Africa's numerous cultures have long enjoyed a heritage of diets based on items known to be good for gut and metabolic health, including a range of vegetables, grains, fruit, and fermented goods.

Recent research published in Nature Medicine highlights the rapid impact that dietary changes can have on immune and metabolic health. Urbanization and increased availability of processed foods in ...

A traditional African diet rich in vegetables, fibre, and fermented foods can reverse inflammation and protect against chronic diseases in just two weeks, while Western diets exacerbate these ...

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases.

African-Americans and Africans who swapped their typical diets for just two weeks similarly exchanged their respective risks of colon cancer as reflected by alterations of their gut bacteria, ...

Expanding awareness of culturally appropriate heritage diets beyond the Mediterranean diet could reduce the risk of diet-related diseases in the US associated with “nutrition transition” away from ...

African indigenous food groups present an exciting area to explore when it comes to taste and nutrition. They may even offer potential as nutritional therapy for people with health problems. Foods ...

In Sub-Saharan Africa, a shift towards Western diets is contributing to a rise in non-communicable diseases, but there is a lack of research on the immunometabolic impact of traditional diets compared ...

Chronic inflammation is a major driver of lifestyle-related diseases, like heart disease and type 2 diabetes. New research highlights how profoundly a modern Western diet, high in processed foods and ...