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Diet and Nutrition

70 and beyond: what you need to eat
A history of American eating habits
Are three squares a day the only healthy way?
Avoiding gas-producing foods
Balanced diet
Bring back breakfast
Cueing into your eating patterns
Deciphering the Nutrition Facts label: do you really know what you are eating?
Diet detectives: spotting sensible diets
Diet shakes and meal replacements: can they really help you lose weight?
Do raw food (living food) diets promote good health?
Eat well, exercise well, be well: dietary and fitness guidelines
Eating a diet low in saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol
Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables
Eating a diet moderate in protein-rich foods
Eating during pregnancy: a labor for Dad, too
Eating healthfully on a tight budget
Eating healthy: Tips to make it easier
Eating well—and safely—during your golden years
Eating with color
Empty plates for empty nesters
Food cravings
Fast food salads: making smart and healthy choices
Fruit and vegetable servings for children
Gluten-free MyPlate
Health nuts: eating nuts may be healthful
Healthful eating for teens on the run
Healthful snacking: is it possible?
Healthy drinks for kids
Healthy snacks to prevent tooth decay in kids
Improving nutrition in the elderly
Is there such a thing as "junk food"?
Just how much food is on that plate? Understanding portion control
Kids and cholesterol: keeping cholesterol levels under control
Limiting potassium in your diet
Limiting your intake of sugar
MyPlate for kids: food guidelines for children
New ways to be "creative" in the kitchen
Nutrition and menopause
Supermarket savvy
The best diet for you
The DASH diet
The ketogenic diet and epilepsy: does it really work?
The Mediterranean diet and good health
The truth behind nutrition folklore
True or false: eating at night will make you gain weight
Understanding what's on MyPlate
Vegetarian diet for kids: a healthy choice?
Vegetarian myths
What is the glycemic index?

Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements

Biotin
Calcium
Choline
Chromium
Copper
Folate
Iodine
Iron
Magnesium
Niacin (vitamin B3)
Phosphorus
Potassium
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)
Selenium
Sodium
Thiamin (vitamin B1)
Vitamin A
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Zinc
Antioxidants and your health
Deciphering the nutrition facts label: do you really know what you are eating?
Dietary reference intakes
Eat a diet rich in calcium
Eat a diet rich in vitamin D
Folic acid: a "family values" vitamin
Good food sources of folate
Good food sources of iron
Good food sources of vitamin B6
Good food sources of vitamin B12
Limiting potassium in your diet
Omega-3 fatty acids and mental health
Ordinary foods, extraordinary health claims
Soy: can you get too much of a good thing?
Supplements: to take or not to take, that is the question
Are there any benefits of fish fat?
The benefits, risks, and uncertainties of soy for lower blood cholesterol
Vitamin D: let the sun shine?

Heart Healthy Diet

Balanced diet
Cholesterol and your heart: where do we stand?
Decreasing your triglycerides through dietary changes
Eating a diet low in saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol
How much do you know about triglycerides?
Optimizing your triglycerides
Trans fats: the bad fat in town

Getting to the Heart of a Healthful Diet

Choose fats with 2 grams or less saturated fat per serving
Eat a variety of grain products, including whole grains
Eat less than 6 grams of salt
Empty-calorie foods
Fats
Getting to the heart of a healthful diet
Have no more than one alcoholic drink per day if you're a woman and no more than two if you're a man
Include fat-free and low-fat milk products, fish, legumes (beans), skinless poultry, and lean meats
Limit foods high in saturated fat, trans fat, and/or cholesterol
Limit your intake of foods high in calories or low in nutrition
Protein-rich foods
Sodium

Weight Loss

Achieving and maintaining a healthful weight
Balanced diet
Diet shakes and meal replacements: can they really help you lose weight?
Ghrelin, the hunger hormone: could it be the key to weight loss?
Internet-based weight loss services: how effective are they?
Real-life stories of weight loss
The skinny on sucralose
True or false: eating at night will make you gain weight

Special Foods and Special Occasions

All about shellfish
Apples: the not-so-forbidden fruit
Avocado: the misunderstood fruit
Bulking up on fiber
Chocolate: food of the gods
Could you be allergic to sulfites?
Decreasing your caffeine intake
Demystifying oil
Dining with an International Flair: Eating Healthy in Greek, Indian, and Japanese Restaurants
Eating healthy while on a cruise
Eating out: good for the tastebuds, bad for the waistline
Eating whole grains
Eggs by design
Garden vegetables: more healthful than vegetables from the market?
Halloween: let them eat candy—but how much?
Health nuts: eating nuts may be healthful
Holiday eating: it's about enjoyment, not guilt
Holiday food: drafting a winning lineup
How far has your food travelled?
"Milk"—not just from cows
On the road again…but with healthful snacks
Ordinary foods, extraordinary health claims
Say cheese!
Evolution of Spices
Summertime…and the grilling is easy
Tater talk
Thanksgiving, the sequel: making the most of leftovers
The great pumpkin
The highs and lows of caffeine
The tidal wave of bottled water
The papaya: a little taste of paradise
The whole scoop on whole versus refined grains
True or false: an apple a day keeps the doctor away
True or false: eating turkey makes you drowsy
Yogurt: the original health food

Conditions and Treatments

A family's guide to tackling eating disorders
Anemia: how food and vitamins can help
Cholesterol and your heart: where do we stand?
Colon cleansing: don't be misled by the claims
Diabetes and alcohol: caution when mixing
Do you have prehypertension?
Eating disorders: when food and weight take control
Eating well while receiving chemotherapy
Food allergy—it's nothing to sneeze at
Gluten-free MyPlate
How to beat a hangover
How much do you know about triglycerides?
Nutrition and menopause
Preventing food allergies in infants and children
The benefits, risks, and uncertainties of soy for lower blood cholesterol
The importance of counting carbs if you have diabetes
The ketogenic diet and epilepsy: does it really work?
Understanding binge eating disorder in men
What does it really mean to have prediabetes?
What to eat if you have diabetes
When food doesn't taste good

Food Safety

Preventing foodborne illnesses from the farm to the fridge
Acrylamide: snack food cancer risk or not?
Added hormones in meat and dairy
Food additives: friends or foes?
Food expiration dates: what do they really mean?
Food safety
Grillmasters get a food safety lesson
Guidelines for organic products: what do they mean for you?
Irradiated food: an overview
Keep your holiday foods safe
Olestra: fat-free but not worry-free
Organically grown food: is it really a better choice?
Organic foods: to buy or not to buy?
Preparing for an emergency: a disaster supply kit
Safe microwave cooking
The growing problem of food poisoning: is irradiation the answer?

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