Here is an in-depth guide to the world of nutrition. We cover new developments in both the worlds of traditional and alternative medicine, break them down and help you make sense of your health in general. We focus especially on the impact food has on the body and how that relates to disease.

 
 
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At last.  The much-anticipated 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans have been released.  They’re a bit late (as you tell by the 2010 moniker) but they’re here.  And now the real work begins — translating this policy

Bad dietary habits are the major causes of chronic diseases today. The good news is that the disease and death caused by it can be prevented. But what is dietary habits and how can nutritions save us? Here, we gather infos to explain the importance of nutrients for good health, how it works in our body, suggestions of foods and supplements to take.Every five years the government assigns a group of experts to scour the latest scientific evidence to help form the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These experts convened in Washington , DC last week and the meeting was made public via a webinar.  This was the fourth meeting of