Nutrition

  1. Health & Medicine

    Athletes develop whey-better muscles

    Dietary supplements coupling whey and creatine promote the development of bigger, stronger muscles in experienced body builders.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Health & Medicine

    Why beer may deter blood clots

    Downing a beer a day alters the structure of fibrinogen, a blood protein active in clotting.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Health & Medicine

    Exonerated? Foods’ acrylamide risks appear low

    A new study downplays the likelihood that people will develop cancer from eating foods naturally tainted with acrylamide, a building block of many plastics and an animal carcinogen.

    By Janet Raloff
  4. Health & Medicine

    Dietary Dilemmas

    Low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet, could be more effective for weight loss than low-fat diets are.