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With food prices high and the economy still recovering, numerous of us struggle to eat healthily because of the cost of fine food. Fresh fruit and vegetables can see grocery bills soaring. But, there's fine news this week from a UK study by the Institute of Food Research. Scientists have shown that frozen vegetables retain more ... Read more

There's an epidemic in progress, and it has nothing to do with the flu. A ground-breaking study published in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found an amazing 59 per cent of study subjects had overly tiny Vitamin D in their blood. Nearly a quarter of the group had serious deficiencies ... Read more

More Americans now drink sugar-sweetened sodas, sport drinks and fruit drinks daily, and this increase in consumption has led to more diabetes and heart illness over the past decade, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 50th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. Using the Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Policy Model, a well-established computer ... Read more

Photobucket: eva_92 To put that into perspective, it's only about four cups of coffee. Almost a liter. That'll get you wired, to tell the least. So, what is Starbucks going to call this 31 ounce monstrosity? Since they're known for all those catchy names, it's the “Jitter-Maker.” No, not really. It's named the “Trenta,” after the Italian ... Read more

YouTube: weezllane Hotdogs are a witch's brew – hoof of cow, eye of rat, filler of unknown derivation – extruded into a wiener, and put into a bun. Condiments optional. They're gross. No one REALLY knows what's in hotdogs. But at every barbecue, carnival, and Fourth of July, you'll find hotdogs. And, kids love them. That's ... Read more

A research project in the Academy of Finland's Research Programme on Nutrition, Food and Health (ELVIRA) has brought new knowledge on the hereditary nature of gluten intolerance and identified genes that carry a higher risk of developing the condition. Research has shown that the genes in question are closely linked with the human immune system ... Read more

The Academy Awards season is upon us once again. Last year, we took a look at the “Food Oscars” aka the finest films that made us hungry. This year, we'll have a glance and the finest of training scenes and overall inspiration – the montages that compelled us to run, jump, lift and ... Read more

A Henry Ford Hospital study has shown a link between Vitamin D levels and basal cell carcinoma, a discovery that could lead researchers to better understand the development of the most usual form of skin cancer. In a small study, researchers at Henry Ford and Wayne State University found elevated levels of Vitamin D enzymes and ... Read more

The “small changes” philosophy, touted by health experts and First Lady Michelle Obama alike, took a large hit this week in Tara Parker-Pope's Well Blog post, In Obesity Epidemic, What's One Cookie?. Pope writes an important truth the some health experts dodge, fearing it will scare people off: If you want to lose a meaningful ... Read more

Far from being a food spoiler, the fluorescent lighting in supermarkets really can boost the nutritional value of fresh spinach, scientists are reporting. The discovery could lead to improved ways of preserving and enhancing the nutritional value of spinach and maybe other veggies, they propose in a study in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and ... Read more