Restaurant Food Consumption And Satisfaction Affected By Lighting And Music In Surprising Ways

It’s more than just the food that makes McDonalds different from a fine dining restaurant – the lighting and the music contribute to create two very different atmospheres. A restaurant’s atmosphere may cause people to overeat if it stimulates them to eat faster, but also if the ambiance of the restaurant gets people to linger longer it may get them to order an unplanned dessert…

Better Nutrition Provided By ‘Microgreens’ Compared To Their Mature Counterparts

The first scientific analysis of nutrient levels in edible microgreens has found that many of those trendy seedlings of green vegetables and herbs have more vitamins and healthful nutrients than their fully grown counterparts. A report on the research appears in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Qin Wang, Gene E…