Fruits and vegetables on grocery store shelves may have left the farm but that doesn’t mean they’re inert.
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Healthy Diet Can Lower Risk of Recurrent Heart Attack and Stroke
If you’re at high risk of having a heart attack, changing your diet can significantly lower your chances of heart disease. But how much can fruits and vegetables help someone who already has heart trouble?
How Two Key Lifestyle Changes Can Help Boost Your Health Overall
Getting healthy doesn’t mean having to overhaul your entire lifestyle.
Memorial Day Food Safety: Tips for Handling Fruits and Veggies
How to eat your fill of summer fruits and vegetables without getting sick from a food-borne illness.
Beauty in a Bowl? Eating Fruits and Veggies May Improve Skin Tone
Pass those peaches — a new study finds that eating more fruits and vegetables may lead to a rosier complexion.
The Healthland Podcast: How Vitamins Can Hurt, Teen Sex, and How Money Affects Marriage
We’re back with three great topics this week: research showing dietary supplements are linked to a higher risk of early death; evidence that the internet might actually be useful in teaching teens healthy sexual behavior; and new …
Can Eating Fruits and Veggies Outwit Bad Heart Genes?
We know that eating lots of fruits and vegetables is good for the heart, but can a healthy diet really overcome the effect of genes that boost your risk for heart problems?
Study: An Apple a Day May Keep Stroke at Bay
Eating white-fleshed fruits like apples and pears was associated with a significant dip in stroke risk, finds a large new study by Dutch researchers.
‘Dirty’ or Not, You Still Need to Eat Your Fruits and Veggies
On Monday, the environmental health activists at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released their annual report on pesticides in produce, ranking the “cleanest” and “dirtiest” fruits and vegetables, based on levels and types …
New Dietary Guidelines Show Politics Still Trumps Science
The U.S. government announced its latest update of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) today, advising Americans to eat less salt, sugar and fat, and to increase intake of fruits, veggies and fish. Pretty familiar stuff. …
Study: Can a Veggie-Rich Diet Make You More Beautiful?
There are so many healthy reasons to eat vegetables that it feels redundant to keep enumerating them. But if a stronger immune system, cancer-fighting antioxidants and heart-healthy fiber aren’t reason enough for some, perhaps we …
Want Your Kids to Eat Healthier? It Starts with Mom
Kids are notorious for being picky eaters. But whether moms view them that way can determine whether they end up eating enough fruits and veggies, according to new research published recently in the journal Public Health Nursing.
Study: Proper Nutrition May Prevent 33,000 Deaths
The British government recommends that citizens eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. The reality is that few people meet this standard.