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College students not eating enough fruits and veggies
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 17 11
College students aren’t eating enough fruits and vegetables – in fact, a new study shows students aren’t even eating one serving per day, far…
More evidence that caffeine lowers risk of skin cancer
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • • Skin Care • Aug 16 11
There might be a time when instead of just drinking that morning cup of coffee you lather it on your skin as a way…
Dark beer has more iron than pale beer
• Food & Nutrition • Aug 11 11
A team of researchers from the University of Valladolid (Spain) has analysed 40 brands of beer, discovering that dark beer has more free iron…
Junk food still stars in TV ads seen by kids
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Aug 10 11
Children are seeing fewer sugary, fatty foods advertised on TV, but unhealthy fare still makes up the bulk of food commercials they see, a…
Gazpacho ingredients lose vitamin C during preparation
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 08 11
In summer, more dishes like gazpacho –a cold soup containing raw vegetables, bread, olive oil and vinegar– are consumed. A new study has revealed…
Comfort eating helps stave off the blues: study
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 02 11
A sweet tooth might not be the only reason why we reach for ice cream and cake in times of stress.
70 percent of 8-month-olds consume too much salt
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 01 11
Seventy per cent of eight-month-old babies have a salt (sodium chloride) intake higher than the recommended UK maximum level, due to being fed salty…
As unhealthy food outlets multiply, teens eat more junk
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 27 11
Got lots of fast food restaurants and other outlets that sell junk food in your neighborhood? Then your teen is more likely to nosh…
Home is where the healthy meal is
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 27 11
Can a cozy dining table and nice music prompt people to reach for the greens and go light on dessert?
Latin American blueberries found to be ‘extreme superfruits’
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 14 11
One of the treats of summer - fresh, antioxidant-rich blueberries - has new competition for the title of “superfruit.”
Why do people eat less when they have big forks?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 14 11
Larger portion sizes usually mean we eat more food, but according to new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, bigger bites lead to…
EU members approve stevia sweeteners for food use
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 06 11
Natural sweeteners derived from the stevia plant could be authorized for EU-wide use by the end of the year, after governments approved their sale…
Red wine: Exercise in a bottle?
• Food & Nutrition • Jun 30 11
As strange as it sounds, a new research study published in the FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org), suggests that the “healthy” ingredient in red wine,…
TV and soda: small habits cause weight creep
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jun 23 11
Just a few bad habits - watching TV, eating potato chips, having a sugary soda at lunch or staying up too late at night…
Study shows high prevalence and severity of childhood food allergy in the US
• Allergies • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 21 11
Chicago…A national study of food allergies in the US, the largest of its kind, finds that more children have food allergies than previously reported.
…Eat your fruits and vegetables!
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 15 11
According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People 2010 objectives, adequate fruit and vegetable consumption is a national public…
Study confirms safety, cancer-targeting ability of nutrient in broccoli, other vegetables
• Cancer • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 09 11
Sulforaphane, one of the primary phytochemicals in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables that helps them prevent cancer, has been shown for the first time…
Minorities see bottled water as safer, buy more
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 08 11
Poor minority parents are spending a sizeable chunk of their income on bottled water based on unfounded beliefs that it’s safer, researchers say.
Plate replaces pyramid in USDA food guidelines
• Food & Nutrition • Jun 02 11
The pyramid guide to healthy eating that many Americans grew up with has been scrapped, and in its place the Obama administration is serving…
Europe E.coli is toxic new strain, trade row grows
• Food & Nutrition • • Infections • • Public Health • Jun 02 11
A highly infectious new strain of E.coli bacteria is causing a deadly outbreak of food poisoning that is spreading from Germany across Europe, scientists…
Children eat more vegetables when allowed to choose
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 02 11
A study conducted at the University of Granada has proved that children eat up to 80 percent more vegetables when they are allowed to…
Mechanism discovered for health benefit of green tea, new approach to autoimmune disease
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Immunology • Jun 02 11
One of the beneficial compounds found in green tea has a powerful ability to increase the number of “regulatory T cells” that play a…
Food allergies cost $500 million a year: study
• Allergies • • Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • May 05 11
Doctor visits, hospital care, and lost work days due to food allergies come with an annual $500 million price tag, according to a new…
Early nutrition has a long-term metabolic impact
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 02 11
Nutrition during the first days or weeks of life may have long-term consequences on health, potentially via a phenomenon known as the metabolic programming…
Child malnutrition caused by more than lack of food
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 01 11
Giving poor families land on which to grow crops has been shown to improve child nutrition. New research also shows that giving families non-agricultural…