Fast Food Posted Calories, Can You Count On Them? Blame Portions?

A study released this week of food from about 40 fast food and sit down restaurants in three different states found that overall the stated calories of items on the menus of the restaurants are accurate, but there were some standouts and substantial inaccuracy for some individual foods, with understated calorie figures…

Food May Act Physiologically Like A ‘Drug Of Choice’ For Some

Variety is considered the “spice of life,” but does today’s unprecedented level of dietary variety help explain skyrocketing rates of obesity? Some researchers think it might…

Chinese Wolfberry Genome Project Launched By BGI And National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center

BGI (formerly known as Beijing Genomics Institute), the largest genomic organization in the world, and National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center of Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences jointly announced to initiate “Chinese Wolfberry Genome Project”…

Vegetarian diet may protect against common bowel disorder

Vegetarians are a third less likely to get a common bowel disorder (diverticular disease) than their meat eating counterparts, finds a new study.

Abundant Food Choices May Overwhelm Brain, Reinforce Overeating, UF Researchers Say

Authorities in the field of food addiction at the University of Florida say new research indicates that overeating and obesity problems might be effectively tackled if people would limit their food choices. Editorializing in the August edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Nicole M. Avena, Ph.D., a research assistant professor, and Mark S.

Mmm, Mmm Good? Campbell Soup’s New Strategy: More Sodium

Campbell Soup Company released a new strategic direction that will focus health and innovation, but includes reneging on a strategy to reduce salt in Feburary of this year according to comments and reports this week from the food manufactering giant…

Mmm, Mmm Good? Campbell Soup’s New Strategy: More Sodium

Campbell Soup Company released a new strategic direction that will focus health and innovation, but includes reneging on a strategy to reduce salt in Feburary of this year according to comments and reports this week from the food manufactering giant…

Soy Legume May Lower Blood Pressure According To Small Study

Soy may not just be for your waistline according to a new study. Supplements of milk and soy protein lowered blood pressure in hypertensive patients in a small sample reported this week. Nearly 75 million Americans have high blood pressure, which increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure and kidney damage…

Soy Legume May Lower Blood Pressure According To Small Study

Soy may not just be for your waistline according to a new study. Supplements of milk and soy protein lowered blood pressure in hypertensive patients in a small sample reported this week

Link Between Soy/Milk Protein Dietary Supplements And Lower Blood Pressure

Milk and soy protein supplements were associated with lower systolic blood pressure compared to refined carbohydrate dietary supplements, in a study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association…

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