Potassium Power
From your heart to your bones, picking foods rich in potassium is an easy way to eat for better health. So much nutrition news seems to focus on what not to eat-avoid this, consume less of that
7 Surprising Findings About Exercise and Your Health
Even the experts sometimes need a little nudge to get exercising. Miriam E. Nelson, PhD, director of Tufts John Hancock Research Center on Physical Activity
Where Is Your Sodium Coming From?
From bread to soups, pasta dishes to poultry, the answers might surprise you.
Heres how to shake your hidden salt.Pancreatic cancer, on the rise in the United States, may be deterred by maintaining adequate vitamin D status
Heres how to shake your hidden salt.Pancreatic cancer, on the rise in the United States, may be deterred by maintaining adequate vitamin D status
How Green Is Your Salad?
Break out of the iceberg box and discover nutritious lettuces and other healthy greens.If not for lettuce and salads, many Americans would hardly eat any green vegetables at all
Grill Power!
Keep your summer grilling healthy and safe. Warmer weather means the return of backyard barbecue season and time to fire up the grill. Shifting the action outdoors lets you
10 Healthy Ideas Worth Watching
Here at the Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter, were constantly scouring the scientific literature for new findings
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
Boning Up on Calcium
With questions being raised about supplements, its time to take a fresh look at getting enough calcium from your diet. Calcium is not only the most abundant mineral in the human body, its also the one Americans spend the most getting more
Comparing Cooking-Oil Choices
A complete guide to the nutrition and smart uses of popular cooking and salad oils. Walking into the vegetable-oil section of your favorite supermarket can easily trigger
Does It Still Pay to Pick Organic?
Despite little difference in nutrients, some organic foods may still make sense.