Tastier And More Healthful Baking With ‘Sweet Wheat’

“Sweet wheat” has the potential for joining that summertime delight among vegetables – sweet corn – as a tasty and healthful part of the diet, the scientific team that developed this mutant form of wheat concludes in a new study. The report appears in the ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry…

Government Of Canada Implements New, Faster Testing Method For Shellfish Toxins

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has developed an innovative new paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) testing method.

Broiled Or Baked Fish Lowers Heart Failure Risk – Fried Fish Raises Risk

Postmenopausal women who regularly eat broiled or baked fish have a 30% lower risk of heart failure compared to women who very rarely or never consume broiled/baked fish, while regular eaters of fried fish have a higher risk, researchers revealed in the journal Circulation – Heart Failure…

Broiled Or Baked Fish Lowers Heart Failure Risk – Fried Fish Raises Risk

Postmenopausal women who regularly eat broiled or baked fish have a 30% lower risk of heart failure compared to women who very rarely or never consume broiled/baked fish, while regular eaters of fried fish have a higher risk, researchers revealed in the journal Circulation – Heart Failure…

Obesity And Diabetes Rates Continue To Rise Despite Decline In Consumption Of Sweeteners

A comprehensive review of research focusing on the debate between High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) and other sweeteners presented May 24th finds there is no evidence of any significant variation in the way the human body metabolizes HFCS as opposed to standard table sugar, or any difference in impact on risk factors for chronic disease. James M…

Celiac Disease Awareness Month Effort Embraced With Final Vote

A legislative measure designed to reduce the number of Celiac Disease cases that go undiagnosed has passed its final legislative test in the State Assembly, receiving unanimous support…

Heart Failure Risk Lower In Women Who Often Eat Baked/Broiled Fish

The risk of developing heart failure was lower for postmenopausal women who frequently ate baked or broiled fish, but higher for those who ate more fried fish, in a study reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal…

Risk of fractures in later life not reduced by high daily calcium intake

If you are already taking moderate amounts of calcium, increasing it will not lower your risk of osteoporosis or fractures when you are older, researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal).

EFSA Launches Updated Guidance For Food And Feed Risk Assessment Of GM Plants

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published updated guidance for the risk assessment of food and feed derived from genetically modified (GM) plants. The document expands on previous EFSA guidance and reflects the latest scientific developments in areas such as assessment of allergenicity and selection of the comparator plant against which the GM plant is compared…

Lunch? Have A Large Fruit Salad Please!

What do apples, blueberries and prunes have in common?

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