Health

New Hope’s senior food editor gazes into the natural products crystal ball to divine what trends will drive consumers, manufacturers, farmers and retailers in the new year.

Instead of stressing out, de-stress with herbs.

Scientists and doctors alike are making strides in how to produce safer wheat-based products for celiac sufferers and ways to treat children with the disease more effectively.

Nearly everyone knows that vitamin D helps build strong bones. But it has plenty of other uses, too, and some are incredibly important for your health. Nearly all your cells have receptors (that is, docking ports) for vitamin D, meaning that it influences pretty much everything that happens in your body.

Explore the issue of food waste and solutions for healthy food distribution in "food deserts" in this infographic.

Explore plant-based alternatives and how they are feeding the good food future in this infographic.

Explore twelve trends that are feeding the good food future in this infographic.

Vitamin D regulates the immune system, and two recent studies linked low levels of the vitamin to a greater inflammation risk.

Vitamin D serves as a precursor to the hormone calcitriol, which regulates cell differentiation and helps prevent cancer.