NUTRITION

The Downside of a Juice Cleanse

Drinking fruit and vegetable juice to detox your body seems like a good idea. There's one problem: this part of your body doesn't agree. >

No Heavy Metals in Your Cuppa

Water supplies often contain heavy metals like lead, chromium and cadmium. The act of brewing a cup of tea removes them. Drink up. >

Artificial Sweeteners Are Bad News for Arteries

The sugar substitute, aspartame, triggers an insulin response that makes fatty plaques stick to arteries. Heart disease and stroke follow. >

Give Your Resolutions Time

It takes much longer to build a new habit than most of us think. But there's a lot you can do to move the process along. >

Bariatric Surgery Tightens Belts Two Ways

When overweight diabetics had bariatric surgery, not only did they lose weight, they cut their health care and medication costs in half. >

Compounded Diet Drugs Save Money, But...

Compounded versions of GLP-1 RAs like Ozempic and Wegovy are available online, but the ingredients listed may not tell the whole story. >

The Up — and Down — Sides of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic offer benefits that make them seem miraculous. But long-term risks are starting to show up. What to consider. >

Too Much Red Meat Can Sap Brain Power

Replacing some servings of processed red meat with plant proteins, fish, or poultry reduces your risk of cognitive decline and dementia. >

Rethink Your Sugar-Sweetened Drink

Our love of sugary beverages is behind a global health crisis, particularly in developing countries. Cutting back is easier than you think. >

A Cup of Cancer Prevention

Drinking coffee and tea appears to reduce one's risk of head neck cancer -- with one exception. Decaf works, too, though not as well. >

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