Frank H. Bloomfield, Ph.D., from the Liggins Institute in Auckland, New Zealand, and colleagues conducted a multicenter trial involving infants with birth weight <1,000 g. A total of 434 infants were ...

It is often said that exercise is the best medicine, but for many older adults, it can be a prescription that is increasingly difficult to take. Age-related physical and mental health challenges ...

Elizabeth Barnes, MS, RDN, LDN, is a dietitian with a focus on treating clients with eating disorders and disordered eating to help them to mend their relationship with food and their bodies. BCAAs ...

Colino is a contributor for TIME. Colino is a contributor for TIME. Amino acid supplements have soared in popularity in recent years. Social-media influencers peddle them with promises that they’ll ...

Amino acids are absolutely essential to our health—and for life itself. They are the so-called “building blocks” of proteins. They play a key role in the growth, repair, and maintenance of almost ...

Feeding female fruit flies a diet low in the amino acid tyrosine improves their ability to endure food shortage, reduces their reproductive output, and causes them to live longer, RIKEN researchers ...