If you have trouble going number two, chances are someone will suggest downing a few cups of prune juice or eating a handful of prunes to get things going. It may sound like an old wives tale, but ...

Don't let their wrinkled appearance fool you, dried plums (prunes) are nutritional marvels packed with benefits that go far beyond just relieving occasional constipation. These little morsels are ...

• Nutrition: Prunes pack a lot into a small piece of dried fruit. One dried plum contains about 20 calories. That’s 67 calories per ounce of pitted prunes or 418 calories per cup. Prunes are a good ...

Alchemists have tried for centuries to transform base metals into gold -- unsuccessfully, at least as far as we know. But it’s a lovely concept: Take the common and uninspiring -- lead, copper, prunes ...

Discover the powerful benefits prunes can have on your gut health. Dr. B highlights the remarkable impact that prunes can have on gut health. He emphasizes that prunes are delicious and packed with ...

W A S H I N G T O N, Feb. 1 -- Prunes by any other name would taste the same. But they might sell better. Plum growers have won permission from the government to startcalling prunes "dried plums," and ...

Dried fruit has a reputation for being high in calories and sugar, but experts say it can be just as good for you as fresh. True, dried fruit will have more sugar by weight than the fresh version of ...

Who knew that the lowly prune, er, make that dried plum, might be the solution nervous hamburger fans are looking for? Turns out that one tablespoon of pureed prunes added to a pound of beef kills ...

WASHINGTON — Prunes by any other name would taste the same. But they might sell better. Plum growers have won permission from the government to start calling prunes “dried plums,” and packages with ...

YUBA CITY, Calif. -- Pity the poor prune. Celebrated for years as one of California's most important crops, the prune this year will find itself on the sidelines, wrinkled, dried out and ignored.