Nutrients

Minerals are essential nutrients, but too little or too much of some minerals may be harmful to your health. Which minerals and how much do you need?

Nutrition fact labels are a useful tool to help you make healthy food selections, but to fully benefit from the information they provide you may need to spend some time learning what all the numbers mean.

Spinach is probably best known for its relatively high iron content. However, a cup of raw spinach or 1/2 cup of cooked spinach provides you with many other important nutrients and can be prepared in a variety of tasty ways.

Dietary fat is a necessary component of a healthy diet, but how much dietary fat is a healthy amount of fat?

Digestion occurs in your gastrointestinal tract and is the process by which nutrients contained in the food you consume are separated and absorbed into your body.