Most Kids’ Meals At Restaurant Chains Are Unhealthy

Most of the kids’ meals offered at chain restaurants in the U.S.

Bacterial Species On Fresh Produce Vary With Produce Type, Farming Practices

Fresh fruit and vegetables carry an abundance of bacteria on their surfaces, not all of which cause disease. In the first study to assess the variety of these non-pathogenic bacteria, scientists report that these surface bacteria vary depending on the type of produce and cultivation practices…

Children With Better-Educated Parents Generally Benefit From A Healthier Diet

The level of education of parents has an influence on the frequency with which their children eat foods linked to obesity. The children of parents with low and medium levels of education eat fewer vegetables and fruit and more processed products and sweet drinks…

Novel Screening Procedure For Accurately Determining The Amount Of Animal, Plant, And Microbial Substances In Foods

Almost all foodstuffs contain the genetic material of those animal and plant species that were used in their preparation…

Monounsaturated fats reduce metabolic syndrome risk

Canola oil and high-oleic canola oils can lower abdominal fat when used in place of other selected oil blends, according to a new study. Researchers also found that consuming certain vegetable oils may be a simple way of reducing the risk of metabolic syndrome, which affects about one in three US adults and one in five Canadian adults.

High Fiber Diets Protect From First Time Stroke

If you eat more fiber you will probably have a lower risk of first time stroke, researchers from the University of Leeds’ School of Food Science & Nutrition in Leeds, United Kingdom, reported in the journal Stroke. Dietary fiber comes from plants, the part that our body does not absorb when digesting food.

Eating A Protein-Rich Breakfast Helps Us To Avoid Unhealthy Snacking In The Evening

Breakfast might be the most important meal of the day, but up to 60 percent of American young people consistently skip it…

Organic Diets Improve Health Of Fruit Flies

A new study looking at the potential health benefits of organic versus non-organic food found that fruit flies fed an organic diet recorded better health outcomes than flies fed a nonorganic diet. The study from the lab of SMU biologist Johannes H…

Eating more fiber may lower risk of first-time stroke

Eating more fiber may decrease your risk of first-time stroke, according to new research.

Decreasing Diabetes Risk In Obese Children And Adolescents Through Vitamin D Supplementation

Childhood and adolescent obesity rates in the United States have increased dramatically in the past three decades. Being obese puts individuals at greater risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease in which individuals have too much sugar in their blood…

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