Some people, in an effort to reduce their carb intake, mistakenly eliminate fruit from their diet. It’s the added sugars and refined carbs we want to decrease, not whole fruits, which provide a wide variety of nutrients and phytochemicals to keep us healthy. In a new study, Texas A&M research suggests compounds in stone fruits [...]

To eat right tomorrow, get a good night’s sleep tonight. Two studies presented at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies report that sleep-deprived subjects show brain changes that affect their decision-making and predispose them to poor dietary choices. Both were crossover studies, in which 23 and 25 healthy subjects were tested after [...]