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Breast Milk Keeps Infant Development on Track

Breastfeeding not only protects newborns from viruses and improves their digestion, it helps them meet developmental milestones on time. >

Life Is Shorter, Not Better, with Butter

Sure, butter and ice cream are luscious, but if you opt for more unsaturated vegetable oils, you are likely to gain many healthy years. >

No Heavy Metals in Your Cuppa

Water supplies often contain heavy metals like lead, chromium and cadmium. The act of brewing a cup of tea removes them. Drink up. >

Give Your Resolutions Time

It takes much longer to build a new habit than most of us think. But there's a lot you can do to move the process along. >

Too Much Red Meat Can Sap Brain Power

Replacing some servings of processed red meat with plant proteins, fish, or poultry reduces your risk of cognitive decline and dementia. >

Rethink Your Sugar-Sweetened Drink

Our love of sugary beverages is behind a global health crisis, particularly in developing countries. Cutting back is easier than you think. >

A Cup of Cancer Prevention

Drinking coffee and tea appears to reduce one's risk of head neck cancer -- with one exception. Decaf works, too, though not as well. >

Top Health News of 2024: Foods for Young Kids Are Not as Healthy as Parents Think or Their Labels Say

Despite their health claims, ready-to-eat infant and toddler foods often don’t provide enough of the nutrients kids need for growth. >

You Need Protein. Where It Comes From Matters, Too

Getting more of your protein from plants than from animals not only cuts your risk of cardiovascular disease, it helps the planet. >

Protection from Type 2 Diabetes? Try Chocolate

Your chocolate habit can cut your risk of type 2 diabetes by 20 percent. The amount and type of chocolate you choose matters, however. >

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