2025’s Health and Nutrition Highlights
Each year brings new findings that deepen our understanding of how nutrition and lifestyle shape health. In 2025, Tufts experts helped us interpret emerging...
Get to Know Chestnuts!
Whether roasted over an open fire or puréed into potatoes (see page 7), versatile chestnuts are a nutritious, palate-pleasing choice.
Chestnut Types. The fruits of...
Don’t Toss It Yet! 
“Expiration Dates” Explained
Americans throw away an estimated 30 percent of their food—much of which is still perfectly good. This wastes food and money and is bad...
Added Sugar is Added Sugar
When most people think of “sugar,” they picture that spoonful of white crystals that sweetens their coffee, tea, or baked goods. Those white crystals...
Raw vs. Pasteurized Milk
Q: I hear raw milk is healthier than pasteurized milk, but then I hear it’s dangerous and should be avoided. What is the truth?!
A:...
Want to Eat Less? Try Spicy Food.
A study that fed people lunch in a laboratory setting found that participants ate spicier food more slowly, and food intake went down as...
10 Choices that are Better for You…and the Planet
Worried about your health and the health of the planet? Experts have good news for you! “Many of the same foods and activities that...
Citrus Fruits: Acidic or Alkaline?
Q: In your September article on pH, you said that citrus fruits are not acidic in the body. How can that be? These fruits...
Too Much of a Sweet Thing?
It’s that time of year again—pumpkins on porches, costumes in store windows, and giant bags of candy stacked high on supermarket shelves. Halloween may...
Snack Smarter
Wander down the snack aisle and you’ll see chips, cookies, crackers, and bars labeled with words like “natural,” “organic,” “made with real fruit,” “low-fat,”...