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October 24, 2015

5 steps to avoid getting ‘hangry’

Your energy is zapped, your stomach is rumbling, and your personality has transformed from level-headed and sweet to short-tempered and snippy. Your hunger has led to anger: You’re officially hangry.

October 24, 2015

Too much iron from meat may raise heart risks

Just in time to dampen your summer cookout plans, scientists have found that the iron in red meat may raise your risk for heart disease, while iron in vegetable sources such as beans seems to have no ill effect.

October 24, 2015

Court orders Nevada to say what’s in prison food

A convicted pedophile's complaint about Nevada prison food has the state Supreme Court ordering an accounting of what's in unnamed sack lunches and "chef's choice" dinners given to inmates, and whether the meals are healthful.

October 24, 2015

Bacteria in wine may bring health benefits

There are bacteria in wine that may be beneficial for people's health, new research finds.

October 24, 2015

Cash prizes may convince kids to eat more fruits and veggies

Want kids to eat more fruits and vegetables?

October 24, 2015

Be picky about fruit: Best ways to get your daily servings

It's important to eat fruit throughout the year, and one of the perks of summer is there's greater variety of fresh fruit to choose from. But watch how you get your fruit because some commercial fruit products lose nutrients in processing and pack a lot of extra calories from added sugar. Here are some tips:

October 24, 2015

Coca-Cola tries again with mid-calorie sodas

The Coca-Cola Co. is giving mid-calorie sodas another try, this time with Sprite and Fanta.  The Atlanta-based company says it will test a "Sprite Select" and "Fanta Select" this summer that will have about half the calories of regular

October 24, 2015

New drug can lower salt intake without any dietary changes

A new drug may be able to solve America's growing sodium problem – by lowering an individual’s salt absorption without affecting his or her diet.

October 24, 2015

5 types of sugars: Which to reach for and which to skip

Sugar— and especially high-fructose corn syrup— now represents by far the largest source of calories for Americans and is a major contributing factor to the U.S. obesity epidemic.

October 24, 2015

Food, beverage companies slash 6.4 trillion calories to help combat obesity

A voluntary effort by the world's largest food and beverage companies to remove billions of calories from the products they sell in the United States to help combat the nation's obesity epidemic has far exceeded its five-year goal, according to an independent evaluation released on Thursday.