Tea is good for you. The chatechins and other anti-oxidants are obviously important for your health. But something like tea can sit on the shelf for a long, long time before it makes it into your cup. How does that change the health properties … if at all?? This...

Eating a vegetarian diet is one of the healthiest ways to go. But this article suggests that there may be some concerns you should watch out for, especially for your teenagers. According to this work in the April issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, twice as...

Patients receiving optimal drug therapy after suffering a heart attack do not gain any additional benefit from taking supplemental omega-3 fatty acids. That conclusion is according to this new study, in which almost 4,000 people who suffered heart attacks took Omega-3 supplements. Researchers wanted to see whether this pill...

There are some things that we have forgotten … and just need to remember. Need an example? Return to the Family Table. This study just published in the March/April issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior showed that kids who eat with their families are more likely...

It turns out that the three most important aspects of purchasing a new home, can also impact your weight! This article in the NYTimes indicates that ninth graders whose schools are within a block of a fast-food outlet are more likely to be obese than students whose schools are...

The logic is straightforward. We know that preventing diabetes is better than fighting the disease after it has developed. We also know that the Mediterranean diet can prevent the development of diabetes in the first place. Thus, in theory, we should be able to apply this approach to prevent...

Certain proteins found in the yellow garden pea appear to help lower blood pressure and delay, control or even prevent the onset of chronic kidney disease, at least in rats. Yellow peas? Really? Yellow peas, as in … plain old yellow peas? The answer is yes, and it reinforces...

The healthiest foods on the planet are the ones we “know by heart”, like … the tomato. In fact, the Mediterranean diet is rich in tomatoes, tomato products, and other carotenoids and has been associated with a lower incidence of a slew of nasty chronic diseases. Here’s a summary...

We create the culture of health around us. For example, food manufacturers have typically substituted modified food products and ingredients for their more natural counterparts: High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) and synthetic sweeteners for sugar, hydrogenated oils for vegetable oils, and artificial fats (Olestra) for the real thing. This...

Does a traffic jam lead to a heart attack? This research report indicates that getting stuck in traffic prompts a serious and immediate consequence — a much higher risk of suffering a heart attack. Here’s what they found:After a four-year analysis of nearly 1,500 heart attack cases, the authors...

One food industry group is reporting that the current economic climate is turning into a wake-up call for wellness. Food industry research analyst Christopher Shanahan said that consumers are increasingly focused on ways to avoid becoming ill due to the economic downturn. “There is a growing interest in health...

A new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition gives us one more reason to argue against the consumption of snack foods such as potato chips. Why? It’s not about your fat grams or even your tendency to overeat when you nosh on salty foods from a sack....