Wine scares many people. They envision snobbish wine store clerks, $200 bottles, and the need to know whether there are hints of chocolate, raspberry, or dirty old socks in the “bouquet.” The truth is that you don’t need to know much...
Which fruits and veggies pack the most powerful antioxidant punch? Researchers at the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University figured it out by measuring various fruits and vegetables for their “oxygen radical absorbance capacity,” a fancy way of...
Remember when eggs were off limits because of their cholesterol content (one large whole egg contains about 213 grams)? Well, not only are eggs back—with studies finding that even two eggs a day have no effect on cholesterol—but certain eggs are...
Hearing you need to get nine or more servings of fruits and vegetables can be daunting. But consider the definitions of a serving (below) from the National Cancer Institute. All varieties of fruits and vegetables—fresh, frozen, canned, dried, and 100 percent...
Breads that say multigrain, seven-grain, nutra-grain, cracked wheat, stone-ground wheat, or enriched wheat must fill the bill, right? Wrong. Unless the word whole appears in the first ingredient, the bread is lacking some of the vitamins and minerals, not to mention...
You probably don’t want to jump from 10 grams of fiber a day to 25 all at once. If you do you may experience some bloating and flatulence. instead, aim to gradually add about 4 grams of fiber every other day,...
Unfortunately, aad! labels don’t distinguish between complex carbohydrates and simple carbe bohydrates (like sugar), But you can get a sense of the type of carbohydrate by looking at the grams of fiber. The higher the fiber content, the more complex carbohydrates...
Loaded with monounsaturated fat and to the oil’s heart benefits, including heart-healthy phytonutrients, these studies finding that olive oil not only single-seeded fruits are a delectable lowers LDL but also raises HDL. An treat. To stretch your olive allowance (8 large...
Americans order 3 billion pizzas a year. That’s a lot of cheese! According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest: Three slices of Pizza Hut’s pan cheese pizza have 12 grams of saturated fat, about the same as three...
