If you happen to live in Minneapolis, or anywhere in the Twin Cities for that matter, you probably live less than a 10-minute walk from a park or trail. That’s pretty amazing. There are few cities that have done as much as Minneapolis for the health of its residents....

There is so much talk about the dangers of “high cholesterol,” you may start to think that all cholesterol is bad. In truth, your body needs cholesterol. This waxy fat, or “lipid,” is necessary for digestion, for building cells, for making certain hormones and for...

Vitamin D gets a lot of attention these days. It is printed in bold letters on food labels when we shop for groceries, there is an abundance of vitamin D supplements on the shelves of every store with a health section and many articles have been written in medical...

Folate (vitamin B9) is a nutrient found in certain foods that are part of a healthy diet. (A list of some foods that are good sources of folate is included later in this article.) Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate. Folic acid is added to certain fortified...