Sloppy sea urchins
Marine scientists discover an important, overlooked role sea urchins play in the kelp forest ecosystem Sea urchins have gotten a ...
Tag: Nutrition/Nutrients
Three USDA scientists win Presidential Early Career Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 10 -- Three USDA scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have been named recipients of the ...
Epic research endeavor reveals cause of deadly digestive disease in children
Scientists from Israel and the US pooled their medical and genetic expertise to uncover the origin of an untreatable gastrointestinal ...
Growth failure in preterm infants tied to altered gut bacteria
Distinct microbiome features might point to new ways to predict, prevent and treat growth failure in premature infants Extremely premature ...
Unusual eating behaviors may be a new diagnostic indicator for autism
HERSHEY, Pa. -- Atypical eating behaviors may be a sign a child should be screened for autism, according to a ...
Study identifies the best healthy eating nudges
Study of real-life experiments from many disciplines shows the most effective ways restaurants and grocery stores can influence healthy eatingCredit: ...
Research shows that drinking Matcha tea can reduce anxiety
Credit: Dr. Yuki Kurauchi Many different countries have a tea culture, and Japanese Matcha tea is growing in popularity around ...
Scientists decode DNA secrets of world’s toughest bean
Credit: TJ Close / UCR UC Riverside scientists have decoded the genome of black-eyed peas, offering hope for feeding Earth's ...
Participating in local food projects may improve mental health
A new study soon to appear in the Faculty of Public Health's Journal of Public Health suggests that participating in ...
Nutritional supplements and diets not always protective, WVU research suggests
Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Do the nutritional supplements people take or the diets they adhere to actually protect them against cardiovascular ...
Natural antioxidant helps improve immune-based therapies by modulating T-cells
Credit: Emma Vought, Medical University of South Carolina Shikhar Mehrotra, Ph.D. and Xue-Zhong Yu, M.D., National Institutes of Health-funded researchers ...
A tale of two proteins: The best and worst of metabolic adaptation
Japanese researchers reveal two enzymes responsible for inducing lean and obese statesCredit: Professor Mitsuyoshi Nakao The Developmental Origins of Health ...
Ignoring cues for alcohol and fast food is hard — but is it out of our control?
Have you ever tried to stay away from fast food, but found hard-to-ignore signals that represent its availability - like ...
Quitting alcohol may improve mental well-being, health-related quality of life
Quitting alcohol may improve health-related quality of life for women, especially their mental well-being, according to a study from Hong ...
Becoming new parents increases produce purchases
Higher income households adopted healthier spending patterns, but lower-income families did not, according to a new study published in the ...
Quorn protein builds muscle better than milk protein
Data presented at the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) conference demonstrates mycoprotein is a more effective source of protein ...
Milk and dairy products can help prevent chronic disease
An adequate consumption of milk and dairy products at different life stages can help prevent various chronic diseases. For example, ...
Maize-centric diet may have contributed to ancient Maya collapse
The role of diet in climate change The question of how to best adapt to extreme climate is a critical ...
How to sell labriculture: Less lab, more culture
'High-tech' framing may be driving negative attitudes towards cultured meat In the near future, we will be able to mass-produce ...
Diet quality may affect risk of frailty in older adults
Poorer overall diet quality was linked with an increased risk of becoming frail in a study of U.S. community-dwelling older ...
