Peer pressure and festive food: Who are you trying to impress?

Who we eat with affects what we eat and how much of it. How will your peer or family group affect your dietary plans this Christmas?

HIV-Treated Drug Users’ Deaths Linked To Food Insecurity

Food insecurity increases the risk of death among injection drug users living with HIV/AIDS even when they are receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a new study involving Simon Fraser University. The study, recently published in the peer-reviewed science journal, PLoS One, examines the impact of food insecurity and hunger on survival among injection drug users…

Nutrition Science Focuses On White Vegetables In Supporting A Healthy, Well-Balanced Diet

Potatoes and other white vegetables are just as important to a healthy diet as their colorful cousins in the produce aisle, according to the authors of a scientific supplement published in the peer-reviewed journal, Advances in Nutrition…

Potential Explanation For Why A Diet High In DHA Improves Memory

We’ve all heard that eating fish is good for our brains and memory. But what is it about DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish, that makes our memory sharper?

Sports & Energy Drinks Damage Teeth

Sports drinks hit the wire today with a red light that their level of acidity is increasingly responsible for irreversible damage to teeth, especially amongst adolescents and younger adults, their predominant target market. The report is published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy of General Dentistry…

Soy-Based Natural S-equol Supplements Improve Crow’s Feet Skin Wrinkles In Menopausal Women

A soy germ-based nutritional supplement containing Natural S-equol significantly improved the appearance of crow’s feet skin wrinkles of the outer corner of the eyes in Japanese menopausal women, suggesting that supplements containing Natural S-equol have potential to slow skin aging, according to data from a controlled pilot study simultaneously published online in the peer-re…

AllergyEats: Improving The Way Food Allergic & Gluten-Intolerant Diners Eat Out

AllergyEats, the biggest and fastest growing source for finding allergy-friendly restaurants, is celebrating its first anniversary. Over the past year, this peer-based resource has significantly improved the way food allergic and gluten-intolerant diners eat out. AllergyEats, a free website, lists well over 600,000 restaurants nationwide, which food allergic diners can rate…

AllergyEats: Improving The Way Food Allergic & Gluten-Intolerant Diners Eat Out

AllergyEats, the biggest and fastest growing source for finding allergy-friendly restaurants, is celebrating its first anniversary. Over the past year, this peer-based resource has significantly improved the way food allergic and gluten-intolerant diners eat out. AllergyEats, a free website, lists well over 600,000 restaurants nationwide, which food allergic diners can rate…

Daily Dose Of Beet Juice Promotes Brain Health In Older Adults

Researchers for the first time have shown that drinking beet juice can increase blood flow to the brain in older adults – a finding that could hold great potential for combating the progression of dementia. The research findings are available online in Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry, the peer-reviewed journal of the Nitric Oxide Society and will be available in print soon…

Regular Vitamin B12 Lowers Alzheimer’s Disease Risk

People who consume plenty of vitamin B12 have a significantly lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease, researchers from the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, revealed in an article published in the peer-reviewed journal Neurology.

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