Accentuate the positive when it comes to nutrition education

If you want people to choose healthier foods, emphasize the positive, says a new Cornell University study.

Probiotic helps treat diabetes in rats, could lead to human remedy

Science may be one step closer to treating diabetes with a human probiotic pill, according to new Cornell University research.

Can coffee protect our eyesight?

Researchers from Cornell University have found that coffee and a compound it contains – chlorogenic acid – may protect against damage to the eye’s retina.

Parents approve of nutrition report cards

Parents receiving academic report cards throughout the school year is commonplace, but a new Cornell University study shows that for healthier nutrition, parents should opt to receive a nutrition report card, too.”This pilot study underscores that a nutrition report card is feasible and efficient…

Mining The Wealth Of The World’s Seed Banks Today Essential For Feeding The Future

With fewer than a dozen flowering plants out of 300,000 species accounting for 80 percent of humanity’s caloric intake, people need to tap unused plants to feed the world in the near future, claims Cornell University plant geneticist Susan McCouch in the Comment feature of the recent issue of Nature…

Smaller Portions Work As Well As Larger Portions In Delaying Hunger And Craving

How much chocolate would you need to eat to be satisfied? Less than half as much as you think, according to this recently published Cornell University snacking study…

Test Shows Subconscious ‘Stop Signs’ Can Help Control Overeating

Once you pop the top of a tube of potato chips, it can be hard to stop munching its contents. But Cornell University researchers may have found a novel way to help: edible serving-size markers that act as subconscious stop signs…

Choline Consumption During Pregnancy May ‘Program’ Healthier Babies

Pregnant women may have added incentive to bulk up on broccoli and eggs now that a Cornell University study has found increased maternal intake of the nutrient choline could decrease their children’s chances of developing hypertension and diabetes later in life…

Nutritionists Say Willpower No Match For Cheap Food, Big Portions

Ditching the diet for Thanksgiving? Turkey with all the fixings isn’t the only temptation causing would-be dieters to miss their goals, according to a new Cornell University review article that finds powerful environmental cues are subconsciously bending willpower every day…

Gene, Lack Of B Vitamin Linked To Increased Colon Cancer Risk In Mice

Offering a likely insight into how such cancers develop in humans Cornell University researchers report they have identified a gene that increases the risk for colon cancer in laboratory mice when the animals’ diets are deficient in folate…