Can eating brown rice reduce cholesterol?  A contributor to Third Age thinks so.

Are you getting enough fruit in your diet to protect yourself from cancer or heart disease?  Probably not, according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.  Read about it in Third Age.

Are fat free salad dressings the healthiest choice?  Maybe not!

Here's a brand of baby food that's so superior to any other, you need to check it out before your baby is born.  It can greatly reduce the occurrence of childhood leukemia, allergies, ear infections and other illnesses.

Here's something that surprised me: reports of a natural way to block bone loss and increase bone density that doesn't involve calcium!

When human beings lived communally (and where they still do) teaching a baby to eat throughout it's first years was a snap.   Now it's a lot more complicated.   Want some help?  Visit Food for Tots.

How much sugar in a 20-ounce coke?  Surprise!!!

What about the nutritional content of different kinds of honey?  See a report on honey research done by the University of Illinois.

On the food pyramid, there's one level that's absolutely vital for good health.  Don't short yourself!

A new Harvard Medical School study found in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says a diet rich in whole grain foods can reduce your risk of heart disease.

What?!? Eat more T-bones?  A report by Third Age about a Harvard study that suggests that animal protein may not be so bad after all.  Can we believe this?

Confused or undecided about fat free diets or types of fat to use?   Join the club.  The Fats of Life will help your confusion along.

Want more information about green tea, its history, uses and health benefits?   More About Tea is a page full of information and links to other sites.

Imitate a raccoon; wash your produce.   Government and other sources differ on levels of contamination and safety.   What do you think?

Let them eat blueberries?  Do you sometimes feel that all the real power foods are strong-tasting, like garlic, collards, broccoli, soy and carrots?  When berry season starts, you can think again. 

Green Tea is Red Hot - it may alleviate or even prevent rheumatoid arthritis.                                                                  

That's One Hot Tomato  -  tomatoes offer protection against   development of prostate and other cancers.   

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