Tufts University's Health and Nutrition Letter (HNL)
Volume 42 • Number 9 • November 2024
It’s estimated that over 300 million pounds of food are thrown away every Thanksgiving! Don’t let your leftovers add to the waste. A World of Waste. The food you throw away ends up in a landfill, where it decomposes and releases the powerful greenhouse gas methane. (Composting also creates methane, …
Issue Highlights
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 34,000 cancer deaths per year worldwide are attributable to diets high in …
Fast food restaurants are relatively inexpensive, consistent, quick, familiar, and, for the most part, challenging places to eat if one …
Fermented foods may be the oldest “new” food trend around. The process is as old as civilization itself, and fermented …
A snack is basically any food or drink consumed between meals. Researchers sometimes add qualifiers (a snack is smaller than a …
The gluten-free foods market has exploded in the past decade. It is important for people following or considering a gluten-free …
