News Significant Link Found Between Heme Iron, Found in Red Meat and Other Animal Products, and Type 2 Diabetes Risk. Higher intake of heme iron, the type found in red meat and ot ...

The results show that the more fruit, oats or rye children ate, the more their risk of T1D increased. In contrast, eating strawberries, blueberries, lingonberries, raspberries, blackcurrants and other ...

Recent Research on the Use of Beta-Glucans in CVD and Immune Health By Danielle VenHuizen, MS, RDN Today’s Dietitian Vol. 26 No. 8 P. 38 Beta-glucans, a type of soluble fiber (SF) derived from several ...

Bioactive compounds like polyphenols and their health benefits have long captured public attention and interest. Commonly present in plant-based food like fruits, vegetables, seeds, coffee, and tea, ...

April 2016 Issue Soyfoods and Heart Disease By Virginia Messina, MPH, RD Today's Dietitian Vol. 18 No. 4 P. 18 Evidence shows soyfoods can improve heart health due to their rich fatty acid, protein, ...

The research, led by scientists at Stanford Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco, is part of a larger effort to identify low-risk, low-cost ways to treat one of the most common ...

When the topic of canned food arises, people are sometimes surprised that a trained chef would use anything in a can. Well, I’ve got a surprise for them: Most chefs use canned products in one form or ...

Not long ago, a bland diet was a staple in clinical dietetics. But new research is turning up the heat on zesty herbs and spices, pointing out that a spicier life may be a healthier one. These ...

You can lead a child to a healthful lunch, but you can’t make him or her eat it. School foodservice directors, already faced with tight budgets and increased nutrition standards proposed by the USDA, ...

Chances are, if you ask clients which foods they take pleasure in eating the most, sugary fare may make the list. It’s well known that humans have an innate preference for sweets. Some people will go ...