Green, black, matcha, chamomile, hibiscus, ginger and 18 more: what the human studies actually show for each tea, graded Strong to Weak, with a note on whether the cup or a capsule was tested.
A Dutch trial of 3,018 adults found 29 percent fewer sick days with a 30-second cold finish to the shower. People were not any less sick, though, and 30 seconds did as much as 90.
Only 6 of 34 grocery chains beat Walmart on price in a Consumer Reports study. See where Costco, Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Kroger, Publix and Whole Foods land.
Garlic and onion are in nearly every gut-healing soup, and both are high-FODMAP. We matched 12 soups against 9 gut complaints, and two of them land on both sides.
Nine foods with real trials behind them, ranked by how far they actually move LDL — and six that don’t, including one that moves it the wrong way.
Calories are not the number doing the damage. We used each chain’s own published nutrition data to rank 18 fast food chains by the saltiest single item on the menu, and the worst one carries more than three days of sodium.
A chart of seven pressure points has been circulating with big promises. One of them has real evidence behind it, one is in the wrong place, and one should not be on there at all.
Oils, oatmeal and aloe can soften dry cuticles, but several popular nail soaks do nothing for the nail itself and a few can irritate skin or delay treatment. Here is what the evidence supports.
Fifteen foods that turn up again and again across two decades of Blue Zones research, counted down from 15 to 1, with the daily amounts the cited studies describe.
You don’t need a new sofa or a whole new kitchen. Twelve practical steps, from the exhaust fan to a radon test, backed by public-health guidance.