Iron Supplements and Senior Citizens
Although iron is an essential element for the human body, requirements for iron change with age. Learn more about iron supplements and senior citizens…
Nutrition & Diabetes
Check out the articles in this section to learn about meal planning, measuring food portions, carbohydrate counting, and other nutrition-related topics.
Vitamin Quiz
The body needs vitamins and minerals to grow, develop, and stay healthy. What can vitamin supplements do for you? Take our vitamin quiz to find out…
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Spicy Food and Diabetes: Diabetes Questions & Answers
Cooking with chili powder, curry, and chili peppers will add bold flavor to your meals with the added benefit of helping you manage your blood glucose…
The Nuts and Bolts of Dietary Iron
Although it’s in the headlines less often than protein, trans fat, or calcium, iron is more than just the metal in a golf club…
The Benefits of Mindful Eating
Mindful eating can help you gain control over what, how much, and even why you eat, and it can be practiced anywhere and at any time…
What Really Determines What We Eat
Most of us believe that how much we eat is mainly determined by how hungry we are. But that’s where we’re wrong…
Fear of Fat: A Fresh Look At an Old Enemy
New research is challenging our old ideas about fat and, believe it or not, it’s beginning to look like “fat and happy” is the healthy way to go…
Probiotics and Prebiotics
This article describes what probiotics and prebiotics are, how they can help you, and how they might in some cases be harmful — so that you can have a better idea whether adding them to your diet is right for you…
Functional Foods
Chances are that you’ve heard the phrase “functional foods,” but maybe you aren’t sure just what it refers to. Rest assured that most functional foods are not foods created in a laboratory somewhere, but instead are many of the foods you probably eat every day…
Glycemic Index Update
The term glycemic index was coined by researchers more than 30 years ago, and it offered a new way of classifying foods containing carbohydrate according to their effect on blood glucose level following a meal…
