
Is Calorie Counting Dead?
For a century now, dieters have been trying—and failing— to lose weight by obsessively tracking the calorie content of everything they eat. There has to be a better way.
Lulu Hunt Peters never managed to become a household name. But the weight-loss method >>

Warning: Falling Strength Ahead
Researchers take a crucial step in the fight against muscle loss.
We have long known that the older people get, the less robust their muscles >>

More Good News About Cocoa
Consuming a flavonoid in cocoa helped healthy mice delay aging.
As if you needed another reason to enjoy cocoa products, a recent study by >>

10 Things You Need to Know About Fiber
A nutritional epidemiologist separates the facts from the hype.
With a variety of fiber types to consider—and health claims on food labels to >>

Fish vs. Fish Oil
Do fish oil supplements actually help with heart health?
Alice H. Lichtenstein, Director of Tufts’ HNRCA Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory and Gershoff Professor of >>

Rethinking Full-Fat Dairy
Fats in milk and cheese aren't connected to a higher risk of death.
Fats in milk, cheese, and other dairy products are not linked to a higher >>