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Nutrition from the Kitchen, Not the Lab
On the TV cartoon series “The Jetsons,” the space-age family got all its daily nutrients by popping a pill. Though we’ve learned a lot about essential nutrients since George Jetson rocketed onto the screen in 1962, two Tufts researchers caution that we’re no closer to relying on supplements instead of food now than we were then. In fact, they suggest that the benefits of food in a healthy diet may be more complex than merely delivering so many milligrams of this or that vitamin or mineral.
Did you know…
Two-thirds of Americans over age 80 suffer from hypertension, though only 23% of 80-plus women and 38% of men in that group are controlling it.
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Abstracts
- Brightly Colored Produce May Help Protect Against Arthritis
- NewsBites
- Solving Metabolic Syndrome’s Addition Problem
- Obesity Tips the Scales Toward Disability, Prostate Cancer
- Cereal Fiber and Whole Grains Fight Plaque in Heart Patients
- Yoga May Encourage Habits That Lead to Weight Control
- Brewing Up Confusion About Coffee and Antioxidants