Category Archives: Diet & Nutrition

Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter – November 2025

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TUFTS HEALTH AND NUTRITION LETTER: The latest issue features….

Seed Oils: The Facts

NewsBites: Diverticulitis and diet; physical activity lowers death risk with diabetes.

Expiration Dates, Explained

Special Report: Added Sugar is Added Sugar

Pumpkin: Beyond Pie

Featured Recipe: Hearty Pumpkin Soup

Ask Tufts Experts: Raw milk

Myth of the Month: Pink salt is healthier than white

Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter – October 2025

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TUFTS HEALTH AND NUTRITION LETTER (May 28, 2025): The latest issue features….

Lifestyle Interventions Improve Cognitive Function

Want to Eat Less? Try Spicy Food.

10 Choices that are Better for You…and the Planet

The breakfast food that lowers your heart failure risk!

Why sugar-sweetened drinks are so harmful for women’s hearts.

The easy way to drop your blood pressure significantly – no medication needed!

Critical cholesterol update! Why high levels of HDL (good cholesterol) may not do anything to lower your risk of heart disease!

Monitoring Blood Pressure

Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter – June 2025 Preview

TUFTS HEALTH AND NUTRITION LETTER (May 28, 2025): The latest issue features….

“Keto” Diet for Weight Loss?

NewsBites: Diet and brain health

Strengthening Bone Health

Special Report: What About Milk(s)?

Cool as a Cucumber!

Featured Recipe: Cucumber Salad

Ask Tufts Experts: Defining “Healthy Dietary Patten”

Myth of the Month: Eggs are Bad for You

Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter – April 2025

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TUFTS HEALTH & NUTRITION LETTER (March 24, 2025): The April 2025 issue feature…

Don’t be Fooled by Weight Loss Fads

NewsBites: Mindfulness for anxiety; stress and heart health

Important Fiber Facts

Special Report: Diet and Cancer

Green Juice

Featured Recipe: Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas and Greens

Ask Tufts Experts: Getting enough protein on a vegan diet

Myth: Strength training makes you bulky.

Reports: Tufts Health & Nutrition – February 2025

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?

Reports: Tufts Health & Nutrition-December 2024

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Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter (November 27, 2024): The new issue features

Smart Swaps for a Healthy New Year

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Stay Active in Foul Weather

Special Report: Healthy and Heartfelt Food Gifts

The Importance of Sleep

Featured Recipe: Curried Yellow Lentil Stew

Q&A: Comparing waters; Myth: Dry fasting for weight loss

Reports: Tufts Health & Nutrition-November 2024

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Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter (October 28, 2024): The new issue features ‘Give Thanks…with Less Waste’…

Make it a Mocktail
Special Report: Top Health & Nutrition Tips from our Experts
Fabulous Fiber!
Featured Recipe: Farro and Vegetable Salad
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Reports: Tufts Health & Nutrition – October 2024

Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter (September 25, 2024): The new issue features

Healthy Meals with “Nothing” in the House

Stress and Your Health 

The Facts About Sugar Substitutes

Mushroom Mania

Myth of the Month: 
Canola oil is bad for you and should be avoided

Plant Power!

Health & Nutrition Letter September 2024 (Tufts)

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Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter (September 3, 2024): The new issue features Heart Attack 101; Avoiding Frailty; Special Report: Plant Power Tofu??; Is pasta bad for health? and Locally grown produce is more nutritious…

Heart Attack 101 – Knowing the basics of heart attacks can help with prevention, recognition, treatment and recovery

Get Moving to Avoid Frailty

Physical frailty in older age can be avoided. Start now.

We all lose muscle and strength as we age. Frailty is something more. It can take away your health, your vitality, and your independence. But it’s not inevitable.

Health & Nutrition Letter June 2024 Preview (Tufts)

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Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter (June 3, 2024): The new issue features ‘Prostate Cancer’ – There is no surefire way to prevent this disease, but a healthy lifestyle may be beneficial…

There is no surefire way to prevent this disease, but a healthy lifestyle may be beneficial.

June is National Men’s Health Awareness Month, a perfect time to consider screening for prostate cancer.
According to the American Cancer Society, about one in eight men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. Although most men with this disease will not die from it, prostate cancer is still the second leading cause of cancer death in American men (after lung cancer).

Let’s Get Moving!

Physical activity is good for us—whatever we do, and wherever and whenever we do it.

All kinds of movement are important to health. Find what’s right (and fun) for you! Image © forest_strider | Getty Images

The benefits of physical activity are well-established. Not only can being physically active make you feel and perform better, but it can also reduce the risk of developing many chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.