Nutrition

Yogurt: The Curds and Whey to Health?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Many health claims have been made for yogurt over the years. Though scientific questions remain about most of these claims, new information hints that some of them might be true. Yogurt is an ancient food, but it remained relatively obscure

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.

Sugar : Nonnutritive Sweeteners
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Nonnutritive, or high-intensity, sweeteners satisfy America's sweet tooth without adding calories. Presently, manufacturers are using three such sweeteners to replace sugar in a variety of food and nonfood items such as mouthwashes and pill coatings.

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

Not Only Sugar is Sweet
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
People come by their love for sweetness naturally. Sugar - in moderation - may not be the villain it was made out to be a few years back. Its many forms, as well as its substitutes, give consumers a wide selection of ways to make life sweeter.

Hooked on Seafood: Seafood Safety
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Summertime is prime time for seafood. But some consumers are worried about whether fish is safe. While there are some snags - especially with raw shellfish - generally seafood is a safe catch.

Women and Nutrition : Fat, Fiber
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
In the United States, out of every 100,000 women, approximately 27 die from breast cancer each year. In Japan, breast cancer deaths are fewer than 7 per 100,000. Some scientists think that the difference in death rates may be related to the different

Women and Nutrition: Vitamins, Calcium, Iron, Calories, Weight Control, Cholesterol
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Breast cancer. Osteoporosis. Iron deficiency. Weight reduction. What do these things have in common? They are either unique to women, or are more prevalent in women. And they affect current recommendations on what women should eat for optimum health.

Fat Substitutes
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Ice Cream without fat is one promise held out by a number of fat substitutes newly approved by FDA or under development. But questions about consumer acceptance and long-term dietary advantage make the ultimate fate of some unfats unclear.

Nutrition and the Elderly : Recipes for a Long, Healthy Life
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, in Washington, D.C., include the basic food groups that supply people with an adequate diet of minerals

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

Feeding Baby : Formula Choices, Vitamins
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The most common sources of protein in infants formulas are either cow's milk or soybeans. 'For term infants, soy formulas appear to be as nutritionally sound as milk-based formulas, and their use is unlikely to expose infants to nutritional risk

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

Nutrition: When Teens Take Over the Shopping Cart
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Now that her mother works an evening job in addition to her full-time day job, 18-year old Dionna Parker is the brains behind the family grocery shopping. Di?Onna makes more meals at home for herself than her mother does.

Nutrition in Cancer Care
by National Cancer Institute
The diet is an important part of cancer treatment. Eating the right kinds of foods before, during, and after treatment can help the patient feel better and stay stronger. To ensure proper nutrition, a person has to eat and drink enough of the foods that

Repairing Biochemical Error and Reaching Organic Equilibrium
Depression-Free, Naturally
by Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D.
Once in a great while, a researcher with a doctorate in chemistry decides to become a medical doctor as well - a lucky break for mankind! Carl Pfeiffer, Ph.D., M.D., was such a scientist. In the sixties, Dr. Pfeiffer discovered that blood histamine levels

How Nutrient Deprivation Cripples Us Emotionally
Depression-Free, Naturally
by Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D.
You may not see a connection between starving prisoners and our own poorly functioning health, but as you read on you will begin to understand how physical deprivation can trigger uncontrollable emotional behavior, all the way to madness.

Killer Diseases Begin with Childhood Nutrition
Growing Up Healthy
by Joan Lunden, Myron Winick, M.D.
I'm a new mom all over again! And just as excited and in awe of the challenge of parenthood as I was first time around. My new twins Kate and Max share the cover of this book with me because they, along with children everywhere, now have an amazing

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

The Government and Nutrition Education
The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods
by Michael Murray, N.D., Joseph Pizzorno, Lara Pizzorno
Throughout the years, various governmental organizations have published dietary guidelines, but it has been the recommendations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that have become the most widely known.