Rice’s nutritional value decreases as atmospheric CO2 increases
In Washington State, a new field study by an international team of scientists indicates that higher carbon dioxide concentrations are associated with reductions in...
Quantum dots made from tea leaves kill cancer cells
In the United Kingdom, nanoparticles derived from tea leaves inhibited the growth of lung cancer cells and destroyed up to 80 percent of them....
Sugar-sweetened beverages increase cardiometabolic disease risk more than starches
In California, while calories from any food may increase the risk of obesity and other cardiometabolic diseases, 22 nutrition researchers agreed that sugar-sweetened beverages...
Walnuts and the gut microbiome work well together
In Illinois, diets rich in nuts, such as walnuts, do play a role in heart health and in reducing colorectal cancer. According to the...
Eating a healthy diet lowers the hearing loss risk in women
In Massachusetts, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital examined the relation between three different diets and the risk of developing hearing loss with promising...
Extended study finds no link between regularly eating eggs and cardiovascular risk
In Australia, University of Sydney researchers found that eating up to 12 eggs per week for a year did not increase cardiovascular risk factors...
Kimchi helps prevent allergic diseases and high blood pressure
In South Korea, kimchi, one of Korea's major fermented foods, is helpful in preventing allergic diseases, obesity, and anemia, according to a new paper....
Gain more beneficial gut bacteria on a plant-based diet
In North Carolina, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center scientists found that eating a plant-based diet enhanced the good bacteria living in the gut by...
Eating better leads to higher levels of food waste in America
In Vermont, Americans waste nearly a pound of food per person each day, but the exact amount of food we trash differs by how...
Moss discovery removes arsenic from water fast
In Sweden, a moss capable of removing arsenic from contaminated water has been discovered by researchers from Stockholm University. And it happens quickly –...