Tufts University's Health and Nutrition Letter (HNL)
Volume 43 • Number 2 • April 2025
Most weight loss diet trends fail to deliver the results we want (at least long-term), and some are downright unhealthy. Understanding the pitfalls of some popular plans can help you evaluate promises and avoid being fooled by hype. Very Low Calorie Diets. These eating plans severely limit the number of …
Issue Highlights
Hoping past news headlines hinting it’s OK to load up on butter were right? No such luck. Longstanding advice to …
Think you’re destined to get cardiovascular disease since it runs in your family? Take heart. A recent New England Journal …
Approximately 35 million Americans are afflicted with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), marked by chronic abdominal pain, diarrhea and/or constipation, and …
Increasingly needing to write yourself reminder notes or repeatedly bumping into furniture after rearranging your living room (spatial memory) is …
You may begrudge belly fat because it makes it tougher to fit into your clothes, but a bigger reason to …
