Nutrition

Infant Formula: Second Best but Good Enough
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
When breast-feeding isn't possible, babies can thrive on today's infant formulas, prepared under strict quality control procedures to ensure healthfulness and safety. A century ago, babies who couldn't be breast-fed usually didn't survive.

Sugar: The Safety Issue
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Over the last several decades, sugar has taken on the villain's role in the American diet. General sugar-bashing has led to "sugarphobia" as Jukes calls it and the unfounded fear that eating refined sugar causes many health problems, including

Mercury In Fish: Cause For Concern?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Reports of unacceptable levels of methyl mercury in large predatory fish worry some fish lovers. FDA is studying the problem and has recommendations for the general public, as well as special groups such as pregnant women.

Nutrition and the Elderly
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A recent survey completed for the new Nutrition Screening Initiative (sponsored by Ross Laboratories) - targeted at improving the nutritional health status of the aging - shows that while 85 percent of seniors surveyed believe nutrition is important

We Eat to Live
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy
by Walter C. Willett, M.D.
It's a simple, obvious truth. We need food for the basics of everyday life - to pump blood, move muscles, think thoughts. But we can also eat to live well and live longer.

My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen

What if there were a land where people lived longer than anywhere else on earth, the obesity rate was the lowest in the developed world, and women in their forties still looked like they were in their twenties?

Fluoride Products
by CDC
In the United States, water fluoridation is not the only form of fluoride delivery that is effective in preventing tooth decay in people of all ages. Use the information listed below to compare the other fluoride products that may lower the risk for tooth

Dietary Supplements Safety
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The dietary supplement industry has changed a lot in the last decade. When DSHEA was passed, there were about 4,000 dietary supplements on the market. Now there are about 29,000 on the market, with another 1,000 new products introduced each year

Feeding Baby: Nature and Nurture
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Parents of a new baby have a million things to do, but menu-planning isn't one of them. Until a baby is 4 to 6 months old, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner--and of course, the infamous middle-of-the-night feeding--the only items on the menu

The Principles of Eating Well

Dr. Weil provides us with a program for improving our well-being by making informed choices about how and what we eat. He gives us all the basic facts about human nutrition. Here is everything we need to know about fats, protein, carbohydrates, minerals

Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Fish Oil, Alpha-Linolenic Acid
by MedlinePlus
Dietary sources of omega-3 fatty acids include fish oil and certain plant/nut oils. Fish oil contains both docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), while some nuts (English walnuts) and vegetable oils; canola, soybean, flaxseed/linseed

Healthy Eating: Step by Step Guide
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Most Americans consume too many calories and not enough nutrients, according to the latest revision to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Currently, the typical American diet is low in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and high in saturated fat

Caffeine and Teens' Sleep
by SAMHSA
Caffeine can be found in many sodas, coffee, tea, chocolate. It is also one of the most commonly used drugs in some pain medications and over-the-counter drugs. Caffeine stimulates the central nervous system and raises the heart rate, which can lead

A Guide to Better Health for Teenagers
by National Institute of Health
As a teenager, you are going through a lot of changes. Your body is changing and growing. Have you noticed that every year, you can't seem to fit into your old shoes anymore? Or that your favorite jeans are now tighter or 3 inches too short?

Teens: Strong Bones with Exercise and Foods Rich in Calcium
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Your body's 206 living bones continually undergo a buildup, breakdown process called remodeling. The body starts to form most of its bone mass before puberty, the beginning of sexual development, building 75 to 85 percent of the skeleton during

Good Oils and Fats (Nuts, Seeds, and Vegetable Oils)
The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods
by Michael Murray, N.D., Joseph Pizzorno, Lara Pizzorno
Nuts and seeds, especially those providing the monounsaturated and medium-chain fatty acids, contain beneficial oils. Regular consumption of nuts has been shown to improve blood sugar regulation and lower the risk for diabetes, heart disease, obesity

You Can Have Your Chips and Eat Healthy, Too
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Even if you usually snack on apples and carrots, some occasions just don't seem complete without chips, dips, and other challenges to wise diets. But there are ways to have your chips and eat healthy, too.

The Importance of Fiber
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Because it causes gas, bloating, and other uncomfortable side effects, fiber may be the Rodney Dangerfield of food constituents. But with more and more research showing that a high-fiber diet may help prevent cancer, heart disease, and other serious

Grapefruit and Grapefruit Juice Interactions with Drugs
by Health Canada
Certain drugs can cause serious or occasionally life-threatening effects if consumed in combination with grapefruit or its juice. Consuming grapefruit or its juice (fresh or frozen) can increase, or less commonly decrease, the effects of some drugs.

Teens: Good Nutrition
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
How can you gain weight that's muscle, not fat? What's a healthy weight for you? How can you squeeze in a good meal after school before you have to be at your part-time job? Modern nutrition provides some very palatable answers.