Coffee is regularly in the news for its potential health benefits and drawbacks. A review of the research found drinking a few cups of coffee a day was associated with a lower risk of dying from any ...

They deserve the lime-light. Researchers credit phytonutrients — compounds found on plant surfaces that protect against bacteria, viruses and fungi — for giving plant-based foods their health-boosting ...

Dear Doctor K: You’ve mentioned phytonutrients in a few recent columns. What are they? And what can they do for our health? Dear Reader: Let’s begin by breaking “phytonutrients” into its two parts.

Though flavonoids aren't considered essential nutrients − meaning one's body doesn't require them to grow and develop − few food compounds do as good of a job staving off infection and chronic disease ...

Your brain thrives on a healthy diet. Source: geralt/Pixabay, used with permission Back in the 1980s and 1990s, phytonutrients (also called phytochemicals, or plant chemicals) became the “next big ...

A review article published in the journal Foods provides a detailed overview of the therapeutic effectiveness of phytonutrients in obesity. Obesity is a metabolic disease caused by complex ...

Clare Collins is affiliated with the Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, the University of Newcastle, NSW. She is an NHMRC Senior Research and Gladys M Brawn Research Fellow.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., May 6, 2010 – Americans who fall short in meeting their daily fruit and vegetable intakes based on government guidelines are also likely to fall short in common bone-building ...

Brightseed, the company launched by former Hampton Creek head of research and development, Jim Flatt, to identify the presence of specific nutrients in plants that are believed to boost human health, ...