“You are what you eat,” as the saying goes. The foods we consume—along with when and how often we eat—affect every one of our body systems. Our diet plays a large role in our overall health and well-being, influencing everything from heart heath to bone and muscle strength to mood.

Check out our selection of blog posts that focus on how we eat to live—and how we live to eat.

• Can Chili Peppers Improve Exercise Performance?
• Marathon Runners: There’s a Downside to Drinking Too Much Water
• 2020’s Most-read I Spy Physiology Posts
• Giving Sugar the Run-around: How Exercise Protects Blood Vessels from Sugary Drinks
• Food for Thought
• It’s Not Your Imagination: Women Have a Harder Time Losing Weight
• Is Dropping Junk Food the Key to Weight Loss?
• Are Prebiotics the New Probiotics?
• Can Going Organic Cut Your Cancer Risk?
• Can Intermittent Fasting Help People with Diabetes?
• The Surprising Health Benefits of ‘Yo-yo’ Dieting
• The Triple Threat: Diet, Diabetes and Fatty Liver Disease
• Watermelon: A Tasty Summer Treat That’s Good for Heart Health
• Ketogenic Diets: Passing Fad or Nutritional Hack?
• Tart Cherries Are Sweet for Blood Vessel Health
• Gut Health: You May Lose More than Your Luggage When You Travel
• The ‘Holidaze’: What Happens in Your Body to Cause a Hangover
• Pumpkins: Orange, Tasty and Good for Your Health
• The Fat-blocking Powers of Fiber
• Herbal Tea: Healthier Hot or Cold?
• Do Caffeine and Menstrual Cycles Affect Athletic Performance?
• How, What and When to Eat: Scientists Weigh In at Experimental Biology 2018
• Curcumin, the Golden Spice
• Can Eating Fruit Be Hazardous to Your Health?
• Keeping the Juices Flowing with Beets
• A Nutty Way to Curb Cravings
• Sugars, Fructose and Your Health
• Beer Does a Body Good?
• A Healthy Diet: A Prescription for a Healthy Life!
• When’s the Best Time to Eat? Your Body Clock Knows