Health Benefits of Whole Grains
Nutrition experts - including those advising this newsletter - have been preaching for years about the benefits of replacing refined grains in your diet with whole grains. The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans echoed this advice, recommending limiting intake of refined grains and products made with refined grains and starches.
Your Complete Guide to Healthy Holidays
While you're celebrating the holidays this season, your body could be quietly sending out a cry for help. The period from Thanksgiving through New Years can be a disaster for your best intentions of watching what you eat and staying active.
Q. I read in your newsletter that plant sources of zinc such as whole...
Q. I read in your newsletter that plant sources of zinc such as whole grains, beans, nuts and seeds contain phytate, which blocks some of the mineral's absorption. Is there any way to increase the zinc availability from these foods?
Q. Will apple cider vinegar really improve blood pressure?
Q. Will apple cider vinegar really improve blood pressure?
Prolonging Shelf Life of Cut Produce
Plant geneticists at the USDAs Agricultural Research Service may have found ways to prolong the shelf life of fresh-cut peppers and lettuces in supermarkets.
Reversing Trend, US Meat Eating Jumps
So much for the notion that Americans had hit "peak meat" and are beginning to eat less. After US meat consumption dropped in 2014, led by lower intake of red meat, some industry observers speculated that our taste for meat had topped out.
More Time Between Ordering and Eating, Better Food Choices
The longer the time between ordering food and expecting to eat it, the healthier that food tends to be. That's the finding of a trio of Carnegie Mellon University studies published in the Journal of Marketing Research.
Consumption Changes After Sugary Beverage Tax
Does taxing sugary beverages really help cut consumption? A preliminary study of a tax of one cent per ounce enacted in Berkeley, Calif., in March 2015 suggests the answer is yes.
Longevity Dietary Pattern: Fruits, Vegetables, Fish
What foods should you eat to live longer, especially if youre already 65 or older? Previous attempts to tackle that question have often been confounded by other lifestyle and even socio-economic factors that are difficult to untangle from the effects of diet.
Healthy Fats Reduce Diabetes Risk
Swapping healthy unsaturated fats for carbohydrates or saturated fats may reduce your risk of diabetes, according to a new analysis of 102 randomized trials totaling 4,660 participants.