In a 2013 study conducted by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), researchers estimated one third of all food produced for human consumption in the world is lost or wasted. Although waste occurs in all stages of...
Garlic -- consumers either love or hate the taste, but one thing is for certain, no one likes it when the scent of it sticks around on their breath. Now, garlic lovers may have a new solution to their...
A study published by The BMJ today reports a possible association between intake of highly processed ("ultra-processed") food in the diet and cancer.
Further exploration is needed, but these results suggest that the rapidly increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods "may drive an...
Vision is the main sense humans use to guide food choices, According to a study. Image Credit: Flickr/belgianchocolate
According to a study at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste and recently published in the journal Scientific Reports,...
Consuming fish oil instead of lard makes a significant difference in brain function. New research shows that brain function remains normal and manages to restrain from eating more than necessary when this type of fat is consumed.
Credit: © colnihko...
A new diet, appropriately known by the acronym MIND, could significantly lower a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, even if the diet is not meticulously followed, according to a paper published online for subscribers in March in the...
A new study found that after restricting sleep to 5 hours per night, caffeine use no longer improved alertness or performance after three nights.
Results show that relative to placebo, caffeine significantly improved Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) performance during the...
Vegetables at the market Assorted vegetables at a market.Credit: copyright American Heart Association
Eating a diet lacking in healthy foods and/or high in unhealthy foods was linked to more than 400,000 deaths from heart and blood vessel diseases in 2015,...
A poor diet during pregnancy can cause biological changes that last throughout life.Image credit: Flickr/Dan Zen
A poor diet during pregnancy can cause biological changes that last throughout life, according to research from Imperial College London.
The study, published this week in...
Focus on low-fat diets and lack of differentiation between healthy and unhealthy fat has led to 'paradoxical policies' about healthy eating.
Eating a non-calorie restricted Mediterranean diet high in vegetable fats such as olive oil or nuts does not lead...
Vitamin A is involved in many bodily processes, including vision and skin health, but its role in the heart is unclear. While vitamin A is critical for heart development of embryos -- vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy leads to...
