Which is Healthier: Cooked or Raw Apples?
Diane McKay, PhD, a scientist in Tufts HNRCA Antioxidant Nutrition Laboratory, answers: Like most foods, cooking apples will tend to decrease the vitamin C content...
Q: Are baked potatoes bad for you? I eat them for the potassium, because...
Answer : Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, director of Tufts HNRCA Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, says that baked potatoes are one potential option to increase the potassium...
Q: How long do fresh, uncooked fruits and vegetables maintain their nutrients when stored...
Answer : ADiane L. McKay, PhD, an assistant professor at Tufts Friedman School, answers: In general, produce retains more of these nutrients when stored in the refrigerator ...
Q: I am a resident in a retirement home. One of the other residents...
According to Susan B. Roberts, PhD, director of Tufts HNRCA Energy Metabolism Laboratory and author of The I Diet www.myidiet.com, There is really nothing scientifically supporting this idea.
Q: Are the anthocyanidins and other strongly colored phytochemicals in fruit still present in...
Answer : Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD, director of Tufts HNRCA Antioxidants Research Laboratory, replies: According to the USDA Database for the Flavonoid Content of Selected Foods, jams, jellies...
Q: How long can cooked vegetables, as with left-overs, be stored in the refrigerator...
Answer : Diane L. McKay, PhD, an assistant professor at Tufts Friedman School, answers: For left-overs...
Q: Ive heard a lot about the nutritional virtues of red wine, especially resveratrol,...
Answer : Angelo Azzi, MD, PhD, senior scientist at Tufts HNRCA Vascular Biology Laboratory, explains that white wine does also contain resveratrol...
Q: Is it possible to get the recommended 10 milligrams of lutein from food?...
Answer : It should be, if one consumes a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. Lutein (from the Latin luteus meaning yellow...
How Much Walking to Burn Off That Burger?
If you knew it would take two hours of brisk walking to burn off the calories in that quarter-pound double cheeseburger, would you be less likely to order it?
Average American Cholesterol Levels No Longer Improving
Americans LDL cholesterol levels have stopped