Q. Do people who do not have a gluten sensitivity benefit from reducing or...
A. Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, a nutrition professor at the Friedman School and executive editor of Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter, answers: “The short...
Q. I find it difficult and off-putting to calculate the calories in all the...
A. Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH, dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and editor-in-chief of Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter answers:...
Q. Some dietary advice treats corn as a starch, but some says it’s a...
A. Helen Rasmussen, PhD, RD, FADA, LDN, a research dietitian at the HNRCA, answers: “There is a lot of confusion about where corn should...
Q. Does the amount of deuterium in drinking water matter to one’s health?
A. Judith C. Thalheimer, RD, LDN, managing editor of Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter,
answers: “Deuterium is a naturally-occurring isotope of hydrogen. Most hydrogen atoms...
Q. I have a normal BMI, I eat right, and I stay quite active...
A. Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSC, director of the Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory and executive editor of Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter, answers: “A large waist...
Q. I have been told I shouldn’t eat nuts because of my diverticulosis. Is...
A. Alicia Romano, MS, RD, a dietitian at the Frances Stern Nutrition Center, answers: “Nuts are healthy foods that are good choices to incorporate...
Q. Should I buy white peaches/nectarines, or yellow? Are purple and yellow carrots a...
A. Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD, a professor at the Friedman
School and an expert on dietary bioactive components, answers: “The color of a plant food...
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Q. Can peppermint oil help my irritable bowel syndrome?
A. Judith C. Thalheimer, RD, LDN, managing editor of Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter, answers: While a handful of small studies suggested that peppermint...
Q. Is it true that percentage intake of macronutrients (protein, CHO, fat) should be...
A. Lauren McAvoy, a dietetic intern at Tufts Medical Center, answers: “While there are claims that individuals with different body types metabolize nutrients differently,...