Vitamins, additives and nutrition BLOG

April is Women’s Nutrition Month, and most of the media coverage has focused on how women’s nutrition needs differ from men’s. Because of their smaller size, most adult women require fewer calories and less protein, for example. On the other hand, women need more iron (almost twice as much as men), at least until they stop menstruating.

But I found myself curious about what women do eat, as opposed to what they Read the rest of this entry »

Q. I have recently developed macular degeneration. What are the best foods I can eat to inhibit this condition?

A. Macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of blindness in the U.S., has several probable causes, including genetics, smoking, and exposure to UV radiation from the sun. But diet also appears to play a major role in your risk. In particular, people whose diets contain more lutein and other carotenoids have a reduced Read the rest of this entry »

“High intakes of red or processed meat may increase your risk of mortality.” So conclude the authors of a ten-year study involving half a million people, published in this week’s Archives of Internal Medicine.

The authors found that those who ate the most red meat were about 20% more likely to die of cancer than those who ate the least. The risk of cardiovascular disease was also elevated in those who ate more red meat. (Eating more Read the rest of this entry »