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Grapefruit can Cause Unintended Effects
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 11 12
Grapefruit is a wonderfully healthy food, providing people with a rich source of vitamin C. However, compounds found in this fruit that can lead…
Cocoa may enhance skeletal muscle function
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 02 12
A small clinical trial led by researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) found that patients…
Citrus fruits can cut stroke risk
• Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Feb 26 12
New research suggests eating citrus fruits such as oranges and grapefruits may help to reduce the risk of women suffering a stroke.
Scientists from…
Raw Milk Is Highly Infectious
• Food & Nutrition • • Infections • Feb 26 12
It has been recently revealed that raw milk is a source of infection. Drinking raw milk has been frowned upon since a long time…
Vitamin B and omega-3 supplementation and cancer: New data
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Feb 19 12
However, women with a previous history of cardiovascular pathologies seem to have a higher cancer risk after five years of supplementation. The research is…
Diet soda tied to heart attack, stroke risks: study
• Food & Nutrition • • Heart • • Stroke • Feb 18 12
Diet soda may benefit the waistline, but a new study suggests that people who drink it every day have a heightened risk of heart…
Top Proven Health Benefits of Fish Oil
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 17 12
The secret of fish oil benefits lies in the properties of omega 3, one of the most important bioregulation component of the human body.…
Food Scientists Fortify Goat Cheese with Fish Oil to Deliver Healthy Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 17 12
Fish oil is an underused ingredient in the food industry because of its association with a strong odor and aftertaste. A new study in…
Best time for a coffee break? There’s an app for that
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 14 12
Caffeinated drinks such as coffee and soda are the pick-me-ups of choice for many people, but too much caffeine can cause nervousness and sleep…
Sugar more toxic than alcohol, scientists claim
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 13 12
We’ve seen what excessive amounts of alcohol can do to the body, remember Nicolas Cage’s performance in Leaving Las Vegas? Cirrhosis of the liver,…
Fruits, Veggies Sprout in Health Centers, Houston’s Food Deserts
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Feb 12 12
Following a doctor’s visit at Martin Luther King Jr. Health Center in southeast Houston, a mother and her daughter make two stops within the…
Green tea drinkers show less disability with age: study
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 06 12
Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, according to a Japanese study that…
Should Sugar Be Regulated like Alcohol and Tobacco?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 03 12
Sugar poses enough health risks that it should be considered a controlled substance just like alcohol and tobacco, contend a team of researchers from…
Best Superfoods for Weight Loss
• Dieting To Lose Weight • • Food & Nutrition • • Weight Loss • Feb 01 12
Superfoods build bones, prevent chronic diseases, improve your eyesight, and even keep your mind sharp. But did you know new evidence suggests these foods…
“Spam” meat tied to diabetes risk in Native Americans: study
• Diabetes • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 31 12
Native Americans who often ate processed meat in a can, generically known as “spam” and a common food on reservations, one subsidized by the…
FDA clears more orange juice imports
• Food & Nutrition • Jan 23 12
Health regulators cleared more orange juice imports from five countries after testing for the fungicide carbendazim, but made no mention of samples from top…
Quebec ban on fast-food ads reduced consumption of junk food
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jan 19 12
With mounting concerns over childhood obesity and its associated health risks in the U.S., would a ban on junk-food advertising aimed at children be…
Grapes may help prevent age-related blindness
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 19 12
Can eating grapes slow or help prevent the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a debilitating condition affecting millions of elderly people worldwide? Results…
How much iodine is too much?
• Food & Nutrition • Jan 18 12
Iodine deficiency is a major health problem worldwide, but a new study points to the potential downsides of too much iodine.
Iodine is a…
Study suggests junk food in schools doesn’t cause weight gain among children
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • • Weight Loss • Jan 17 12
While the percentage of obese children in the United States tripled between the early 1970s and the late 2000s, a new study suggests that—at…
PepsiCo says finds trace fungicide in orange juice
• Food & Nutrition • Jan 16 12
PepsiCo Inc said company tests of its Tropicana orange juice showed low levels of a potentially dangerous fungicide, but levels were below federal safety…
An apple a day isn’t enough
• Food & Nutrition • Jan 10 12
Adults from 30 to 60 years old, especially those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, aren’t consuming the daily recommended levels of fruits and vegetables. Quebecers,…
Most milk in India contaminated or diluted
• Food & Nutrition • Jan 10 12
Indians may think twice before gulping down a glass of milk after the country’s food safety regulator found most samples collected in a survey…
Wealthier Nations Have More Fast Food and More Obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jan 06 12
New research from the University of Michigan suggests obesity can be seen as one of the unintended side effects of free market policies.
A…
Fish oil may hold key to leukemia cure
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 23 11
A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, according to Penn…