Larry Ostrovsky

Foods That are Good for your Eyes

The same healthy diet that’s good for your heart and arteries can help preserve your eyes and vision.That’s not surprising. “Vision depends on tiny capillaries that supply the retina and other parts of the eye with nutrients and oxygen,” says Monique Roy, MD, a professor at the New Jersey Medical School’s Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science. “Keeping those arteries healthy is essential.”

Does Fructose Really Triggers Cancer?

This week it is impossible to neglect the headlines that fructose triggers breast and pancreatic cancer. But does this really mean we have to pour our OJ down the drain and compost our dried dates and raisins, vowing never to come close to the fruit aisle at the supermarket again?