Food & Nutrition

Trace amounts of heavy metals can show up in everyday foods—but with a balanced, varied dietary pattern, there’s little reason for worry

English course whets students ’ appetites to understand culture through cuisine

Tufts faculty have been discovering everything from how to measure stress levels and make cancer vaccines work to the ways that coffee seems to protect health

Alum and specialty food shop owner Julia Hallman dishes on why tinned fish is having a moment and how to test the waters

Here’s what Tufts experts want you to remember from 2025 about staying active and eating well

Engineers biosynthetically produce tagatose, a now-rare sugar that is low in calories and as sweet as table sugar

Healthy diets can use lower-cost, lower-emission foods, finds a new global study

As we age, getting enough—but not too much—of these essential nutrients will help us avoid falls and fractures, says a bone expert at Tufts

While the stoppage was brief, an expert on food assistance says it raises questions about the future of America’s anti-hunger safety net

This healthy, tasty holiday staple can be sweet or savory, roasted or pureed