Vitamin D currently is a nutrient of great interest in the nutrition field.

To keep your food safe and be “green” at the same time, launder reusable cloth bags regularly.

Researchers continue to show that enjoying a stick of gum has some potential health benefits, along with promoting fresher breath.

Sometimes staying motivated to eat healthfully is hard with all the temptations of the holiday season.

According to a study, chicken soup can help clear mucus from nasal passages and relieve congestion better than other hot liquids.

My 11-year-old daughter quickly became a champion lefse flipper, and my two other kids were champion lefse eaters from the start.

Researchers have shown that adults who were exposed to TV advertisements for “unhealthy” foods ate significantly more of those foods.

I’ve been trying to help a single friend eat better by examining his current diet and steering him toward healthful, doable options.

Many people look forward to Thanksgiving dinner leftovers.

The good news is that “discretionary calories,” such as sweet treats, can fit in an overall healthy diet.

According to University of Arizona microbiologist Chuck Gerba, a desktop may be 400 times dirtier than a toilet.

Breads provide complex carbohydrates for energy, B vitamins and iron, with little fat.

Ron Smith answers questions about flowers, trees, gardens and shrubs.

A study surprised researchers by predicting that people may not always gravitate toward familiar foods during times of stress.

Try using smaller plates and smaller serving spoons to help people serve themselves more moderate-sized portions.

Regardless of your age, enjoying some healthy snacks helps keep your energy up and makes you less likely to overeat later.

Although people have been “trained” to think that low-fat equals healthy, we actually need some oil in our diet.

While we might think that boiling food will destroy anything that could make us sick, that isn’t the case.

Sometimes people don’t give adequate sleep its due attention.

Just like our vehicles, we need to do a little maintenance on our bodies, too.

The CDC has referred to hand washing as the “single most effective way to prevent the transmission of disease.""

After all the weeding, watering and activity associated with growing a garden, why risk producing unsafe canned food?

Sometimes simple rearrangements will help you keep everything you need at hand.

Remember some key rules for outdoor food safety.

Touching money and then eating a sandwich with unwashed hands is kind of like putting money in your mouth.

We’re in the prime season for food-inspired guilt.

Many types of bacteria, including salmonella, E. coli O157:H7 and many others, can be present in meat and other foods.