According to government guidelines, fruit and vegetables should form the cornerstone of your diet. Yet the reality is that a mere 12% of adults meet the recommended 1.5-2 cups of fruit daily. Most ...

Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes—as 38.4 million Americans have been—can feel overwhelming and confusing. Suddenly, you have new diet rules you have to follow in order to keep your health ...

Eating about five servings of fruit and vegetables a day is widely promoted as a key part of a healthy diet. This is because consuming fruit and vegetables is linked to lowering the risk of health ...

BOSTON - If you want to put a healthy fruit snack in your child's lunch bag, researchers from UMass Amherst say to stay away from fruit gummies. A UMass Amherst team of food scientists analyzed the ...

Stone fruit (also known as a drupe) is a variety of fruit that features a stone or pit in the center. The most popular varieties are in the genus prunus, which include peaches, plums and apricots.

Fruit trees. Consider planting a guava tree. Make sure it’s a tropical guava (Psidium guajava) and not a pineapple guava (Feijoa sellowiana) or a strawberry guava (Psidium callleianum). The latter two ...

Although dragon fruit may not feature regularly on your grocery list, this brightly colored fruit, with its white or red flesh and black seeds, may be worth a taste if you’re looking to change things ...