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Healthy eating patterns (Mediterranean, DASH, whole foods) research

New studies, reviews and preprints that mention Healthy eating patterns (Mediterranean, DASH, whole foods). Linked by keyword: a study can mention a treatment without testing it.

PeopleStudy · Nutrients · Oct 27, 2026

Associations of Distinct Dietary Indices with Global and Domain-Specific Cognition and Age-Related Heterogeneity in Older Chinese Adults.

BACKGROUND: Whether distinct dietary indices are similarly associated with cognitive domains and whether these associations vary by age remain unclear.

Summary of earlier studiesReview · Current heart failure reports · Oct 24, 2026

How everyday surroundings may affect heart failure in older adults

This review looks at pollution, noise, heat, and other surroundings linked to heart failure in older people. It argues these factors matter alongside age and heart disease.

PeopleClinical trial · BMC geriatrics · Oct 21, 2026

Diet, exercise and a diabetes pill compared in older adults on cost

Researchers compared diet, exercise and a diabetes drug in older adults with type 2 diabetes. All three helped blood sugar about equally, but costs and results differed.

PeopleStudy · Nature communications · Aug 29, 2026

Healthy diets linked to slower epigenetic aging in two large groups

Researchers compared ten healthy diet scores and how they relate to DNA aging markers. Eating a healthy pattern was linked to less epigenetic aging, but the size of the link varied by score.

PeopleStudy · Frontiers in nutrition · Mar 26, 2026

Mediterranean diet linked to two mitochondrial proteins in older heart patients

People who followed the Mediterranean diet more closely had higher blood levels of two small proteins. The study cannot show the diet caused these levels, and more research is needed.