Category: Food and Nutrition

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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Wide-ranging use of smart technologies is raising global agricultural production but international researchers warn this digital-age phenomenon could reap a crop of another kind – cybersecurity attacks.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Cooking food on an outdoor grill is nearly as much a part of the summer as music festivals and hanging out at the pool.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Eliminating your favorite treats could make your brain want them even more, according to a Virginia Tech scientist.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and disruptions in the supply chain of formula, some parents have been forced to make unsafe modifications in the way they feed their formula-fed infants and babies

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ASHTABULA COUNTY—University Hospitals (UH) has opened a fourth Food for Life Market location at UH Conneaut Medical Center to set patients up for success in nutrition and dietary education.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – They might have a smelly-sounding name, but muskmelons, like cantaloupes and honeydew, are actually sweet fruits full of flavor and nutrients.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New research from Florida State University won’t only help you nail the timing for your banana bread — it could also help reduce millions of tons of food waste from the widely cultivated fruit.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A robot ‘chef’ has been trained to taste food at different stages of the chewing process to assess whether it’s sufficiently seasoned.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Many of us love junk foods.  What we don’t love are the medical conditions and weight gain that they are associated with.  Research findings made at institutions across America and abroad indicate that fiber and antioxidants can counteract the physiological effects of saturated fats and other junk food.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Pioneering research has shed new light on what drives people’s basic food preferences, indicating our choices may be smarter than previously thought and influenced by the specific nutrients, as opposed to just calories, we need.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ITHACA, N.Y. – As consumers seek fewer preservatives in packaged food – while the environment needs less plastic waste – Cornell University scientists are finding ways to make active packaging materials….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of southern Australia’s most popular and more remote beaches.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – If you’re a reader of food labels, you’ve likely encountered an ingredient called xanthan gum in everything from yogurt to baked goods to salad dressing.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Freshness and simplicity are probably the two words that best describe Italian cuisine. This culinary tradition, Mediterranean at heart, has been influenced by neighbouring countries, producing a wide array of dishes that go from simple (yet mouth-watering) to sophisticated.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is applying pressure on the global food system and threatening to spark a global food crisis.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Limited availability of affordable and healthy foods can contribute to poor health outcomes, especially for residents of rural and low-income regions.