Q: Does raw oatmeal, mixed with plain non-fat yogurt, have the same health benefits...
Answer : No need to change your morning routine!
Q: What is your opinion of the claim that low-level laser therapy can be...
Answer : Wed be skeptical of any treatment that claims to be good for almost anything that ails you.
Q: Some hard candy says, sugar free. But it also says, 15 mg sugar...
Answer : The candy contains no sugar of the sort youd find in a sugar bowl, but does contain a sweetener such as xylitol.
Q: Does the sugar in fruit have the same effect in your body as...
Answer : Irwin H. Rosenberg, MD, University Professor of Nutrition and Medicine at Tufts and editor of the Health & Nutrition Letter, replies, Fruits may have more fructose than sucrose (table sugar), which has a slightly different metabolism...
Are Cyanide Levels in Flaxseed Safe?
Lynne M. Ausman, DSc, RD, director of the Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition Program at Tufts HNRCA Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, says you have nothing to worry about.
Can Bad Dreams Raise Blood Pressure?
Its probably not your dreams, but you may want to check with your doctor about an underlying physical cause of this pattern, such as uncontrolled hypertension, sleep apnea, adrenal-gland issues or kidney problems. The normal daily pattern of blood pressure is that its lower at night and when you first wake up, then rises during the day. Blood pressure typically peaks in mid-afternoon, then begins to drop again.
Q: With the growing popularity of daily low-dose aspirin therapy, I wonder if there...
Answer : Despite several unreferenced articles linking aspirin to AMD, Allen Taylor, PhD, director of Tufts HNRCA Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, says...
Q: Does tea lose its health benefits if its been stored a long time?
Answer : Selena Ahmed, a Tufts postdoctoral fellow researching the chemical ecology of tea, responds: Some tea phytochemicals- the compounds that may have health-protective effects in humans-are more influenced by production...
Q: Im confused by your article about the new American Heart Association statement on...
Answer : We checked with Neil J. Stone, MD, of the Feinberg School of Medicine...
Q: Do diet and exercise have the same benefit for someone who has led...
Answer : The good news (unless youre looking for an excuse to slack off exercising)...