Walking Minutes Help People Make Healthier Menu Choices

When menus present them with how many minutes of brisk walking it takes to burn off the calories contained in different food options, people tend to choose lower calorie meals. These were the findings of a new study presented at the Experimental Biology 2013 meeting in Boston on Tuesday…

Examining Caffeine’s Effect On Cognitive Tasks, Food Pairing

Does caffeine intake affect liking of foods? Since 1977, there has been a 70% increase in caffeine consumption among children and adolescents. Whether it is coffee, tea, soda, or energy drinks, our children are consuming more of it.

Examining Caffeine’s Effect On Cognitive Tasks, Food Pairing

Does caffeine intake affect liking of foods? Since 1977, there has been a 70% increase in caffeine consumption among children and adolescents. Whether it is coffee, tea, soda, or energy drinks, our children are consuming more of it.

Worrying Rise In Sodium Intake In US Over Last Decade

Sodium intake around the world is well in excess of physiological needs (1) and public health authorities agree that chronic excess sodium intake can increase blood pressure and the risk of heart attack and stroke (2). However, despite recommendations to lower sodium consumption over the last decade, actual intake continues to rise…

Worrying Rise In Sodium Intake In US Over Last Decade

Sodium intake around the world is well in excess of physiological needs (1) and public health authorities agree that chronic excess sodium intake can increase blood pressure and the risk of heart attack and stroke (2). However, despite recommendations to lower sodium consumption over the last decade, actual intake continues to rise…

Mushrooms Substituted For Meat In Meals Aid Weight Loss

New research published as an abstract in The FASEB Journal and presented at Experimental Biology 2013 (EB 2013 ties mushrooms to positive health outcomes in the area of weight management…

Mushrooms Substituted For Meat In Meals Aid Weight Loss

New research published as an abstract in The FASEB Journal and presented at Experimental Biology 2013 (EB 2013 ties mushrooms to positive health outcomes in the area of weight management…

Tree Nuts And Health

Three new studies involving tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts) were presented this week at the Experimental Biology Meeting in Boston, MA…

Tree Nuts And Health

Three new studies involving tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts) were presented this week at the Experimental Biology Meeting in Boston, MA…

Vitamin D Supplements Or Mushroom Powder? You Choose

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have discovered that eating mushrooms containing vitamin D2 can be as effective at increasing and maintaining vitamin D levels (25-hydroxyvitamin D) as taking supplemental vitamin D2 or vitamin D3…

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