TUFTS HEALTH & NUTRITION LETTER (January 27, 2025):
Mind Your Heart
Practicing mindfulness may have heart-healthy benefits.
This Valentine’s Day, savor a bite of good chocolate, linger over a meal with a loved one, close your eyes and breathe in the scent of those flowers, or focus on the beauty of your surroundings as you take a peaceful nature walk. These activities are examples of ways you can practice mindfulness.
2025 Food Trends
Some emerging food trends have potential health benefits—with some caveats.
Brain-Boosting Supplements?
Most of the promises made about these products lack proof.
About 25 percent of adults over 50 take a supplement that promises to improve cognition or cognitive health. As long as these products don’t say they improve or treat diseases like Alzheimer’s or other dementias, they are allowed to make any claims they want—without having to prove they work. So, which marketing claims should you believe?
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