Water and Other Nutrients

File photo: whole wheat bread. Photo: Stacy Spensley, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. In the news · September 2026 A meta-analysis of 87 randomised trials, published in the European Heart Journal, found the greatest cardiometabolic benefit at 60 to 100 grams of wholegrain a day, around four to six servings. Benefits included lower weight,…

File photo: raw salmon fillets. Photo: FULVIO_TOGNON, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0. In the news · June 2026 A two-year placebo-controlled trial of 365 adults aged 55 to 80 at raised Alzheimer’s risk, published in eBioMedicine, tested 2,000 mg of DHA daily. Brain fluid DHA rose 17%, yet memory, cognition and hippocampal shrinkage did not improve…