Food & Nutrition Archive
Diet and Nutrition
70 and beyond: what you need to eat
A history of American eating habits
Are three squares a day the only healthy way?
Cueing into your eating patterns
Deciphering the Nutrition Facts label: do you really know what you are eating?
Diet and complexion: medicine and myth
Diet detectives: spotting sensible diets
Diet shakes and meal replacements: can they really help you lose weight?
Do raw food (living food) diets promote good health?
Eating a diet low in saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol
Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables
Eating a diet moderate in protein-rich foods
Eating during pregnancy: a labor for Dad, too
Eating healthfully on a tight budget
Eating healthy: Tips to make it easier
Eating well—and safely—during your golden years
Empty plates for empty nesters
Fast food salads: are they really a better choice?
Food and mood: is there a connection?
For better health: five easy pieces
Health nuts: eating nuts may be healthful
Healthful drinks for kids: the bottles Alice should have picked
Healthful eating for teens on the run
Healthful snacking: is it possible?
Improving nutrition in the elderly
Is there such a thing as "junk food"?
Just how much food is on that plate? Understanding portion control
Kids and cholesterol: keeping cholesterol levels under control
Limiting potassium in your diet
New ways to be "creative" in the kitchen
Putting national dietary guidelines to use for you
The ketogenic diet and epilepsy: does it really work?
The low down on low-carbohydrate diets
The Mediterranean diet and good health
The truth behind nutrition folklore
True or false: eating at night will make you gain weight
Uncle Sam wants you! to be healthier
Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements
Deciphering the nutrition facts label: do you really know what you are eating?
Folic acid: a "family values" vitamin
Good food sources of omega-3 fatty acids
Good food sources of vitamin B6
Good food sources of vitamin B12
Limiting potassium in your diet
Ordinary foods, extraordinary health claims
Putting national dietary guidelines to use for you
Soy: can you get too much of a good thing?
Supplements: to take or not to take, that is the question
The benefits, risks, and uncertainties of soy for lower blood cholesterol
Heart Healthy Diet
Breakfast is good for your heart
Cholesterol and your heart: where do we stand?
Decreasing your triglycerides through dietary changes
Eating a diet low in saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol
How much do you know about triglycerides?
Trans fats: the bad fat in town
Getting to the Heart of a Healthful Diet
Choose fats with 2 grams or less saturated fat per serving
Eat a variety of grain products, including whole grains
Getting to the heart of a healthful diet
Have no more than one alcoholic drink per day if you're a woman and no more than two if you're a man
Include fat-free and low-fat milk products, fish, legumes (beans), skinless poultry, and lean meats
Limit foods high in saturated fat, trans fat, and/or cholesterol
Limit your intake of foods high in calories or low in nutrition
Weight Loss
Achieving and maintaining a healthful weight
Diet shakes and meal replacements: can they really help you lose weight?
Ghrelin, the hunger hormone: could it be the key to weight loss?
Internet-based weight loss services: how effective are they?
Special Foods and Special Occasions
Apples: the not-so-forbidden fruit
Avocado: the misunderstood fruit
Decreasing your caffeine intake
Dining with an International Flair: Eating Healthy in Greek, Indian, and Japanese Restaurants
Eating healthy while on a cruise
Eating out: good for the tastebuds, bad for the waistline
Garden vegetables: more healthful than vegetables from the market?
Globe-trotting papayas: how far has your food traveled?
Halloween: let them eat candy—but how much?
Health nuts: eating nuts may be healthful
Holiday eating: it's about enjoyment, not guilt
Holiday food: drafting a winning lineup
On the road again…but with healthful snacks
Ordinary foods, extraordinary health claims
Summertime…and the grilling is easy
Thanksgiving, the sequel: making the most of leftovers
The highs and lows of caffeine
The tidal wave of bottled water
The papaya: a little taste of paradise
The whole scoop on whole versus refined grains
True or false: an apple a day keeps the doctor away
True or false: eating turkey makes you drowsy
Conditions and Treatments
Do you think that you have a food allergy?
A family's guide to tackling eating disorders
Anemia: how food and vitamins can help
Cholesterol and your heart: where do we stand?
Colon cleansing: don't be misled by the claims
Diabetes and alcohol: caution when mixing
Eating disorders: when food and weight take control
Eating well while receiving chemotherapy
Food allergy—it's nothing to sneeze at
Homocysteine: another risk factor for heart disease?
How much do you know about triglycerides?
Is grapefruit affecting your medications?
Mad cow disease revisited: now that it's here, what do we do?
The benefits, risks, and uncertainties of soy for lower blood cholesterol
The ketogenic diet and epilepsy: does it really work?
Understanding binge eating disorder in men
Food Safety
Preventing foodborne illnesses from the farm to the fridge
Acrylamide: snack food cancer risk or not?
Added hormones in meat and dairy
Food additives: friends or foes?
Food expiration dates: what do they really mean?
Grillmasters get a food safety lesson
Guidelines for organic products: what do they mean for you?
Mad cow disease revisited: now that it's here, what do we do?
Olestra: fat-free but not worry-free
Organically grown food: is it
really
a better choice?
Organic foods: to buy or not to buy?
Preparing for an emergency: a disaster supply kit
The growing problem of food poisoning: is irradiation the answer?
Last reviewed December 2007 by EBSCO Publishing Editorial Staff
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