Food & Nutrition

Many American women (say 50 percent) report craving chocolate around the onset of menstruation. But that doesn't seem to be true for women in other countries.

Whenever I hear the term "clean food" the image that springs to mind is of a raccoon supposedly "washing" its food before consuming it.  Next comes a litany of possible food contaminants, and means of reducing their presence on our consumable

Vitamin B3 is smack in the middle of the news because of a study showing that it may help prevent birth defects and miscarriages (See Julianna LeMieux's companion piece "

We're so used to hearing advice about decreasing our sodium (and therefore salt) consumption that advice to do the opposite sounds like something the Onion might publish.

If you've ever gotten sick from eating tuna, it's sort of like food poisoning but isn't really. If you've ever had an allergic reaction to tuna, it's sort of like an allergy but isn't really.

Cook County, Illinois, Chicago's home, has now implemented its long-sought tax on sweetened beverages, including soda and

Growing up, indoor tanning was considered part and parcel of one's beauty regimen. Male or female it was no matter, having a great off-season tan was an absolute must-have.

As millions of uninspired, would-be exercisers know all too well, the reasons to avoid working out are endless.

Among other natural items that are dangerous, Salmonella bacteria rank high on the list. Consuming foods contaminated with this bug can be life-threatening — especially for the young, the old, and people with compromised immune systems.

In their latest move to protect consumers from deadly chemicals that aren't deadly, the member states of the European Union have voted to set legal limits on the amount of a