Silk keeps fruit fresh without refrigeration
Half of the world’s fruit and vegetable crops are lost during the food supply chain, due mostly to premature deterioration of these perishable foods, according to the Food and Agriculture…
May 6, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: during-the-food, food, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, premature-deterioration, the-world, these-perishable, vegetable-crops, world
The older you get, the more difficult it may become to ‘smell’ through your mouth: People are also generally better at detecting tastes than smells
You not only pick up aromas through your nose, but also through your mouth while you chew your food.
April 27, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aromas-through, diet, enhanced-flavor, food, mouth, mouth-while, nose, nutritional counseling, on call diets, seniors / aging, your-nose
Should the food industry fund health research
In The BMJ, leading experts debate whether the food industry should fund health research, and if so, under what circumstances.
April 20, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bmj, debate-whether, food, fund-health, industry-should, leading-experts, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, the-food, whether-the-food
The benefits of food processing
How much time and effort do you spend chewing?Although you probably enjoy a few leisurely meals every day, chances are that you spend very little time and muscular effort chewing your food.
March 10, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: effort-chewing, food, little-time, meals-every, much-time, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, spend-very
Safety last? Consumers’ response to food safety risks are altered due to prior commitment and preference
With the globalization of our food supply, food safety issues are a major concern for both public health and for the food industry.
November 25, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: food, food-safety, globalization, major-concern, nutrition, oncalldiets, our-food, public-health, the-food, the-globalization
The 20 lb. cereal box – food on your counter can predict your weight
Over 200 American kitchens were photographed to determine if the food sitting out on counters could predict the weight of the woman living in each home.
October 20, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, food, kitchens-were, nutrition, nutritional counseling, predict-the-weight, sitting-out, the-food, the-woman, weight, woman
When eating fish is a health hazard
Fish farmed or caught near the world’s great industrial growth areas run the risk of spreading toxic contamination up the food chain and poisoning consumers.
September 14, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: caught-near, farmed-or-caught, food, great-industrial, growth-areas, near-the-world, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, risk, the-food, the-world, world
Dairy products boost effectiveness of probiotics
The success of probiotics for boosting human health may depend partly upon the food, beverage, or other material carrying the probiotics, according to research published on July 10th in Applied and…
July 20, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: applied, boosting-human, carrying-the-probiotics, food, health-may, material, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, other-material, probiotics, research-published, upon-the-food
China, Taiwan strengthen food safety laws
China and Taiwan have enhanced the powers of their Food and Drug Administrations to be more effective in ensuring food safety and guarding against food fraud, according to a July 13 panel discussion…
July 16, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: enhanced-the-powers, ensuring-food, food, food-fraud, nutritional counseling, powers, public-health, taiwan
Effectiveness of school competitive food policies appears tied to neighborhood socioeconomics
Policy changes in California to make the food and beverages that compete with school meal programs more healthy for students appear to have improved childhood overweight/obesity prevalence trends…
May 6, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: california, childhood-overweight, food, make-the-food, nutrition, obesity-prevalence, programs-more, school-meal
