Nutrition Tips

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.

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.

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.

Get the latest on these cholesterol-lowering compounds — and learn the best ways to get an extra helping.

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.

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

Americans are consuming protein more than ever. But how much do you really need? Maybe not as much as you think.

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.

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

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.

You thought school lunch was bad when you were a kid? You should see it now.

How to play the right role in your child's eating choices.

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).

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.

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?