Even if two foods share the same calorie count, there can be major differences in how they affect your body. A calorie is a calorie…
Not All Calories Are Equal – A Dietitian Explains How the Kinds of Foods You Eat Matter to Your Body
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Choosing a turkey burger instead of a beef burger could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and water-use impact. Americans who eat beef could slash their diet’s…
Fresh lychees. Radiant and flavorful, lychees were so beloved that they were domesticated not just once in ancient times, but independently in two different regions…
That’s not cookie dough — it’s a meat alternative created with a 3D printer and plant-based ingredients, including cocoa butter. Credit: Adapted from ACS Food…
Date palm 2.5 years after grafting. Inset shows a magnified region at the base of the plant, with the arrowhead pointing to the graft junction.…
With the holiday season in full swing, consumers are met with countless opportunities to indulge in decadent, calorie-dense foods, which can make their health goals…
Market squid, Doryteuthis opalescens Credit: © 2001 MBARI Acoustic tools reveal hotspots of ocean life in scattered places. Ocean predators cannot survive on average concentrations…
Headed for export? Intensive livestock farming is a huge global industry that serves up millions of tons of beef, pork, and poultry every year. When…
Concept rendering of a digital cooking appliance that boasts dozens of ingredients and a precise cooking laser to assemble and cook meals using digital recipes.…
Phthalates and other plasticizers found in cheeseburgers, chicken burritos, and other popular foods purchased at fast-food restaurants. Chicken nuggets, burritos, and other popular items consumers…
Climate change is impacting agriculture in a number of ways. Researchers use satellite data and computer modeling to monitor and mitigate these impacts. Credit: NASA/Earth…
Most consumers want to make food purchases that are smart for their wallets, their health, and the environment. And while switching to a vegetarian or…
[embedded content]This color-coded map in Robinson projection displays a progression of changing global surface temperature anomalies. Normal temperatures are the average over the 30 year…
Tracing the Impact of a Long-Lost Relative on Modern Bread Wheat Genetic detective work has uncovered an obscure ancestor of modern bread wheat, in a…
We tend to avoid choosing apples with brown spots, assuming that they taste bad. But if we are to end food waste, we’ll need to…
Study in animals suggests omega-3 supplement may reduce effects. Four weeks on a diet of highly processed food led to a strong inflammatory response in…
The Food Compass nutrient profiling system, developed by researchers at the Friedman School at Tufts, incorporates cutting-edge science on how characteristics of more than 8,000…
18-year study measures increase in industrially manufactured foods that may be contributing to obesity and other diseases. Consumption of ultra-processed foods has increased over the…
This week our host, Sam, chats with renowned baker Peter Reinhart and learns how a couple of small chemistry tweaks can transform a terrible pizza…
The UK Traffic Light nutrition label on pre-packaged processed foods. Credit: Sonia Pombo-Rodrigues, CC BY 4.0 New analysis of 118 studies conducted over 30 years…