Improving your nutrition has the power to make you feel energized, help look your best and lower your risks for diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and obesity. ...more

March 7, 2009

Type 2 Diabetes used to affect only adults, but young people are not immune. One in six overweight adolescents has pre-diabetes, which can lead to the full-blown disease if unchecked. ...more

November 8, 2008

American consumers should be wary of food manufacturers that launch campaigns to promote their product's safety. A prime example is the Corn Refiners Association, which is sponsoring ads extolling the virtues of high fructose corn syrup. ...more

September 13, 2008

ESPRESSO YOURSELF Giving up caffeine is tough for pregnant women and breast-feeding moms. Red Espresso offers a Rooibos (red) tea refined into a caffeine-free espresso grind similar to coffee and produced for use in espresso machines and coffee makers. And it has lots of antioxidants and other medicinal benefits that can help with mothers who are nursing colicky babies. Cost: $12.99 for an 8.8-ounce-package. Available at Whole Foods markets. More info is available at www.redespresso.com. ...more

July 30, 2008