What’s the upside of feeling too sad for chocolate?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 12 14

The instant gratification and the pleasure derived from consuming excessive chocolate and deep-fried foods can lead way to a double-edged sword of negative consequences…    

 

Food allergy nearly doubles among black children
• Children's Health • • Allergies • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 03 14

Children’s food allergies are gradually increasing, but they may be as much as doubling among black children. According to a study published today in…    

 

Better broccoli, enhanced anti-cancer benefits with longer shelf life
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 20 14

While researching methods to increase the already well-recognized anti-cancer properties of broccoli, researchers at the University of Illinois also found a way to prolong…    

 

California lawmaker wants warning labels on sugary drinks
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Feb 14 14

Sodas and most other sugar-sweetened drinks sold in California would be required to carry warning labels for obesity, diabetes and tooth decay under…    

 

Minimum alcohol price would save UK lives, cut healthcare costs
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Feb 11 14

Setting a minimum alcohol price of 45 pence ($0.73) a unit in Britain would cut deaths and hospital time among heavy drinkers yet have…    

 

Manga comics may help promote fruit consumption among youth
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 11 14

A recent pilot study in Brooklyn, New York, with minority students found that exposure to Manga comics (Japanese comic art) promoting fruit intake significantly…    

 

Fortified foods make up for some missing nutrients: study
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 07 14

Fortification of foods with additional nutrients does have an impact on kids’ intake of vitamins and minerals, but many children and teens are…    

 

Flavor-pairing may teach kids to like vegetables
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 07 14

Parents have long poured on cheese sauce, peanut butter and the like to coax kids to eat their vegetables, but a new study suggests…    

 

Nutritional supplement improves cognitive performance in older adults, USF researchers find
• Brain • • Food & Nutrition • • Aging and Gerontology • Feb 06 14

Declines in the underlying brain skills needed to think, remember and learn are normal in aging. In fact, this cognitive decline is a…    

 

Adolescents’ salt intake correlates with obesity, inflammation
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Feb 03 14

Most adolescents consume as much salt as adults – some more than twice the recommended daily allowance – and that high sodium intake correlates…    

 

All alcohol, even wine, raises risk of gout flare-ups: study
• Food & Nutrition • • Immunology • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 01 14

Bad news for gout sufferers who enjoy drinking the fruit of the vine - new research finds that all types of alcohol, even previously…    

 

York scientists investigate the fiber of our being
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 19 14

We are all aware of the health benefits of “dietary fibre”. But what is dietary fibre and how do we metabolise it?

Research at…    

 

Eating tree nuts tied to lowered obesity risk
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jan 10 14

A new U.S. study adds to growing evidence that nuts - once considered too fattening to be healthy - may in fact help keep…    

 

Effects of eating half an avocado with lunch on satiety & desire to eat between meals
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jan 08 14

New research published in the November issue of Nutrition Journal reports adding one-half of a fresh avocado to a lunch may have helped…    

 

Nutrition guidelines needed for full-service restaurant chains
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 07 14

Food prepared away from home is typically higher in calories and lower in nutrition than food prepared at home, but it now makes…    

 

Small changes in kids’ fast food meal cut calories
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 27 13

Changes made last year to McDonald’s Happy Meals selections for children may be helping kids to cut calories, according to a new study.

“We…    

 

Pregnant women need not avoid peanuts, evidence shows
• Allergies • • Fertility and pregnancy • • Food & Nutrition • • Pregnancy • Dec 24 13

Women need not fear that eating peanuts during pregnancy could cause their child to develop a peanut allergy, according to a new study from…    

 

Doctors warn some shouldn’t drink raw milk
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 22 13

The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday warned that pregnant women and children should not drink raw milk and said it supports a nationwide…    

 

Moderate alcohol consumption ‘boosts immune system’
• Food & Nutrition • • Immunology • Dec 21 13

Many of us enjoy a drink or two to celebrate the festive season. And now, researchers say the odd glass of wine with dinner…    

 

Pay kids to eat fruits & veggies with school lunch
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 17 13

The good news: Research suggests that a new federal rule has prompted the nation’s schools to serve an extra $5.4 million worth of fruits…    

 

Coffee or Beer? The Choice Could Affect Your Genome
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Genetics • Dec 05 13

Coffee and beer are polar opposites in the beverage world. Coffee picks you up, and beer winds you down.

Now Prof. Martin Kupiec and…    

 

7 nutrients lacking in your diet
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 24 13

Think you eat pretty well and get enough key nutrients? Hopefully you do, but unfortunately the diets of most Americans are far from ideal.

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Coffee may help perk up your blood vessels
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 20 13

The caffeine in a cup of coffee might help your small blood vessels work better, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s…    

 

Large study links nut consumption to reduced death rate
• Food & Nutrition • • Mortality and Morbidity • Nov 20 13

In the largest study of its kind, people who ate a daily handful of nuts were 20 percent less likely to die from any…    

 

Obesity and nutrition are keys to avoiding metabolic syndrome
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Nov 19 13

Data reported by the Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project reinforce the positive influence of lifestyle factors in mitigating risks…    

 

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