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Dark chocolate cut 13 seconds off a standard attention test across 16 randomized trials
Cocoa research has produced a decade of enthusiastic small studies and no settled answer. A GRADE-assessed pooling of 16 trials and 2,847 people found the clearest gains on tests of executive function and processing speed.
Sep 1, 2026
Four healthy eating patterns each tracked about 12% less acid reflux across 183,878 adults
Reflux advice is a list of foods to avoid. Following 183,878 UK adults for 13 years, the Mediterranean, MIND and DASH patterns and a gut-focused diet index each tracked lower risk, while an inflammatory pattern tracked more.
Sep 1, 2026
Every extra 100g of fruit and vegetables a day after diagnosis tracked 9% fewer bladder cancer recurrences
Bladder cancer comes back more often than almost any other cancer, and patients are given no dietary advice at all. In 1,396 Dutch patients followed nearly five years, what they ate after diagnosis tracked their recurrence risk.
Sep 1, 2026
Milk protein cut time spent awake in the night by 8 minutes in people whose sleep was already poor
The warm-milk folk remedy has never had much behind it. Pooling 11 randomized trials, milk-derived proteins and peptides improved the share of time in bed actually spent asleep, and the effect was largest in people with disturbed sleep.
Sep 1, 2026