Companies like Chobani Greek Yogurt and Trader Joes are in hot water over a spoonful of sugar. Healthy food brands and grocery stores are claiming that their products are sugar-free on the ingredient label. A new lawsuit claims deceptive advertising because these products list evaporated cane juice on the label, which is the equivalent of [...]

Is your job stressing you out and raising your blood pressure? Turns out it’s not all in your head. Women with low paying jobs have a higher risk of hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, than women with high paying jobs. The study, published in the European Journal of Health by researchers at University [...]

Are you an obese mom? You could be passing your low levels of Vitamin D to your child. Babies from lean moms have 33% higher Vitamin D blood levels than babies from moms that are overweight. All moms in the study took prenatal vitamins, so their Vitamin D levels were normal whether they were lean [...]

On some days, the slightest sound can feel unbearably loud and stressful, making you want to pull your hair or scream. Thankfully, this phenomenon isn’t all in your head! Researchers from the Karolinska Institute and Stockholm University found women who are stressed or emotionally exhausted are actually hypersensitive to sounds.  Sounds as low as 60 decibels, the [...]

What if you could prevent mental illness in your unborn child by changing your diet? Prenatal vitamins are key to preventing birth defects from vitamin deficiencies. For example, supplementation with folic acid prevents spina bifida, which is a defect in the formation of the spinal cord and backbone. Now, researchers at the University of Colorado School [...]