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How to Break the Caffeine and Sugar Habit
Do you look to sugar and caffeine for a lift? Need 'em to get through the day? Here's why these well-known stimulants may be more than your system can handle.
Food Fright
The food industry has turned out some scary stuff in recent decades, but that doesn't mean you have to stand quaking in your kitchen. Here's how to take the fear out of your food choices — and put common sense back in.

Kids & Carbs
Reduced-carb diets are helping millions of people lose excess weight. But what's right for some adults may be all wrong for their children.

How Plant Sterols Naturally Lower Cholesterol and Boost Health
Get the latest on these cholesterol-lowering compounds — and learn the best ways to get an extra helping.

All About Hydration
Clear thinking, vibrant skin, healthy kidneys, and bountiful energy — they all depend on an adequate daily intake of water. Are you getting enough liquids? And if you work out, are you getting the right kind? Find out why you should look before you gulp.

Sizing Up Smoothies
How healthy are these health drinks, really? Find out what makes a smoothie worth drinking — and what might make some smoothies worth rethinking.

How Much Protein Do You Really Need?
Americans are consuming protein more than ever. But how much do you really need? Maybe not as much as you think.

Baked or Fried: Acrylamide
Acrylamide, a cancer-causing agent, has shown up in a variety of fried foods, but also in healthier baked and roasted items, including home-cooked meals. Should we be alarmed? Here's a look at what we know about acrylamide, its risks and whether we need to take action.

Big Fat Controversy
Expert fats researcher Dr. Mary Enig offers surprising insider views on good fats, bad fats and the food police.

Good Carbs vs. Bad Carbs
Carbs have gotten a rotten rap lately, partly because they're frequently lumped into one big-bad category. But not all carbs are bad! Find out which are worth befriending, and which are better to let go.

School Lunch Break
You thought school lunch was bad when you were a kid? You should see it now.
Getting Your Kid to Eat (But Not Too Much)
How to play the right role in your child's eating choices.
Nutrigenomics
An emerging field of nutritional research dubbed “nutrigenomics” focuses on identifying and understanding molecular-level interaction between nutrients and other dietary bioadditives with the human genome during transcription, translation and expression (the processes by which proteins encoded by the genome are produced and, for better or for worse, do their thing).
Locating Sustainably and Locally Grown Foods
Hello, happy go-lucky shopper! Don’t you just love being able to grab what you need right off the shelf of your local supermarket? Isn’t it great not to have to worry about where it came from or how it got there?

The Real Power of Antioxidants
Antioxidants protect something infinitely important – your cells. These remarkable nutrients give freely of themselves so your cells can live and be healthy. Discover more about these power nutrients.

What Does “Organically Grown” Mean?
Good for us and good for the environment, organics are suddenly everybody's food darling. We're filling our baskets with all kinds of organic labels these days, but do we really know what we're getting?