Adequate fiber intake has been linked to a reduced risk of diseases such as colorectal cancers, gallstones, diabetes, breast cancer and heart disease, among others.
A new report on American's eating habits reveals that almost a quarter of the calories we consume come from nutrient-poor selections, otherwise known as junk food.
Canada's federal government is putting the country's food producers on a strict carbohydrate labeling diet that could knock a number of new product lines off grocery store shelves next year.
A study shows that daily use of calcium would prevent 734,000 hip fractures and save $13.9 billion in health care costs over the next five years. Daily use of folic acid by women would prevent 600 cases of neural tube birth defects yearly.
Nutrients in oranges, lemons, tangerines, grapefruit and their peels have the ability to fight the nation's top killing diseases -- heart disease, cancer and obesity.
Researchers contend that trans fat -- coveted by cooks for boosting the shelflife and texture of foods -- increases the chance of heart disease. Now it is also giving the restaurant industry higher blood pressure.
Drinking a glass of red wine a day may cut a man's risk of prostate cancer in half, and the protective effect appears to be strongest against the most aggressive forms of the disease.