Tufts University Diet & Nutrition Letter articles from February 1994

Tufts University Diet & Nutrition Letter archives from February 1994

Of caffeine and miscarriages.
February 1, 1994... The pendulum has swung the other way again. Only a year ago scientists working for the National Institutes of Health reported that mothers-to-be who drank up to three cups of coffee a day were no more apt to lose their babies than those who...

For your heart's sake, more B vitamins.
February 1, 1994... As many as three in 10 people over age 65 may not be consuming enough folate or other B vitamins to stave off heart attacks and strokes, according to an examination of some 1,200 older adults at the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at...

Reintroducing granola.
February 1, 1994... The food you first tasted while mellowing out with your mood ring is making a comeback. Granola, which had fallen out of favor with consumers who got hip to the fact that a chocolate-covered peanut-and-marshmallow-laden granola bar is just as...

Vegetarian Journal's Guide to Natural Foods Restaurants in the U.S. and Canada.
February 1, 1994... The more scientists study the link between diet and health, the more evidence they find in favor of a diet based largely on plant foods. From the Mediterranean to the Far East, in fact, research points to the lower cancer and heart disease...

Cooking for a New Earth.
February 1, 1994... Cooking for a New Earth, Carl Jerome. (Henry Holt and Company, New York. Hardcover, 343 pp. $25.1-800-488-5233.) Everything about this largely vegetarian book--from the grainy feel of its homespun-looking jacket to its straightforward...