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
Since 1999, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed manufacturers of soy-based food products to claim that “consumption of …
Breads and rolls fill the better part of an aisle in some supermarkets, in part reflecting the appetite of Americans …
Plants are prolific chemical factories. They continuously produce thousands of compounds called phytochemicals. These chemicals perform vital functions for the …
You feel stressed out. You are bored. Or you are angry at your spouse. So you walk a short distance …
About one in four adults will develop atrial fibrillation (the most common type of irregular heartbeat) in their lifetime. That’s …
