New year, new diet? For many, this is the time of year to give some thought to previous bad habits and contemplate some changes for healthier living. Fortunately, it’s also the time that publications come out with their rankings of the various popular diets, to help spur on your strategizing.

Perhaps no one gets more attention for their rankings than US News and World Report, which just came out with the Best Diets Overall for 2020. No surprise to agebuzz readers and anyone who watches what they eat, the overall best-rated diet for health is the Mediterranean Diet, a plan of eating highly reliant on fruits, veggies, fish and olive oil. Specifically for better heart health, US News also ranked diets, with the Ornish Diet coming in first, and the Mediterranean diet a close second. For more on these rankings, and how to think about a healthy diet more generally, set your table and read the latest advice from Popular Science. And read more about the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet here.

If you’re looking for a new cookbook to spark your creativity for healthier eating, check out the new Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100, just published by longevity expert Dan Buettner, who has spent his career studying Blue Zones and the eating habits of those who live in regions where people live the longest.

And if you’re still resistant to the notion that healthier eating means healthier aging, perhaps a little more research will break your resistance. First, a recent study out of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found a connection between a healthier diet and lowering your risk of acquired hearing loss. Find out more about the study by clicking here. And what about diet and brain health? There’s a connection there too, and constant research to better understand how your diet can affect your dementia risk. So pull out those leafy greens and read more here.