What are the benefits of eating healthy?

A healthful diet can help a person look and feel their best, but what are the real health benefits? In this article, we look at the top ten benefits of a varied, nutritious diet, including heart and stroke prevention, improved mood and memory, and decreased risk of cancer.

Dark chocolate, red wine will keep your honey heart-healthy this Valentine’s day, expert says

Forget the oysters and the champagne this Valentine’s Day. If you want to keep your true love’s heart beating strong, the real foods of love are dark chocolate and red wine, said Loyola University Health System preventive heart specialist Sara Sirna, MD.

Most clinical studies on vitamins flawed by poor methodology

Most large, clinical trials of vitamin supplements, including some that have concluded they are of no value or even harmful, have a flawed methodology that renders them largely useless in determining the real value of these micronutrients, a new analysis suggests.

Eat Broccoli, Not Supplements, For Health Benefits

New research has found that if you want some of the many health benefits associated with eating broccoli or other cruciferous vegetables, you need to eat the real thing – a key phytochemical in these vegetables is poorly absorbed and of far less value if taken as a supplement…

Modified Fat Diet Key To Lowering Heart Disease Risk

The debate between good fat versus bad fat continues, as a new evidence review finds that a modified fat diet and not a low fat diet might be the real key to reducing one’s risk of heart disease…

Go For The Dark Chocolate And Red Wine This Valentine’s Day

Forget the oysters and the champagne this Valentine’s Day. If you want to keep your true love’s heart beating strong, Susan Ofria, clinical nutrition manager at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, says the real food of love is dark chocolate and red wine…

It looks, feels and tastes like chicken, but it’s made of soy

Sure, some delicacies might taste just like chicken, but they usually feel and look much different. Soy meat alternatives, such as the soy burger, have become more popular recently, with increased sales of eight percent from 2007 to 2008.