NEWS / NUTRITION

MIND Your Diet

A diet that combines the Mediterranean and DASH diets can slow cognitive decline and reduce a person's risk of cognitive impairment. >

The Long Arm of Prenatal Vitamins

At least one of the vitamins taken during pregnancy offers a form of protection for kids that lasts into elementary school. Getting enough? >

Have Another Cup: Caffeine Cuts the Risk of Cardiometabolic Disease

Caffeinated coffee and teas appear to reduce a person's risk of conditions like diabetes and stroke. Here's how much you need to consume. >

Foods for Young Kids Are Not as Healthy as Parents Think or Their Labels Say

Ready-to-eat infant and toddler foods often don’t provide enough of the nutrients kids need for growth and are high in fat, salt and sugar. >

Sugar Ages You

Eating foods with lots of sugar speeds up cellular aging. Some simple ways to cut back and rejuvenate. >

Steps to Slow Age-Related Macular Degeneration

A good diet and nutritional supplements can help slow the progression of some forms of macular degeneration, even at later stages >

A New Warning on Chocolate

The flavonoids in chocolate are good for you, but cocoa also delivers something not-so-healthy -- heavy metals like mercury and cadmium. >

Not Everything is Better with Bacon

Cutting back on our consumption of processed and unprocessed meat could cut rates of diabetes, colon cancer and heart disease. >

What Does Economic Inequality Have to Do with Snacking?

Lower income neighborhoods have fewer food stores and consequently fewer healthy snack options than upscale areas. Know your snack options. >

Coaching Kids Facing Obesity

Children who are becoming seriously overweight or obese can gain skills to reverse this trend. Here's what parents and providers can do. >

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