Our chart lists 18 recommended seafood choices—ranked from least to most mercury—and tells you which have the most omega-3s. The developing nervous system is especially sensitive to mercury, so women…
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Humans are damaging the natural systems of the only planet we’ve got. Here’s how that puts our health—and our children’s health—at risk. Sam Myers is a physician and principal research…
When people exercise, they often don’t lose as much weight as scientists expect. To find out why, researchers randomly assigned 171 sedentary people with overweight or obesity to burn: A:…
Serve people more food and they’ll eat more. But does the size of each food item or the number of items matter most? In a recent study, researchers offered 186…
Cancer. Cataracts. Confusion. Forgetfulness. Erectile dysfunction. Nerve damage. Tendonitis. Those are just some of the harms that people attribute to statins, which one in four Americans older than 40 now…
Grab a few juicy, ripe tomatoes, scoop out the centers, and spoon in your favorite savory filling. Don’t have a favorite filling? We’ve got you covered. Try these Greek Farro…
Eggplant, tomatoes, or zucchini, anyone? Our Healthy Cook’s easy recipes for Roasted Ratatouille and Zucchini “Butter” let seasonal vegetables shine. All recipes in this post were developed by Kate Sherwood,…
Madison Avenue execs are happy to run up their billable hours dreaming up new shticks to make their clients’ products look good. And if some of those marketing ploys mislead…
How do low-calorie sweeteners affect your weight? It depends. Researchers randomly assigned 123 people with overweight or obesity to drink roughly 40 to 60 oz. a day of Kool-Aid sweetened…
In the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT), British researchers randomly assigned doctors who were treating roughly 300 overweight or obese people with type 2 diabetes to either follow usual treatment…