Content tagged with “Amy Paturel”

How Healthy Is Soy Really?
Packed with high-quality protein, fiber and other good-for-you phytochemicals, soy seems to be a naturally healthful...

Foods to Ward Off Garlic Breath
Garlic is delicious, but its dragon-breath aftereffects can last days. New research suggests certain foods may offer a...

Is a High Protein Diet Bad for Bones?
Your high-protein diet may help you lose weight, but it could also increase your risk of osteoporosis. Recent research...

Can Kids Blame Pesticides for ADHD?
Organophosphate pesticides—commonly used on fruits and vegetables (and also for indoor pest control)—could increase the...

Which Packaged Spinach Is Most Nutritious?
Those unflattering fluorescent supermarket lights do have one benefit, suggests a new study: they help spinach produce...

Have Your Nutrients Expired?
Sometimes there are clues when a food passes its prime: lettuce wilts, bananas turn brown. Other foods will look and...

Safer Greens
It seems that every month a foodborne-illness outbreak makes the six o’clock news. Leafy greens, such as lettuce and...

3 Antidotes to Overeating
We’re all guilty of overindulging sometimes—an extra helping of potatoes here, a wedge of key lime pie there. But...

Earth-friendly Wines

Could Taking Iron Help Cure Your Cough?
If you’re plagued by a pesky cough, ask your doctor to check your iron levels. Research presented last fall at a...

How the Elite Eat
Four Olympic athletes talk about nutrition, calories and exercise tips to live by. Erik Vendt At 27, swimmer Erik Vendt...

4 Natural Fuel Foods for Your Next Workout
What foods can you count on to go the extra mile, and which foods fall short? See what recent studies reveal before...