Disease Prevention
Disease prevention evidence covers modifiable risk factors, screenings, and lifestyle interventions studied for their effect on chronic disease risk. Language here favors risk reduction over guarantees, because that is what the underlying research supports.
4 evidence records in this topic
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Does following a Mediterranean diet reduce the risk of dying from any cause?
BMJ · 2008
Yes, with strong and consistent support. People who more closely follow a Mediterranean-style diet, rich in vegetables, fruit, whole grains, legumes, olive oil, and fish, with limited red and processed meat, have a lower risk of dying from any cause over long-term follow-up compared with people who follow it less closely.
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Does time-restricted eating improve metabolic health?
Cell Metabolism · 2018
Short-term evidence suggests time-restricted eating, especially eating earlier in the day within a 6- to 10-hour window, may improve insulin sensitivity, blood pressure, and some cardiometabolic markers, sometimes even without weight loss. Evidence for meaningful long-term weight loss specifically is more mixed, and larger, longer trials are still needed.
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Does vitamin D supplementation reduce the risk of acute respiratory infections?
The BMJ · 2017
Evidence suggests vitamin D supplementation modestly reduces the risk of acute respiratory tract infections overall, with the clearest benefit in people who are vitamin D deficient at baseline and in those taking daily or weekly doses rather than large infrequent bolus doses.
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Is high-intensity interval training (HIIT) better than moderate-intensity continuous training for cardiovascular health?
British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2014
In people with existing cardiometabolic disease, HIIT produces a larger improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2peak) than moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) of similar time commitment, with a comparable safety profile in supervised settings. For the general population without existing disease, evidence suggests both approaches meaningfully improve cardiovascular health, and consistency matters more than which one is chosen.