Food & Nutrition

Folate, the B vitamin, protects against malformations of the central nervous system early in pregnancy — if the pregnant woman has enough in her system.

The Brookings Institute released a

Okay, folks, we've seen this before in various forms, and now we're experiencing it once again. It has all the right buzzwords from devotees, like "detoxify" and "rejuvenation" and "cleansing," and a celebrity set hopping on board.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today released a summary of its

Nowadays, people are becoming nutrition savvy and choosing healthier foods. Particularly in the Western world, the quest for the ideal weight-loss-diet is driving the popularity of a high-protein/low carbohydrate lifestyle. 

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American Council On Science and Health: How Toxic Is Salt?

Reports on obesity and its purported link to sugar-sweetened beverages from the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity read like a broken record these days.

An overwhelming body of scientific data indicates that irradiated food is safe, nutritious, and wholesome.

The recent addition of trans fat information to the Nutrition Facts labels on food products, combined with news media reports and activists warnings, have brought these fats to the forefront of public concern.