Tufts University's Health and Nutrition Letter (HNL)
Volume 42 • Number 12 • February 2025
This Valentine’s Day, savor a bite of good chocolate, linger over a meal with a loved one, close your eyes and breathe in the scent of those flowers, or focus on the beauty of your surroundings as you take a peaceful nature walk. These activities are examples of ways you …
Issue Highlights
A new long-term study from Sweden bolsters the evidence that the type of fats you consume is more important for …
A 2014 USDA report found that 31%—133 billion pounds—of the nation’s available food supply went uneaten, with two-thirds of food …
While both a Mediterranean-style diet and the DASH eating plan are associated with brain benefits, a hybrid dietary pattern that …
Artificial trans fats, in the form of partially hydrogenated oils, once hailed as a healthy alternative to butter and shortening, …
A newly published followup to findings from a study of the so-called Mediterranean diet adds to the evidence that such …
