Healthy Eating

Oral Zinc Shortens Colds

Oral zinc lozenges or syrup really could shorten your suffering from the common cold

Survey: Sugar New Obesity Villain

Consumers are switching their worries from fats to sugar as the dietary ingredient

Higher Doses of Vitamin D Required to Protect Your Bones

A new meta-analysis by researchers at Tufts, the University of Zurich and other institutions may help explain seemingly contradictory recent recommendations by experts from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) about vitamin D for bone health.

Calcium Pills Linked to Heart Attacks-Should You Worry?

As if there wasnt enough disconcerting news for people worried about protecting their bones

Plum Crazy?

Science finds more reasons to love stone fruits. Not that most of us need convincing to indulge in stone fruits (drupes) such as plums

Magnesium Moves into the Spotlight

New research suggests this often-overlooked mineral may be more important to your health than previously thought. Magnesium has long been the Rodney Dangerfield of minerals that your body needs to stay

A Good Nights Sleep Improves Food Choices

To eat right tomorrow, get a good nights sleep tonight

Spinach Really Boosts Muscles

A new Swedish study suggests that Popeye may have been onto something

Almonds Have 20% Fewer Calories Than Expected

Snacking on a one-ounce handful of almonds might add only 129 calories to your diet

Rethinking Fish-Oil Pills for Heart and Brain

New reports fail to prove benefits from omega-3 supplements. Two recent reports may cause you to have second thoughts about buying that bottle of fish-oil pills