Nutrition & Wellness News

Eating after exercise can undo good Reported September 15, 2009 Time Magazine’s intriguing cover piece “Why exercise won’t make you thin” by John Cloud is still one of the top 10 most read stories on its Web site, in part because we’re desperate for a magic bullet. For years, food manufacturers have been telling us not to blame cheap and processed food for the obesity … [Read more...]

Multivitamins help moms avoid underweight babies: StudyReported June 15, 2009 Women who take multivitamins while pregnant lower their risk of having an underweight baby. So concludes a major new study by Canadian researchers that challenges the World Health Organization strategy of recommending iron and folic acid supplements alone. Low birth weight is a leading cause of … [Read more...]

Wines Found Contaminated With Metals Reported October 31, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you’re living by the idea that wine protects your heart with antioxidants, you may want to consider new research that states otherwise. In a recent study, researchers analyzed metal levels in wines from sixteen different countries and found many commercially available wines contain … [Read more...]