

Jul 23, 2026

Retatrutide Is Not Approved in Any Country. It Is Also for Sale in Most of Them

Lilly does not expect to file for approval until the first quarter of 2027. Search the drug's name today and you can have a vial by the weekend. The gap between those two facts is where the harm happens.

Aug 20, 2026