Easy, Flavorful, Exciting Veggies
The research is clear: eating more whole or minimally processed plants is better for our health. Knowing how to easily make foods like vegetables...
Is it Dementia, or Aging?
When are lapses in memory a cause for concern, and when are they simply a frustrating inconvenience? If you have noticed changes in the...
What You Need to Know about Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in the U.S. and around the globe. Worldwide, there are nearly a million new...
Eating for the Environment in Five Simple Steps
The food choices you make can have a real impact on the environment. Growing crops and raising animals for food creates about a quarter...
Your Amazing Digestive System
“It’s remarkable what happens to food after you’ve swallowed it,” says Andrew Plaut, MD, gastroenterologist at Tufts Medical Center and author of Know Your...
Your Microbial Partners: The Gut Microbiome and Your Health
We share our bodies with trillions of microorganisms. This community of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites is known as the microbiota. “Previous estimates have...
Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know
More than half of American adults take dietary supplements—oral products containing at least one vitamin, mineral, herb or other botanical, amino acid, or enzyme—in...
Anti-Aging Dietary Supplements: Fact vs. Marketing Fiction
Our quest for the fountain of youth is a big business. It has been estimated that the anti-aging products market in the U.S. was...
Vitamin D and Your Health: Unanswered Questions
If you take supplements in an effort to raise your blood levels of vitamin D, protect your bone health, or boost your immune system,...
Top 10 Swaps for Good Health
We asked Tufts experts for one small change they would recommend for the biggest benefits. Here’s what they said:
1. Try Barley, not White Rice...