The Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) has established two new Casa Herbalife programs to support nutrition and wellness programs at Scotland’s Action for Children (North Lanarkshire Young Carers Project), and in Queretaro, Mexico at La Alegria de los Niños, IAP (Children’s Happiness)… Read The Full Article…Herbalife Family Foundation Expands Successful Nutrition Programs For Children In UK [...] Read more »

U.S. regulators say that genetically engineered salmon as safe to eat as wild Atlantic salmon, after completing a preliminary analysis. Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc., have genetically modified their salmon so that they eat all year round and grow twice as fast as salmon typically would in their natural environments. Genetically modified (engineered) salmon is an [...] Read more »

The September cover story of the nation’s leading cancer journal, Cancer Research, features a new study from The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, that links capsaicin, a component of chili peppers, to skin cancer… Read The Full Article…Chemical In Widely Consumed Foods Linked To Skin Cancer Read more »

Although many of us from the modern world may not have heard of spelt, it is one of the first grains ever grown in human history. Spelt (Triticum spelta) is an ancient and distant cousin of modern wheat (Triticum aestivum). It was a staple grain in the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Click to read [...] Read more »

The recent salmonella outbreak/egg recall is raising questions about whether the FDA is fulfilling its regulatory role, PBS’ NewsHour reports. “For the past few years, it’s been one food safety scare after another. There was E. coli-laced spinach, salmonella-tainted peppers. … There have also been problems with drugs. The ingredients in a contaminated blood thinner [...] Read more »

Fluoride avoidance reduced anemia in pregnant women, decreased pre-term births and enhanced babies’ birth-weight, concludes leading fluoride expert, AK Susheela and colleagues, in a study published in Current Science (May 2010)… Read The Full Article…Study Links Fluoride To Pre-term Birth And Anemia In Pregnancy Read more »

LifeVantage Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LFVN), the maker of Protandim®, a clinically proven, science-based therapy for oxidative stress, announced that a new peer-reviewed study involving Protandim® was published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE… Read The Full Article…Chemopreventative Effects Of Protandim® Examined Further In New Peer-Reviewed Study Read more »

The American Dietetic Association has published an updated position paper on food insecurity in the United States, calling for funding for food and nutrition assistance programs, increased nutrition education and efforts to promote economic self-sufficiency for all households and individuals… Read The Full Article…Action Needed To Eliminate Food Insecurity In The U.S. – ADA Position Read more »

Expanding their scope of study on the mechanisms of bacterial infection, researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have reported the surprise finding from a small clinical study that cranberry juice cocktail blocked a strain of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) from beginning the process of infection… Read The Full Article…New Research: Cranberry Juice Shows Promise Blocking [...] Read more »

As the nation becomes more aware of health issues related to nutrition and lifestyle choices, communities are struggling to find ways to make healthy living easier. The University of Missouri is helping communities turn healthy ideas into sustainable changes through the Healthy Lifestyle Initiative… Read The Full Article…The MU Healthy Lifestyle Initiative Is Helping Redefine [...] Read more »