It was baffling, frustrating -- yet also, in a way, secretly gratifying. Last week, the largest study to follow low-fat dieters concluded there weren't any definite protective benefits.

When Dr. Morando Soffritti, a cancer researcher in Bologna, saw the results of his team's seven-year study on aspartame, he knew he was about to be injected into a bitter controversy over the sweetener, one of the most contentiously debated substances ever added to foods and beverages.

Confused by this week's news that a low-fat diet may not help prevent cancer and heart disease after all?

A walk down any grocery aisle in America is a study in nutritional fads: low sodium, low sugar, low carb and low cholesterol, but none as enduring and lucrative as low fat.

WOMEN with type two diabetes who incorporate more whole grains, bran and cereal fibre into their diets may reduce their risk of heart disease, according to a new study.