A recent study discovered that a vegan diet - no meat, no dairy, and no gluten -- significantly decreases the risk of heart ailments, alleviating the risk for those with rheumatoid arthritis, whose arteries are blocked by the disease.

Scientists from the Karolinska Institute derived their study from an experiment that involved 58 patients divided into two groups: the vegan diet group and the non-vegan diet group

People who take high doses of vitamin E supplements are at an increased risk of suffering from lung cancer, research suggests. Lead researcher Dr. Christopher G. Slatore of the University of Washington in Seattle studied 77,000 people taking 400 milligrams per day and found its long-term use increased cancer risk by 28 percent.

Over the course of the study, 521 people developed lung cancer. "This risk translates into a 28 percent increased risk of lung cancer at a dose of 400 mg/day for 10 years," wrote Dr. Slatore. Smokers were at particular risk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has intensified its efforts to enforce a nationwide recall of canned vegetable products from New Era Canning Co. of Michigan. The products were reportedly contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that produces the toxin that causes botulism and can result in life threatening illness or death.

The canned products are in large cans weighing between six and seven pounds and containing various types of beans, green beans, garbanzos, blackeye peas and asparagus

A study concluded that the usual "western" diet consisting of heavy amounts of meat, fried food, and refined grains ups the risk of an individual developing type 2 diabetes, as well as heart complications.

The research, conducted by experts from the University of Minnesota, determined the results by examining the eating habits of nearly 10,000 people. The study showed that a daily diet consisting of two portions of red meat results in a 26 percent increase in the susceptibility to a condition known as metabolic syndrome

A new Social Security Institute study said by 2018 Mexicans will overtake Americans as the most obese people, unless measures are instituted to curb the rising incidents of obesity. The institute blamed this unhealthful trend to Mexicans' passion for eating and preference for junk food.

A 2006 National Health Survey said 70 percent of Mexicans have weight problems. Forty percent are obese, while another 30 percent are overweight