Food & Nutrition

When it comes to picking produce at the grocery store, don't judge a book by its cover! Spotted fruits and veggies aren't spoiled or harmful — they've simply been through a lot, and they need a little TLC.    

Folate, the B vitamin, protects against malformations of the central nervous system early in pregnancy — if the pregnant woman has enough in her system.

The Brookings Institute released a

Okay, folks, we've seen this before in various forms, and now we're experiencing it once again. It has all the right buzzwords from devotees, like "detoxify" and "rejuvenation" and "cleansing," and a celebrity set hopping on board.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today released a summary of its

Nowadays, people are becoming nutrition savvy and choosing healthier foods. Particularly in the Western world, the quest for the ideal weight-loss-diet is driving the popularity of a high-protein/low carbohydrate lifestyle. 

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American Council On Science and Health: How Toxic Is Salt?

Reports on obesity and its purported link to sugar-sweetened beverages from the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity read like a broken record these days.

An overwhelming body of scientific data indicates that irradiated food is safe, nutritious, and wholesome.