Is It A Peanut Or A Tree Nut? Half Of Those With Allergies Aren’t Sure

Adults and children in a recent study could correctly identify, on average, fewer than half of an assortment of the peanuts and tree nuts that are among the most common food allergens in the United States. Parents of children with peanut and tree-nut allergies did no better at identifying the samples in the survey than did parents of children without this food allergy…

The Mystery Of ‘Pine Mouth’ Remains Unsolved

A new study of the composition of pine nuts, including those associated with “pine mouth,” leaves unsolved the decade-old mystery of why thousands of people around the world have experienced disturbances in taste after eating pine nuts…

Exposure To Cadmium Increases Risk Of Breast Cancer

A recent study, published in Cancer Research , a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, explains that dietary cadmium, which is a metal found in fertilizers used on farms and is very toxic, can potentially pose a risk of breast cancer. Agneta Akesson, Ph…

Calorie Consumption Likely To Increase With Insufficient Sleep

If you don’t get enough sleep, you may also eat too much – and thus be more likely to become obese.

Taste Perception Affected By Visual Images Of Food

Just looking at images of food can change our taste experience, according to research published in the open access journal PLoS ONE…

Practice What You Preach: Doctors With Healthy Lifestyles More Likely To Recommend Them To Patients

Physicians who have more healthy habits are more likely than doctors without such habits to recommend five important lifestyle modifications to patients, including eating healthy, limiting sodium, maintaining a healthy weight, limiting alcohol and being more physically active…

White Rice Raises Risk Of Diabetes Type 2

According to a study published today on bmj.com, consuming to much white rice regularly considerably increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes…