Predicting mercury contamination in the marine food chain, via coastal water, not sediment

A Dartmouth-University of Connecticut study of the northeast United States shows that methylmercury concentrations in estuary waters — not in sediment as commonly thought — are the best way to predict mercury contamination in the marine food chain.

Intervention in first 1000 days vital to fulfilling childhood potential

Safeguarding the healthy development of the next generation is vital for the long term success of the United Nation’s Millennium Development goals. New research in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences highlights the need to integrate global strategies aimed at tackling nutrition and cognitive development within the first thousand days of childhood.

Nutrition guidelines needed for full-service restaurant chains

According to a New Study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior food prepared away from home is typically higher in calories and lower in nutrition than food prepared at home, but it now makes up more than one-third of all calories purchased in the United States.

Nanotech labels for food wanted and the public are prepared to pay for it

New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Minnesota finds that people in the United States want labels on food products that use nanotechnology – whether the nanotechnology is in the food or is used in food packaging. The research also shows that many people are willing to pay more for the labeling…

Healthier diets possible in low-income, rural communities in America

In the United States, children don’t eat enough fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Instead, their diets typically include excessive amounts of sugars and solid fats, counter to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations, increasing the risk of obesity and diabetes…

Healthier Diets Possible in Low-Income, Rural Communities

In the United States, children don’t eat enough fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Instead, their diets typically include excessive amounts of sugars and solid fats, counter to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations, increasing the risk of obesity and diabetes. A team of investigators implemented a two-year intervention study in low-income, rural areas where a disproportionately higher risk of overweight and obesity habits among children persists

Vegetable Fats Reduce Prostate Cancer Death Risk

Prostate cancer patients who replace animal fats and some carbohydrates with vegetable fats have a lower risk of premature death, researchers from the University of California reported in JAMA Internal Medicine. In the United States alone, nearly 2.5 million men currently live with prostate cancer…

Pomegranate, Green Tea, Turmeric And Broccoli May Help Fight Prostate Cancer

British researchers have scientifically proven that broccoli, turmeric, green tea and pomegranate help fight the most common cancer in men in the United States and the United Kingdom – prostate cancer…

Coumarin In Cinnamon Linked To Liver Damage

Many kinds of cinnamon, cinnamon-flavored foods, beverages and food supplements in the United States use a form of the spice that contains high levels of a natural substance that may cause liver damage in some sensitive people, scientists are reporting. Their study, published in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, found similar results as those published in the European Union…

US Scientists Find High Levels Of Lead In Imported Rice

Some of the rice imported into the United States contains high levels of lead, according to a scientific study presented at an American Chemical Society meeting in New Orleans this week…

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