The big picture of cancer risk reduction hasn’t changed much in decades, and the dietary prescription remains, “increase the proportion of fruits and vegetables in the diet and maintain a healthy body weight.” However, attention increasingly is turning to more specific ingredients.

When it comes to determining if the latest popular diet or nutrition trend is merely a fad or a true paradigm change, processors have their work cut out for them.

Dietary fiber—or, more properly, dietary fibers, collectively—constitute a topic of greater health interest than ever.

By now, there should be no question that many fat-rich foods are excellent additions to a healthy diet.

While most heart-health advice centers on what not to eat, consumers are becoming proactive and starting to include heart healthy foods in their diet.

A run-in with a serious disease is a powerful stimulus for change, and reducing symptoms and risk fac-tors through diet is generally a focal point of that change. Recovery has many stages, and good nutrition is critical along all of them.