Planning And Visualization Lead To Better Food Habits

If you want to improve the way you eat, the best way to do so is to both make an action plan and visualize yourself carrying it out, according to McGill researchers. “Telling people to just change the way they eat doesn’t work; we’ve known that for a while,” says Bärbel Knäuper of McGill’s Department of Psychology…

Studies Confirm That Serotonin Plays A Role In Many Autism Cases

Mouse models are yielding important clues about the nature of autism spectrum disorders, which impact an estimated one in 110 children in the U.S. In labs at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, researchers are studying strains of mice that inherently mimic the repetitive and socially impaired behaviors present in these disorders. Georgianna Gould, Ph.D…

FDA: Advanced Genomic Test Helps Trace Sources Of Foodborne Illness Outbreak

FDA scientists successfully used a new genome sequencing test to retrospectively examine a 2009-2010 foodborne illness outbreak to help trace the source of the infection.

Possible Solution To Widespread Insufficiency Problem Is High Vitamin-D Bread

With most people unable to get enough vitamin D from sunlight or foods, scientists are suggesting that a new vitamin D-fortified food – bread made with high-vitamin D yeast – could fill that gap. Their study, confirming that the approach works in laboratory tests, appears in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry…

Maternal Fructose Intake Impacts Female And Male Fetuses Differently

A recent study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a publication of The Endocrine Society, reports for the first time that maternal fructose intake during pregnancy results in sex-specific changes in fetal and neonatal endocrinology. Fructose is a simple sugar found naturally in honey, fruit and some vegetables…

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…

Public Wheat Pre-Breeding Program Grant Announced Of 7M Pounds ($11.3M)

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council has announced a 7 million pound grant to a consortium of researchers to increase the diversity of traits available in wheat via a comprehensive pre-breeding programme – the first of its kind in the UK in over 20 years…

Unless Action Is Taken, The World’s Food Supply Could Be Endangered By Climate Change

Climate change is already having an effect on the safety of the world’s food supplies and unless action is taken it’s only going to get worse, a Michigan State University professor told a symposium at this year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science…

Minister Of Health Announces Funding For Nutrition Education Programs In Support Of Nutrition North Canada

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced $4.43 million in funding over two years for nutrition education programs which will support isolated northern communities under the new Nutrition North Canada program. “Eating healthy foods is an essential part of overall good health”, said the Minister…

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