A new study reveals how many extra calories Americans consume from sugar, fat and saturated fat when they flavor their coffee and tea drinks.Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon
More than 160 million people in the U.S. drink coffee or tea...
Scientists have identified the important factors that have been lost and put them back into modern tomatoes. Image Credit: Flickr/beautifulcataya
What's wrong with the supermarket tomato? Consumers say they lack flavor, so a University of Florida researcher led a...
Mealworms and crickets which, due to their promising structure and flavour, have the potential to be used in the manufacture of foods such as meatballs and falafel.Image Credit: Flickr/nataliej
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed food ingredients from...
A new study revealed that a specific type of immune cell, the Th17 cell, can be stimulated when you chew.Image Credit: Flickr/Alpha
Scientists have shown that chewing your food properly can boost your mouth's immune system to protect you against...
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When we eat, we do not just take in nutrients – we also consume a significant quantity of bacteria. The body is faced with the challenge of simultaneously distributing the ingested glucose and fighting these bacteria. This...
An analysis of over 40,000 commonly available packaged foods and beverages in Canada has found that 66 per cent of these products -- including some infant formulas and baby food products and many so-called 'healthier' foods such as yogurt,...
Researchers found that consumption of hot red chili peppers is associated with a 13 percent reduction in total mortality - primarily in deaths due to heart disease or stroke—in a large prospective study.Image Credit: Flickr/Kyle Stern
Like spicy food?...
Older people who followed a Mediterranean diet retained more brain volume over a three-year period than those who did not follow the diet as closely, a new study says. Image Credit: Flickr/mealmakeovermoms
A new study shows that older people who...
NIH-Sponsored Expert Panel Issues Clinical Guidelines to Prevent Peanut Allergy.Recommendations Focus on Introducing Peanut-Containing Foods to Infants. Image Credit: Flickr/NIAID
An expert panel sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of...
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A common antioxidant found in human breast milk and foods like kiwi fruit can protect against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the offspring of obese mice, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz...
Researchers argued that sugar-free versions of drinks may be no better for weight loss or preventing weight gain than their full sugar counterparts, and may also be detrimental to the environment.Image Credit: Flickr/soumya_p
Sugar-free and "diet" drinks are often seen...
