HELLO HOTNESS!

If you're worried about ulcers, spicing things up might be the last thing on your mind. Yet jalapenos, habaneros -- all those super-spicy hot peppers that add kick to the wonderful Mexican fare many of us enjoy on Cinco de Mayo -- contain powerful compounds that might actually help ulcers heal. Si, senora! That's the counter-intuitive new finding from Hungarian researchers, who demonstrated     Continue ...

• WANT TO BE A MOM? WATCH YOUR MOUTH!
• SMELL MORE…EAT LESS

IS HEALTHY FOOD REALLY MORE EXPENSIVE?

People buy junk food because fruit and vegetables are just way too expensive -- right? That's the conventional wisdom. But somehow that didn't sit right with us, so our Dole Nutrition Institute investigator hit the local grocery store to check out the facts on the shelf. What we found may surprise you. Watch our latest video as we compare a     Continue ...

• MAKE TIME FOR TURNIPS

SMALLER ENTREES = MORE VEGGIE INTAKE

Parents go to great lengths to come up with creative ways to get their kids to eat more fruit and vegetables. New research suggests a surprisingly simple solution: Shrink entree size! That's what researchers at Pennsylvania State University found out when they tried serving smaller age-appropriate entree portions to children 3 to 5 years of age. Focusing on lunch intake over the course of six     Continue ...

Five-Pepper Salsa

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