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Personalized Nutrition: Are We There Yet?

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Ask Tufts Experts: Food Choices When Tired; Eating During Chemotherapy

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I tend to make less healthful food choices when I’m tired. Is this a real…

Ask Tufts Experts: Actionable Information; A Calorie is a Calorie

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I found the June article on cooking terminology interesting, but it’s not what I’m used…

Reader Beware!

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Although headlines sometimes give the impression that one groundbreaking nutrition study will change food-based guidance,…

Are You Losing Muscle?

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We all lose muscle as we age. Roger A. Fielding, PhD, a professor of biochemical…

The Health Benefits of Strength Training

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While aerobic activities like walking, jogging, gardening, swimming, and playing tennis or pickleball are an…

Ask Tufts Experts: Vitamin C Supplements; Processed Meat

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I’ve been taking vitamin C since the 1970s. Should I continue taking it? Should I…

Fitting in Fats for Health

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Far from just padding our waistlines, fats play important roles in our bodies. Having fat…

Top Reasons to Avoid “Top Foods” Lists

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You see them everywhere: “The ten best/worst foods for your health.” “The top five reasons…

Ask Tufts Experts: Relative Heath of Processed Foods; Calcium Intake Recommendations

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On the spectrum of processed foods, where do supposedly healthy foods such as plant milks,…

What Are Super Greens Powder Drinks?

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Greens powders have long been a fixture on supplement shelves. With a little help from…

For Brain Health, Protect Your Heart

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The same factors that raise the risk for heart disease also impact brain disease, including…

Small Amounts of Physical Activity Can Have Big Benefits

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For ideal health and physical wellbeing, it’s recommended each week adults aim to do a…

Newsbites: Dietary supplements and cancer; avocados and waist circumference; microbial transplant for IBS; genes and Alzheimer’s

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There is No Proof Dietary Supplements Help Prevent CVD or Cancer The U.S. Preventive Services…

Ask Tufts Experts: Why We Say “People with Obesity”; Cholesterol and Genes

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“People with obesity” sounds odd to me. Why don’t you just say, “obese people?” Jillian…

Ask Tufts Experts: Antioxidant Vitamins; Genetically Engineered Food

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I see lots of ads and Web pages touting the benefits of antioxidant vitamins. Should…

Phytochemicals: The Nutrients You Never Heard of

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Each plant we consume contains hundreds of phytochemicals. Scientists are just beginning to understand how…

Vitamin D and Your Health: Unanswered Questions

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If you take supplements in an effort to raise your blood levels of vitamin D,…

Dietary Supplement Myths You Need to Know

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In a 2019 poll, 86 percent of Americans surveyed said they took some kind of…

Make Every Bite Count

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In December 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health…

Ask Tufts Experts: Aquafaba; Nightshade Vegetables; Is Pork White Meat?

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I have a friend who has been using “aquafaba” in baking? What is it, and…

Ask Tufts Experts: Raw vs. Roasted Nuts; Lactose in Yogurt

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Which is a better choice for my health, raw nuts, or roasted? Alice H. Lichtenstein,…

The Health Benefits of Raspberries and Blueberries

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Who doesn’t love the smell of fresh blueberry muffins baking or the first bite of…

Detox Dilemma

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Pesticides on produce, arsenic in rice, mercury in fish, plastics, PCBs…hearing about chemicals in our…

Ask Tufts Experts: Comparing Sugar Substitutes…Prunes and BLood Thinners

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Q: Which is safer, saccharin or stevia? A: Judith C. Thalheimer, RDN, LDN, managing editor…

Who Should Follow a Gluten-Free Diet?

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There is lot of advice floating around these days about how to avoid gluten, but…

Our Funding and Philosophy…Hot Dogs

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