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If youre taking selenium supplements in hopes of benefiting from the minerals antioxidant properties and promise of cancer protection, a new study may cause you to rethink. In an analysis of data from a British national nutrition survey, people with the highest selenium levels also had higher levels of unhealthy cholesterol.

The quintessential vegetable of spring, asparagus has been credited in folklore with curing everything from toothaches to infertility. In more recent Internet lore, asparagus has been touted as a remedy for hangovers and a cure for cancer.

Could a serving or two of spinach or lettuce a day help keep diabetes away? Thats the suggestion of a new meta-analysis linking consump-tion of green leafy vegetables with reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. Par-ticipants who ate the most green leafy vegetables-an average of 1.35 servings daily-were 14% less likely to develop diabetes than those consuming the least (an average 0.2 servings daily).

Whole grains can help fght the belly fat thats linked to heart disease and diabetes, according to Tufts researchers, while refined grains like white bread and pasta can cancel out those benefits.

Score another one for the Mediterranean-style diet, a pattern of eating characterized by high consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and olive oil, along with more fish and less meat

Healthy foods arent always pricier than less-nutritious alternatives, says a new USDA study

Like Hamlet, butter lovers may conclude theres something rotten (or maybe rancid?) in Denmark

Consuming foods such as dark green leafy vegetables rich in lutein and zeaxanthin may

Heres more evidence that eating like a Mediterranean may be good for your brain

Proposed changes in the Nutrition Facts panel on food packages, originally expected to be proposed late last year