Paula Kurtzweil
Publications
Fruits and Vegetables:Eating Your Way to 5 a Day
Articles
How to Spot Health Fraud
You don't have to look far to find a health product that's totally bogus--or a consumer who's totally unsuspecting. Promotions forfraudulent products show up daily in newspaper and magazine ads and... [more]
Fruits and Vegetables: Eating Your Way to 5-a-Day
Are you taking the 5-a-Day challenge? You may be if you find yourself:* snacking on raw vegetables instead of potato chips* adding fruit to your cereal at breakfast* using the salad bar [more]
Dental More Gentle with Painless 'Drillings' and Matching Fillings
Kids today have it so good--computers in the classroom, Nickelodeon on cable TV, popcorn in the microwave. They also have it good because they rarely get dental cavities. And, for those who do... [more]
Help in Preventing Heart Disease
My mother, an on-again, off-again low-fat, low-cholesterol dieter, rushed up to me in the grocery store one day last year. She was clutching a package of turkey frankfurters. Knowing I'm a registered... [more]
Scouting for Sodium And Other Nutrients Important to Blood Pressure
This is the second in a series of articles telling how to use the new food label to meet specific dietary needs.For years, consumers watching their sodium intake have had to plod through ingredient... [more]
