Environmental Nutrition

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Research Roundup

Subscribers Only • Drinking one cup a day of filtered, brewed coffee helps protect low-density lipoproteins from clogging arteries. • People diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease live almost four years longer if they closely follow the Mediterranean way of eating. • Higher blood levels of folate are linked with significantly better, faster thought processing in older people.

Be Thankful for Turnips: November Nutrition

Subscribers Only Potatoes from the New World bumped turnips off the dinner table. This Thanksgiving, bring them back. The pungent greens are brimming with vitamins and antioxidants. Turnips may also act against cancer. Enjoy our recipe for turnips with spinach and raisins, a nutrition powerhouse.

Grapefruit and Cancer?

Subscribers Only Q. I read that eating grapefruit can cause breast cancer. Is that really true? A. Not exactly, but there may be a risk. A recent study found that women who ate the equivalent of half a grapefruit every other day had a significantly increased risk of breast cancer.

Hormone Use in Cows Raises Eyebrows, But Concerns Are Complex

Subscribers Only Q. I’ve been seeing ads for milk without artificial hormones. Should I buy it? A. We think so, but not for the reasons you might suspect. First, you should know there’s no such thing as hormone-free milk.

Good Nutrition May Help Prevent Hearing Loss

Subscribers Only Q. Can diet affect my hearing? A. A few studies do suggest that getting enough of certain nutrients may reduce the risk of age-related hearing loss, which affects about one-third of Americans by age 65.

Picking a Pasta With the Most Nutrition Punch

Subscribers Only Pasta may have been knocked down during the recent low-carb craze, but this Italian staple was never out. Now, it’s making a full-fledged comeback, packing more healthful attributes than ever. An EN brand-by-brand comparison of the new pastas.

Colon Cancer Predictors

Subscribers Only To confirm a suspected link between overweight and colon cancer, Swedish researchers analyzed 30 previous studies totaling more than five million people. Here's what they found.

Centrum Silver Boasts New Formula, But Chewable Form Isn’t the Same

Subscribers Only If you’ve seen the television commercials with the talking vitamins and minerals, you may already be aware that the Centrum family of multivitamin/multimineral supplements has been reformulated. EN takes a look at what's new--and what's not.

No Magic Antioxidant Pill….Try Food Instead

Subscribers Only Researchers know that oxidative damage is a culprit in heart disease and stroke. It seems logical that antioxidant supplements might help prevent cardiovascular disease. But a recent study found no evidence that supplementing with antioxidant nutrients offers any protection for the heart.

Fruits and Veggies: 17 Ways to Make “More Matter”

Subscribers Only Earlier this year,the familiar “5 A Day” slogan morphed to “Fruits and Veggies…More Matters.” The new campaign now recommends eating 4 to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Think it's more than you can handle? Give some of these EN strategies a try.

Vitamin D May Improve Health, Delay Death

Subscribers Only Researchers from the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy, analyzed 18 well-controlled trials of people taking supplemental vitamin D and concluded that a daily D supplement significantly reduced the risk of dying.

7 Trace Minerals You Can’t Live Without and How to Get Enough of Them

Subscribers Only You’ve probably heard plenty about minerals like calcium, potassium and even magnesium, but not so much about so-called trace minerals, like copper and manganese. They’re as essential as the big guys. Here, EN weighs in on the most studied trace minerals with tips to make sure you get enough.

Losing Muscle Is a Part of Aging, But You Can Minimize the Effects

Subscribers Only Along with graying hair, fading eyesight and wrinkles comes another universal sign of aging. It’s called sarcopenia (sar-ko-PEENya), which is the loss of muscle mass, strength and function. EN suggests what you can do to lessen the impact sarcopenia might have on your life.