Experts confirm that fruit and vegetable consumption reduces risk of mortality

A European study analyzes the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of mortality.

Improving eating habits can mean living better with heart failure

Diet can dramatically lower hypertension and improve heart function in patients with a common type of heart failure, according to research presented at today’s Heart Failure Society of America meeting in Orlando, Fla…

In postmenopausal women, vitamin D alone does little to protect bone health

While calcium supplements noticeably improved bone health in postmenopausal women, vitamin D supplements did not reduce bone turnover, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Bone turnover is the body’s natural process for breaking down old bone…

What are the benefits of eucalyptus?

Eucalyptus is a fast growing evergreen tree native to Australia. There are over 400 different species of the tree. Eucalyptus Globulus (also known as Blue Gum) is the main source of global eucalyptus oil production.

Biological risk factor pinpointed in obesity-related cancers

It is estimated that over a third of the new cancer cases expected to occur in the U.S. in 2013 will be related to overweight or obesity, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition. Thanks to the work of one NYU Steinhardt researcher, we may better understand why…

Study: omega-3 does not combat cognitive decline

There have been many studies advocating how omega-3 fatty acids can benefit our health.