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Food Safety

You Are What You Eat… Eat-Lancet Is Nuts!

Can we feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries as Eat-Lancet (#foodcanfixit) suggests? Scientists around...
Food Safety

The Food Allergy Buster

Food allergies are serious and potentially life-threatening conditions. Shockingly, one in every 13 children has a food allergy and every 3-minutes, a food
Food Additives

Coloring the Truth About Artificial Colors in Food

Artificial colors have important functions, are widely used in food products, and are generally poorly understood (even among health professionals) in...
Nutrition

Anthocyanins… A Blueberry's Antioxidant Star!

Scientists around the world have been investigating blueberries, largely because of their anthocyanin content, for their disease-fighting potential...
Food Safety

Food Safety Tips for A Summer Cookout

When you fire up the grill to cookout this summer, make sure you take appropriate safe food handling steps to prevent foodborne illness.
Food Safety

Gene Editing: CRISPR – The Next Food Revolution!

Gene editing is a selective breeding process with a little nip and tuck of the plant’s own DNA.  It is based on a natural process that allows researchers...
Nutrition

Insects... The Next Super Food or Ingredient?

Are you interested in in positively effecting global food sustainability and food security?  The answer (i.e., insects) might just be crawling around in...
Food Safety

Industry Funded Science – Read This Before You Knock It!

Scientists who accept industry funding are commonly perceived as “biased” and much scrutiny has been given to research funded by food companies.
Nutrition

5 Foods that Help Reduce Blood Pressure

Often known as the “silent killer” since there is a lack of apparent symptoms, high blood pressure can have serious unfavorable health effects.
Food Safety

Meat Causes Cancer – The Counter Argument.

As you may have already heard, the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today released its summary evaluation on red and processed meat...
Nutrition

New Research on Dried Plums and Bone Health

What you may not know about dried plums is that they have recently been associated with improved bone health in clinical studies of postmenopausal women.
Nutrition

Canola Oil: The Healthier Cooking Option

Canada oil or “canola” is one of the best oils for heart health.  It comes from the seeds of the canola plant.  Once harvested and crushed, the oil contained