A New, Super-Nutritious Puffed Rice For Breakfast Cereals And Snacks

A new process for blowing up grains of rice produces a super-nutritious form of puffed rice, with three times more protein and a rich endowment of other nutrients that make it ideal for breakfast cereals, snack foods and nutrient bars for school lunch programs, scientists are reporting. Their study appears in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Consuming Avocado With A Burger May Neutralize Interleukin-6

Consuming half of a fresh Hass avocado with a burger may counteract the protein Interleukin-6 (IL-6), a measure of inflammation, compared to eating a burger without the vegetable…

Asparagus May Prevent Holiday Hangover

New Years Eve is quickly approaching as everyone gets their best outfit ready, their new years resolution written down, bottles of champagne prepared, and has asparagus stocked in the fridge…

Body’s Food Clock Upset By Holiday Overindulgence

Overindulgence during this feasting season can play havoc with the human body’s food clock, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco reported in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)…

Avoid Promoting Miracle Diets For New Year, British Lawmaker Urges Magazines

Please do not promote “miracle diets” for the New Year, British Women and Equalities Minister, Jo Swinson has urged magazine editors. Every year throughout the world, magazines are awash with miracle cure diets that guarantee incredible results after weeks of overindulgence during the Christmas and New Year holidays…

From Farm To Table, Mealworms May Be The Next Best Food

Food enthusiasts interested in sustainable farm practices may soon have a new meat alternative: insects…

Small Pilot Study Suggests That An Avocado Eaten With A Burger May Help Neutralize Interleukin-6

The Hass Avocado Board (HAB) is supporting research to improve understanding of the unique, positive benefits of consuming fresh avocados to human health and nutrition…

Rationing Soft Drink Sizes: A Good Public Health Move

New York City’s limit of a maximum 16-ounce size of sugar-sweetened drinks for sale in eating establishments is a positive public health move and should be replicated in Canada, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)…

Rationing Soft Drink Sizes: A Good Public Health Move

New York City’s limit of a maximum 16-ounce size of sugar-sweetened drinks for sale in eating establishments is a positive public health move and should be replicated in Canada, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)…

Food Insecurity Predicts Mental Health Problems In Adolescents

A study published in the December 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that adolescents who experienced food insecurity in the past year have a higher prevalence of mental disorders than adolescents whose families have reliable access to food…

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