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Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter

Founded in 1983 by Tufts University President Jean Mayer, the Tufts Health and Nutrition Letter is an outreach program of Tufts University and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts.

The goal of the Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter is to provide the consumer with honest, reliable, scientifically authoritative health and nutrition advice that not only can be trusted but can have a direct and often immediate effort on their health. The content of our newsletter is based substantially on the research and expertise of the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

This mission is fulfilled by bringing together experts from the areas of clinical nutrition, social and public policy, and biomedicine. Faculty at the school include anthropologists, biomedical scientists, economists, epidemiologists, nutritionists, physicians, political scientists and psychologists who focus on a myriad of issues with the common thread of nutrition and its role in fostering the growth and development of human populations.

Programs of study draw upon the strength of Tufts University’s interdisciplinary approach which involves Tufts’ seven other schools, the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging and the Frances Stern Nutrition Center.

About the School

The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy mission is to improve the nutritional well-being of people worldwide through :

The creation of new knowledge
The application and dissemination of evidence-based information and
The education and training of future leaders in the field

EDITORIAL TEAM

DEAN: Eileen Kennedy, DSc
EDITOR: Irwin H. Rosenberg, MD, University Professor
MANAGING EDITOR: David A. Fryxell
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Donna Clayton Lawder
RECIPE DEVELOPMENT: Patsy Jamieson

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD, Professor, Nutrition;
Associate Director, Jean Mayer USDA Human
Nutrition Research Center on Aging.

Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, Professor of Medicine,
Endocrinology; Chief, Bone Metabolism Laboratory,
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research
Center on Aging.

Jeanne P. Goldberg, PhD, RD, Professor, Nutrition;
Director, Center on Nutrition Communication.

Robin B. Kanarek, PhD, Professor, Nutrition
and Behavior.

Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, Stanley N. Gershoff
Professor of Nutrition; Director, Cardiovascular
Nutrition Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human
Nutrition Research Center on Aging.

Miriam E. Nelson, PhD, Associate Professor,
Nutrition; Director, John Hancock Center for
Physical Activity and Nutrition.

Robert M. Russell, MD, Professor, Nutrition and
Medicine; Director, Jean Mayer USDA Human
Nutrition Research Center on Aging.

Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, Professor, Endocrinology
and Lipid Metabolism; Chief, Lipid Metabolism
Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition
Research Center on Aging.

Health Topics

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Sugar Substitutes

Antioxidants

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