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Find information on food and nutrition and what constitutes a healthy diet, healthy cooking and healthy eating.

Healthy diet basics

Understand the fundamentals of food and nutrition — the food pyramid, fiber, fat and cholesterol, calories, and the elements of a healthy diet.

Healthy cooking

Healthy cooking techniques, nutrition facts and grocery shopping tips.
Water: How much should you drink every day? Drinking eight glasses of water a day yet still feel thirsty? Find out why satisfying your water needs may not be that simple.

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Mayo Clinic cardiologist Gerald Gau, M.D., and colleagues answer select questions from readers. see more Q&A ...

FOOD & NUTRITION


Sep 5, 2008