Healthy Eating

Healthy Ideas for Pumpkin Eaters

Carve out a place in your diet for nutritious pumpkins. If your only annual encounters with pumpkins are carving a Halloween jack-o-lantern and gobbling a Thanksgiving pie

Caffeine Linked to Lower Skin-Cancer Risk

Could your morning cup of coffee, afternoon tea or diet cola reduce your risk of skin cancer

Hospital Meals Flunk Salt Test

A stay in the hospital could be bad for your blood pressure-and not just because

Consumers Turning to Foods with Benefits

Even before the expected food-price hikes from this summers drought

NYC Trans Fat Ban Is Working

New York Citys ban on trans fats in restaurant chains, enacted in 2006

Cocoa Flavanols Could Be Good for Your Brain

As the weather cools, a cup of hot cocoa might hit the spot-and could boost your brainpower

Randomized Trial Finds Curcumin Helps Prevent Diabetes

Thai researchers believe a new tool in diabetes prevention might be found in the Asian

Diet and Cancer Research Roundup

Antioxidant-Rich Foods May Cut Risk of Pancreatic Cancer Foods rich in antioxidant vitamins C and E and selenium may help reduce the risk

Dietary Magnesium Linked to Lower Colon Cancer Rates

A new study again casts the spotlight on magnesium, an often-overlooked mineral thats now

Olive Oil May Boost Bones in Mediterranean Diet

Already touted for heart health and other benefits, the so-called Mediterranean diet