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Mar 02, 2017 08:25PM ● By Tatiana Fleischman
When our immune system declares war on food, the entire body becomes the battlefield. Our relationship with food is the longest relations...
Mar 02, 2017 08:10PM
A one-year certification program begins in September with The Institute of Sustainable Nutrition (TIOSN). TIOSN is reshaping nutrition educa...
Mar 02, 2017 07:55PM
Over the past three months, Nick and Erica Skeadas’ Curbside Compost has partnered with a number of local organizations to bring its organic...
Mar 02, 2017 07:54PM
Since 2011, Community Plates, has helped lead the food rescue movement across the nation. To better reflect who they are and where they’re h...
Mar 02, 2017 07:52PM ● By Mark Joachim
Many crops of corn, soy, wheat, tomatoes, potatoes, dairy, papaya, peas, rice, rapeseed (a source of canola oil) and cotton have been geneti...
Feb 28, 2017 12:45PM ● By Judith Fertig
Fat used to be the nemesis of good nutrition, but the latest research overturns that theory: The right fats actually keep us thin without harming our hearts.
Feb 28, 2017 12:45PM ● By Kathleen Barnes
The queasy stomach, brain fog or food cravings we’re experiencing might be caused by food sensitivities and a leaky gut—but there are some practical, simple solutions.
Feb 28, 2017 12:25PM
Danish researchers found no difference in LDL “bad cholesterol” levels between people that ate low-fat cheese or regular-fat cheese for 12 weeks.
Rutgers researchers found that food dropped on the floor for even one second can be contaminated with bacteria, and that carpet transferred fewer bacteria than tile and stainless steel.
In a Harvard study, people that replaced a portion of their normal dairy foods with vegetables, nuts and fish reduced their heart-disease risk by a quarter, while people that replaced the dairy with animal fats increased their risk by six percent.
Spurred by consumer demand, pioneering chicken farmers are replacing antibiotics with oregano oil and cinnamon.
Jan 31, 2017 12:46PM
Nutritional supplements sales are growing nationwide, in spite of the fact that up to a fifth of U.S. adults often pass them up for fortified foods.
Data from nine clinical studies found that oral doses of aloe vera reduced two common markers of Type 2 diabetes.
A Penn State plant pathologist has received federal approval for gene-altered mushrooms that don’t brown as rapidly when sliced and exposed to oxygen.
Jan 31, 2017 12:46PM ● By Barbara Pleasant
Alfalfa, wheat, popcorn, radishes, red cabbage, snow peas and more can be grown in soil in tiny kitchen containers, producing quick harvests of tasty nutrients.
Dec 28, 2016 01:43PM
To help consumers know which drinks and foods are still being sold in cans lined with endocrine-disrupting BPA, the Environmental working Group’s website lists 16,000 BPA-tainted products.
