Nutrition and Healthy Eating

When we are feeling sad, many of us reach for comfort foods such as chocolate, ice cream, or chips. Now new research helps show how these foods boost our moods.

A new analysis shows healthy eating can really run up a grocery bill, making it tough for Americans on tight budgets to meet nutritional guidelines.

More Americans say they are aware of the health benefits of functional foods, but there has been no increase over the past five years in the number of people who are eating them on a regular basis.

The number of Americans struggling to put adequate food on the table remains at an all-time high, a new government report shows.

Scientists in Italy and Spain say they have developed a new type of pasta made with barley flour that may reduce the risk of heart disease for lovers of spaghetti and other wheat-based noodles.

Cans of soup marketed for kids may have a potentially dangerous chemical that's not found on any food ingredient label.

Eating patterns are shared by family and friends, a study suggests.

Most of the bisphenol A (BPA) that adults ingest is quickly eliminated in the urine, new research confirms.

Counting calories may not be enough to manage either your appetite or your weight, new research suggests.

Most Americans eat more salt than federal guidelines call for, increasing their risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke, a new CDC report shows.

Higher consumption of trans fats, but not other dietary fats, was associated with lower self-reported quality of life in a new study from Spain.

Another day, and another vitamin has failed to live up to all of its hype. This time it’s vitamin D.

Here’s a new study we really could have used before the holidays: If you are going to overeat, be sure your diet has enough protein.

Whether you're resolving to lose weight, eat healthier, or manage or prevent health problems, here's help: the U.S. News & World Report's Best Diets 2012, a rating of 25 different diet plans.

Food animals get 80% of the antibiotics used in the U.S. -- mostly in ways that can lead to the growth of drug-resistant superbugs.

Focusing on the eating experience and the food in front of you may be one key to losing weight while eating out frequently at restaurants.

Studies have long suggested that drinking red wine in moderation might be good for the heart. What’s been less clear is whether it’s the alcohol in wine or its antioxidants -- mainly from grape skins and seeds -- that may be responsible for those heart and stroke risk reductions. Now a new study has arrived at a surprising answer: It may be both.

Artery-clogging, manmade trans fats do increase the risk for heart disease, and efforts have been made to get them out of our food supply. Natural trans fats, however, are another story.

Eating foods fried in healthier oils such as olive or sunflower is not linked to heart disease or premature death, Spanish researchers have found.

Younger women can cut their risk of heart disease and stroke by occasionally eating fish high in omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, Danish researchers report.

On the heels of new revelations about arsenic in fruit and apple juice, a new study shows that rice may be a significant source of arsenic in the diets of pregnant women.

Eating lots of white-fleshed fruit such as apples and pears may significantly reduce the risk of stroke, a new study shows.

The FDA has warned Americans not to eat papaya imported by a Texas company from Mexico because the fruit has been linked to a salmonella outbreak in at least 23 states that has sickened nearly 100 people.

American's health report card is out, and there's plenty of room for improvement. That's especially true if you live in Mississippi and less true if you call Vermont home.

For the first time in 15 years, the USDA has raised nutrition standards for school lunches. Portions will be smaller. Kids will see fruits and veggies every day, and only low-fat or skim milk. But efforts to limit potatoes failed.