What makes us eat more when we eat out? “First, it’s bigger servings,” says Deborah Cohen, who has served on technical and advisory panels for the National Institutes of Health…
Author: Bonnie Liebman
You don’t need to avoid frozen fish if you want good quality and nutritional value, says Barton Seaver, the director of the Healthy and Sustainable Food Program at the Center…
“It’s a common misconception that wild seafood is good and farm-raised is bad,” says Barton Seaver, director of the Healthy and Sustainable Food Program at the Center for Health and…
High blood pressure is the leading cause of preventable deaths around the world. But did the Institute of Medicine (IOM) really say that lowering salt consumption is not the answer?
“Lowering daily sodium intake below 2,300 milligrams may do more harm than good,” reported CBS News in May 2013. “No benefit in sharply restricting salt, panel finds,” said The New York Times. “Is eating too little salt risky?” asked National Public Radio. “New report raises questions.”
The New U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend that Americans limit their sugar intake to no more than 10 percent of their calories. For a lot of people, this won’t be easy,…
“Scientists have to reckon with the fact that the obesity epidemic basically began with the first dietary guidelines,” journalist Nina Teicholz told CBS News. “You can’t look at that and…
“Are you ready to start eating a nutritional powerhouse of a breakfast?” asks actor Kevin Bacon in an egg industry video called “Wake up to Eggs with Bacon.” (It’s on…
“Many trials have found that taking vitamin D and calcium together lowers the risk of bone fractures,” says Bess Dawson-Hughes, director of the Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA…
Some people think that green tea may be “a strong cancer fighter.” “In laboratory studies, green tea has slowed or prevented the development of cancer in colon, liver, breast, and…
One out of every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Five-year survival rates are good (85 to 99 percent) unless tumors have metastasized (falls to 25…