Nutrition

How eating tomatoes every day may affect your heart and cancer risk

A cheap kitchen staple keeps showing up in major heart and cancer reviews, and the daily amount is smaller than you'd expect.

110 people received specially prepared meals every week: Both blood sugar and blood pressure dropped

A small trial asked whether a weekly box of tailored meals could do the work of a pill.

Vitamin may help protect babies from stress during pregnancy

A new look at prenatal stress and nutrition has researchers pointing to one small daily habit expecting parents can start tomorrow.

A vitamin B5 relative eased psoriasis in 24 patients, and the clue was in cholesterol

What the researchers found inside certain immune cells could change how doctors think about the chronic skin disease.

What happens to your cholesterol and heart when you cut out red meat

Decades of feeding studies have lined up on the same shift, and it tends to show up faster than most people expect.

How eating tomatoes every day may affect your heart and cancer risk

A cheap kitchen staple keeps showing up in major heart and cancer reviews, and the daily amount is smaller than you'd expect.

110 people received specially prepared meals every week: Both blood sugar and blood pressure dropped

A small trial asked whether a weekly box of tailored meals could do the work of a pill.

Vitamin may help protect babies from stress during pregnancy

A new look at prenatal stress and nutrition has researchers pointing to one small daily habit expecting parents can start tomorrow.

A vitamin B5 relative eased psoriasis in 24 patients, and the clue was in cholesterol

What the researchers found inside certain immune cells could change how doctors think about the chronic skin disease.

After 65, your body’s needs change – here’s how you should eat

The body changes with age, and so do its nutritional needs. This is why it can be important to adjust both meals and eating habits.

It has 3-4 times more fiber than a plum, but most people eat too little of it

Americans eat far less fiber than health authorities recommend, and one produce-aisle regular sits mostly untouched.

Teachers noticed a troubling shift after free school meals ended

Elementary teachers describe what changed when universal school meals went away.

How cottage cheese can affect your heart

Cottage cheese has become popular as a convenient source of protein that can be eaten on its own or used in a wide range...

An egg a day and your cholesterol: it’s the saturated fat, not the yolk

New research is settling one of America's longest running food fights.

Replace your meat with porridge: This grain is packed with iron

This porridge, once common in many homes, has several interesting qualities.