Mark Anthony PhD

The big picture of cancer risk reduction hasn’t changed much in decades, and the dietary prescription remains, “increase the proportion of fruits and vegetables in the diet and maintain a healthy body weight.” However, attention increasingly is turning to more specific ingredients.

When it comes to determining if the latest popular diet or nutrition trend is merely a fad or a true paradigm change, processors have their work cut out for them.

Dietary fiber—or, more properly, dietary fibers, collectively—constitute a topic of greater health interest than ever.

By now, there should be no question that many fat-rich foods are excellent additions to a healthy diet.

While most heart-health advice centers on what not to eat, consumers are becoming proactive and starting to include heart healthy foods in their diet.

A run-in with a serious disease is a powerful stimulus for change, and reducing symptoms and risk fac-tors through diet is generally a focal point of that change. Recovery has many stages, and good nutrition is critical along all of them.