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Bored with broccoli? Had it up to here with green beans and asparagus? Seen enough carrots and peas to last a lifetime? Maybe you need to branch out a little in the produce aisle."Some often-overlooked vegetables deserve a second glance for their nutritional benefits," says Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD, Tufts professor and senior scientist at the HNRCA Antioxidants Research Laboratory. He and Helen M. Rasmussen, PhD, RD, a Friedman School instructor and senior research dietitian at the HNRCA, have put together a list of 10 nutritious veggies too often omitted from grocery carts.

There's good news at your local grocery store. "You should walk into a supermarket with a very positive attitude," says Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, director of Tufts' HNRCA Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory and executive editor of the Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter. "The availability of healthy and affordable foods has greatly expanded in recent years. There are a lot of options now throughout the store that are really good choices."

Artificial trans fats, in the form of partially hydrogenated oils, once hailed as a healthy alternative to butter and shortening, will all but disappear from the US food supply by June 2018. Following up on a preliminary 2013 ruling, the US Food and Drug Administration announced this summer that artificial trans fats would no longer be considered generally recognized as safe (GRAS) The agency gave the food industry three years to reformulate products without artificial trans fats or to petition for specific, limited uses, such as in sprinkles atop ice cream.

Hardly a day goes by, it seems, without the news media reporting some food thats been found to be bad for you. One day its processed meats; the next, its baked goods made with trans-fatty acids. Faced with this litany of donts, you can start to wonder whether any food is OK to eat.

A. Ashley Abbott, a dietetic intern at Tufts FrancesStern Nutrition Center, replies: Artificialsweeteners are low-calorie sweeteners that willnot raise your blood sugar. Artificial sweetenersare considered free foods because they contain kless than 20 calories and less than 5 grams of carbohydrateon a diabetes exchange. They can beused in place of sugar to provide a lower-calorie,lower-carbohydrate food or beverage.Artificial sweeteners may be useful in bloodsugar and weight control because they are muchsweeter than regular sugar, so…

Answer : The candy contains no sugar of the sort youd find in a sugar bowl, but does contain a sweetener such as xylitol.

Can chewing gum help keep you alert? Thats the suggestion of a new British study

The omega-3 fatty acids from fsh oil that protect your heart might also be good for your teeth and gums. A new study reports that relatively modest amounts of omega-3s in the diet were associated with signifcant decreases in risk of periodontitis (gum disease). Re- searchers looked at data on more than 9,000 US adults from national nutrition surveys. People consuming the most DHA, one of the principle omega-3 fatty acids found in fsh, were 22% less likely to suffer periodontitis. EPA, the other important fsh-oil omega-3, and linolenic acid, found in vegetable oils, were also associated with lower risk, but not as strongly. Although the study cant prove cause and effect, its possible that omega-3s might suppress the infammatory response that leads to gum disease. Such a dietary therapy, researchers said, might be a less expen- sive and safer method for the prevention and treatment of periodontitis.

An expert review of 537 studies on periodontal disease and risk of heart attack or stroke

A new study suggests that legumes could also lower cardiovascular risk by reducing blood pressure, along with improving glycemic control.