Bad Sleep Leads To Unhealthy Food Choices

Bad food choices may partially be due to sleep deprivation, according to a new study. At Sleep 2012, researchers from the University of California show how sleep deprivation impairs the regions in the human brain responsible for food choices. They state that these findings may help explain the association between obesity and sleep deprivation…

Radioactive Tuna Migrated Into Californian Waters From Japan

Pacific bluefin tuna which have migrated from Japan to California have been found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium from the Fukushima nuclear accident, researchers from Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific have reported in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)…

Findings Suggest The Possibility Of Boosting The Health Benefits Of Omega-3 Oils

For the first time, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have peered inside a living mouse cell and mapped the processes that power the celebrated health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids…

Popcorn Packed With Polyphenols, More Than Fruit And Veggies

Popcorn is loaded with more antioxidants called polyphenols than vegetables and fruit, researchers from the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania, revealed in the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, in San Diego, California, USA.

Regular Chocolate Consumption Linked To Leaner Bodies

People who eat chocolate regularly tend to be thinner than those who never or very rarely consume chocolate, researchers from the University of California, San Diego, reported in Archives of Internal Medicine…

Starch Consumption Raises Risk Of Breast Cancer Coming Back

Breast cancer survivors whose starch intake is above average have a greater risk of cancer recurrence compared to other breast cancer survivors, researchers from the University of California, San Diego explained at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dec.

Food Served In Children’s Hospitals Rated Largely Unhealthy

Given the obesity epidemic among the nation’s young, one would hope that children’s hospitals would serve as a role model for healthy eating. But hospitals in California fall short, with only 7 percent of entrees classified as “healthy” according to a new study published in Academic Pediatrics…

Multi-State Listeria Outbreak Deaths Continue

The Listeria scare that began with a voluntary recall 14th Sept of Jensen Farms Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupes, and followed with a recall of shredded lettuce, continues to cause deaths, and has now become an economic issue for farms across California with farmers and resellers abandoning the cantaloupes even though they are perfectly safe to eat. “We can’t sell the fruit …

Neurotoxin-Producing Algae That Affect Seafood Increasing In California

With toxic algal blooms – which can increase the amount of harmful toxins in the shellfish that California residents consume – ramping up in frequency and severity locally, scientists at USC have developed a new algae monitoring method in hopes of one day being able to predict when and where toxic “red tides” will occur…

What Are Antioxidants And Why Do You Need Them?

IFT Member Claudia Fajardo-Lira, PhD, Professor of Food Science and Nutrition at California State University-Northridge, explains the facts about antioxidants: Q: What are antioxidants? A: Antioxidants play an important role in overall health. They are natural compounds found in some foods that help neutralize free radicals in our bodies…

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