How can you tell if fruit has reached its optimal ripeness without picking it, touching it or carrying out any test that ...

A 15th-century manuscript shows trees bearing (clockwise from top left): sweet apples, jujubes, lemons, cherries, dates, and sour apples. By 7,000 years ago, people in New Guinea were cultivating ...

It’s a popular example of the “Mandela effect,” or a collective false memory. And while some people may laugh and move on, others spend years searching for an explanation. There is a shirt currently ...

Cynthia Sass is a nutritionist and registered dietitian with master's degrees in both nutrition science and public health. Frequently seen on national TV, she's Health's contributing nutrition editor ...

Carbohydrates are an essential micronutrient, but some people may prefer a low-carb diet, calling for less of them than usual. Fruits generally have more carbohydrates than vegetables due to their ...

The county’s largest grower of cantaloupes, watermelon and other produce said customers at this year’s Fallon Cantaloupe Festival will have a good selection of fruits and vegetables to buy and take ...

While fruit has many nutritional benefits, the acid in certain fruits can cause a variety of health problems. This acid can irritate gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), for example, and weaken the ...

Watermelon for weight loss is a new trend that’s taking off on TikTok. The watermelon diet is billed as a weight-loss and detox method that is attempted for several days in a row – some people commit ...

“Watermelons will not ripen after harvesting; they will get a little redder inside, but they will not get sweeter,” says watermelon farmer Ben Horton of Healthy Harvest Farms in Fort Pierce, Fla. He ...

On a recent foray through the Ueno Marui depachika — one of the sprawling food halls located in Tokyo’s department-store basements — a fancy, chimerical tart caught my eye: It was topped with Arus ...

Japanese crown melons are known throughout the agricultural world as “the king of fruits,” and Asian supermarket HMart’s Upper West Side location is running a special on them: $130 apiece, marked down ...