Be Aware and Beware of What the Label Says
With questions raised about calorie counts, vitamins and fish, it pays to shop smart.
Try Kale for Vitamin K and Cancer Protection
Kale may well be the it vegetable of the moment, celebrated in everything from cooking magazines to health websites. But unlike some food fads, this nutritious leafy green deserves the attention its suddenly getting.
Whats the Right Nutrient Recipe for Your Eyes?
While the evidence for health benefits from most supplements is skimpy at best, extra vitamins for your eyes are a notable exception.
Healthy Herbs Do More Than Just Spice Up Your Meals
Discover the nutritional benefits of these tasty plants.
Putting Farmed Salmon to the Test
Do the heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids
FDA Cracks Down on Diabetes Scams
The US Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on 15 companies trying to cash
Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D to Prevent Disability?
You already know that vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, is important to help your body use calcium for strong bones. But vitamin Ds role in boosting muscles is also emerging in scientific studies, with implications for disability and the capacity to perform daily chores with aging. As the days get shorter and it becomes more difficult for your body to synthesize vitamin D from sun exposure on the skin, you may not be getting enough for long-term healthy aging.
Q: I understand how to identify trans fats as partially hydrogenated. But I sometimes...
Answer :To understand the difference between partially and fully hydrogenated oils, youll need a short chemistry lesson-bear with us! In saturated fats, all the positions for hydrogen on the carbon atoms are filled. Monounsaturated fats have one pair of carbon atoms per chain that are connected to each other instead of to hydrogen atoms this carbon-carbon bond is thus unsaturated); so oleic acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid, which has 18 carbon atoms per chain, is…
Q: Ive read that calcium should be taken/ingested periodically during the day, as only...
Answer :Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, professor of medicine at Tufts and chief of the Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, responds: Calcium is better absorbed if taken in doses of 500 milligrams or less. So 1,000 milligrams as a supplement should be taken in doses of 500 milligrams twice daily.…
Q: In your June 2007 newsletter you reported the recommended AREDS antioxidants combination to...
Answer :Copper is an essential mineral with an established Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of 900 micrograms (0.9 milligrams) per day for adults and a Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) of 10,000 micrograms (10 milligrams) daily. (The UL is the maximum daily intake of a nutrient that is likely to pose no risks of adverse health affects for almost all individuals.) According to Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD, director of the Antioxidants Research Laboratory at Tufts Jean Mayer…