Nutrition News

With today's nutrition headlines, it's easy to lose sight of what's factual and what's smoke and mirrors.

Fresh foods and good nutrition may be helpful, but for most people over age 65, where are the studies that measure the effects of nutritional extracts or foods on older people with chronic hypertension who are not responding to medicines? The goal when eating dense nutrition from plant foods is to get people to carry vegetable juice with them to ... (more)

"The results of this study hold promise for the potential of a low-dose lignan supplement such HMRlignan to aid in relief of the symptoms associated with menopause without the adverse effects of HRT."

Now, new research from Washington State University concludes that when it comes to milk, the organic variety really does have at least one nutritional advantage.

United States Department of Agriculture and New Jersey Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition officials presented Bartle Elementary School in Highland Park and Campbell Elementary School in Metuchen with Healthier US School Challenge Awards last week, recognizing the schools for promoting good nutrition and physical activity.

Sugar-sweetened and sugar-free beverages produce similar satiety in children, says a new study that challenges the oft-quoted hypothesis that artificially sweetened drinks make people crave sweeter foods or serve as an appetite stimulant.

Allied Bakeries, the UK bread arm of Associated British Foods , is to introduce traffic light nutrition labels on its Kingsmill products.

It's no secret that obesity and chronic diseases such as heart disease, hypertension and certain types of cancer are directly linked to poor diet and nutrition.

The 14 senators and 73 representatives were awarded 100 percent scores based on their voting record on food-related policy issues such as global food aid, food stamps, farm subsidy reform, safety standards, the use of antibiotics and food labeling.

Eating better isn't a science or an art, it's just about making small tweaks to your lifestyle, so the changes stick.

If you were to describe The Perfect Food, it might go something like this: healthful, delicious, bigger than a morsel and filling enough to fight hunger for hours.

People should lose their sweet tooth if they want the best chance of keeping a full set of molars, say scientists.

A study by the University of Georgia shows that fresh vegetables may not always be the best choice, at least not in terms of delivering the vitamins and minerals that families expect from their veggies.

If you know you are going to a party in the evening, experts advise eating a healthy breakfast and lunch.

Be Fit Nutrition has raised hundreds of dollars for the Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County during its month-long "Shake It Up For a Cause" fundraiser to support Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

The movies listed in this graphic were analyzed in this study. Photo Credit: University of North Carolina Health Care.

Q: I hear that incorporating flax into my eating plan is healthful. I see flaxseed oil, ground flaxseeds and whole flaxseeds available.

A component found in grape seed extract could be effective in killing prostate cancer cells, according to a study in the Nutrition and Cancer journal.

Post Holdings Inc said it will buy private label peanut butter maker Golden Boy Foods Ltd and protein bar maker Dymatize Enterprises LLC for about $680 million to build up its nutritional and private-label foods.

Illinois Representative Rodney Davis is speaking up about a problem he sees in the school lunch program.