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14 stories for“restrictive diet research”
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
A major Cochrane review of nearly 2,000 people found intermittent fasting barely beats ordinary dieting. Here is what the data really supports.
Mar 10, 2026
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
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
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
Chrononutrition research links late eating to worse metabolic outcomes, but the field is younger and messier than headlines suggest.
Sep 25, 2025
Trials now show insufficient sleep impairs insulin sensitivity directly, independent of weight gain, reshaping how doctors talk about diabetes risk.
Nov 2, 2024
The biggest head-to-head diet trial ever run found near-identical weight loss. The real variable turned out to be the person, not the macro.
Nov 18, 2024
Coeliac blood tests look for antibodies your body only makes while you are eating gluten. Cut it out first and the result can come back clear while the disease carries on.
Jul 16, 2026
Losing the ability to digest lactose in adulthood is the human default rather than a disorder. It is also a dose problem, which is why total avoidance is usually the wrong response.
Aug 8, 2026
Dates are sweet, so the assumption is that people with diabetes should avoid them. A study of Fara'd, Lulu, Bo ma'an, Dabbas and Khalas found low glycaemic indices and no significant glucose excursions in the diabetic group.
Aug 12, 2026
Research use only is a legal phrase, not a quality standard. Testing of peptides bought online keeps finding the wrong dose, the wrong compound, or contamination in something people inject at home.
Aug 12, 2026
The eight-glasses rule traces to an unreferenced 1945 guess. Here is what evidence-based bodies recommend instead.
Apr 8, 2025
Fruit contains sugar, so the advice writes itself and it is wrong. The relevant distinction is not sweet versus not sweet. It is whether the sugar is still inside a structure that has to be dismantled before it can be absorbed.
Aug 13, 2026
