AARP

Just weeks ago, you were wearing shorts. Suddenly the air has a chill, the foliage is stunning and the sky turns dark before dinner. You might think your chances for eating fresh, seasonal foods are dwindling fast. That’s true, as far as corn and watermelon are concerned. On the other hand, fall ushers in produce that mimics the changing leaves — deep shades of red, orange and yellow amid patches of green. Phytonutrients, the plant compounds that produce those hues, also provide numerous benefits to your health.

Simply Recipes

I am a mother to a famously picky son. Seriously—when he was little, I wrote for the New York Times about the, uh, fun I had as a food writer with a child so selective he ate roughly ten things.

Simply Recipes

Every Jewish family has a latke person—the cook who knows how to achieve latkes with maximum crunch, meltingly soft centers, and the ideal balance of potato-onion-salt flavor. When I was growing up, my dad manned the skillet, but he ceded the spatula years ago. Now, among my three brothers, their spouses, and our kids, the latke person is me.

Medscape

This spring the notices came without warning: Federal funding for thousands of approved research projects, many already under way, had been delayed or canceled. Among those left in the lurch were grant recipients seeking to do things like reduce vaccine hesitancy, improve access to healthcare for minority populations, or treat an aggressive form of brain cancer.

WebMD

Sure, you read the Nutrition Facts and compare products. But your brain is also absorbing cues from the food packaging, and those cues influence your choices more than you think.

HealthCentral

Chronic inflammation is behind more health problems than you might think—from stiff joints and gum issues to serious conditions like heart disease and cancer. While many things can spark inflammation in your body, what you eat plays a big role. So, can you reduce inflammation just by changing your diet?

WebMD

If you heard that Girl Scout cookies are toxic, that mRNA vaccines can harm you, or that immigrants are spreading tuberculosis in the U.S., maybe you should put down your phone.

Medscape

Now that the US Food and Drug Administration has removed both tirzepatide and semaglutide from its Drug Shortages List, the widespread compounding of these drugs is ending. Tirzepatide’s deadline has already passed, while physicians and pharmacies have until April 22 for semaglutide. An estimated 2 million Americans have been using these more affordable copycats every month.

WebMD

Dieting is as American as, well, apple pie. More than half of us want to lose weight at any given time, surveys show, and about a quarter are actually trying to. But success stories that don’t involve weight loss drugs like Ozempic are far less common.

Medscape

Health concerns have swirled around low- and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCSs) for more than a century. Even now, research findings regularly contradict each other….

For certain people with obesity, though, research finds short-term use of these sweeteners to be safe and effective for weight loss. So what do you tell your patients?

HealthCentral.com

If you’ve ever felt drunk—like, a little off-balance or unable to keep your thoughts straight—without drinking a drop of alcohol, you may have experienced hypoglycemia. That’s the official name for low blood sugar, which happens when the glucose in your blood falls below a certain level. It’s usually a quick fix, but in some circumstances, it can be serious, even life-threatening.

AARP.org

Pity the poor potato. Even though it’s the most commonly consumed vegetable in the United States, it’s gotten a bad rap. Which makes sense in some ways — deep-fried french fries and potato chips account for a lot of that consumption. Headlines link them to obesity and type 2 diabetes. But dig a little deeper, and a different picture emerges.