Study: A low-carb diet outperforms a low-fat diet when it comes to health outcomes

Low-carbohydrate eating is more effective for heart health and weight loss than low-fat dieting, a new study finds. These outcomes counter the current U.S.

Divided opinions on vitamin D enrichment

Vitamin D is important for the absorption and metabolism of calcium, as well as for maintaining healthy bones and muscles.

Eat more fruits and vegetables in young adulthood for a healthier heart

Eating seven to nine portions of fruits and vegetables daily as a young adult may benefit heart health 20 years later, according to new research.

Scientists produce beneficial natural compounds in tomato – industrial scale-up potential

Given the opportunity to drink fifty bottles of wine or eat one tomato, which would you choose?

Scientists grow industrial quantities of red wine compound using tomatoes

Scientists have used a protein to cause tomatoes to grow large amounts of the nutrients resveratrol and genistein. The technique could be scaled up for industrial production.

Bacteriophage treatment decontaminates infant formula

A phage showed strong anti-microbial activity against a type of food-borne bacterium that often kills infants after infecting them via infant formula. Phages are viruses that infect only bacteria.

New AAP report targets lack of adequate food as ongoing health risk to US children

Nation’s pediatricians release policy statement stressing the importance of federal, state and local nutrition programs to help combat the immediate and potentially lifelong impact of food…

What does ‘healthy obese’ really mean?

Researchers conclude that terminology such as ‘metabolically healthy obese’ or ‘unhealthy lean’ do not accurately reflect health or predict future risks.

Delivery of produce baskets to workplace increases employee fruit, vegetable access

Could delivery of fresh produce to the workplace help people eat more fruits and vegetables?

US Marshals seize adulterated crab products for food safety violations

At the request of the U.S.

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