How to stay healthy on Christmas Day

Christmas Day tends to be indulgent. In this feature, we will help you find ways to enjoy yourself without being left feeling too unhealthful.

What should you eat after working out?

Exercise is beneficial for overall health. To get the most effective exercise, it is necessary to have good nutrition

FDA modernizes Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods

Refreshed design and relevant information will help consumers make healthy food choices.The U.S.

Children in intensive care recover faster with little to no nutrition

Critically ill children are artificially fed soon after their arrival in intensive care. This common practice is based on the assumption that it will help them recover more quickly.

Progress toward the perfect pea: peas developed that will help animals absorb more protein from their diet

A group at the John Innes Centre has developed peas that will help animals absorb more protein from their diet. The study is published in PLOS ONE.

Children less likely to eat food if they know it’s good for them

When it comes to urging young children to eat healthy food, parents are better off saying nothing about the benefits than saying it will help them grow stronger or smarter.

Low fat diet helps drop pounds, study suggests

Exchanging fatty foods for lower fat alternatives will help people shift around three-and-a-half pounds — without any other form of dieting. People taking part in trials also saw their waist-lines

Low fat diet is key to a slimmer figure, study suggests

Exchanging fatty foods for lower fat alternatives will help people shift around three-and-a-half pounds — without any other form of dieting.

Scientists Develop Tool To Trace Metabolism Of Cancer-Fighting Tomato Compounds

The University of Illinois scientists who linked eating tomatoes with a reduced risk of prostate cancer have developed a tool that will help them trace the metabolism of tomato carotenoids in the human body. And they’ve secured funding from the National Institutes of Health to do it…