USDA Releases New Menu Planner to Help Public Build Better Diets

Popular diets 'no health threat'
Popular diets do help people lose weight - and do not cause nutritional deficiency, research finds.

New study shows calcium significantly improves children's bone...
(National Dairy Council) A recent study published in the journal Bone found that higher intakes of calcium, such as those recommended by the USDA,...

USDA Offers Food Safety Tips for a Successful Summer Grilling...
The days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer and summer is fast approaching - all signs that the summer grilling season is nearly upon...

Glutton for Sugar? Genes Get Heap of Blame
A variation in the GLUT2 gene may be linked to sugary diets in people with and without diabetes, a Canadian study shows.

Natural Medicine: Beating the blues with food
It may be more than coincidence that the decrease in the quality of Americans' diets has occurred simultaneously with increased reports of depression.