“There’s strong evidence that ginger can help with nausea and vomiting from motion sickness, morning sickness, and cancer chemotherapy,” says Suzanna Zick, a research associate professor in the Department of…
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Food company executives are finally going to prison for selling filthy food that sickens or kills consumers. Stewart Parnell, the first food executive convicted of a federal felony in connection…
When it comes to unhealthy snacks, distance is your friend. Two studies that help explain why: M&M’S. In one recent study, researchers randomly assigned 246 adults to sit at a…
A multivitamin may prevent the low vitamin B-12 levels that are sometimes caused by metformin, a drug used by millions of people with diabetes. In a study of roughly 2,500…
“Americans lose about 112,000 years of healthy life each year because of foodborne illnesses,” says epidemiologist Elaine Scallan, of the University of Colorado School of Public Health. That’s what she…
Pretty much everyone would be better off eating more vegetables. That’s a no-brainer. (Only 1 in 10 American adults say that they eat the recommended 2 to 3 cups every…
Has climate change increased your odds of getting a nasty bout of food poisoning? “We’re seeing two foodborne pathogens—Vibrio and Cryptosporidium—that are probably influenced by global warming,” says Glenn Morris,…
You’re at the doctor with a severe case of food poisoning. Should you ask for tests to find out which microbe caused it? “Testing lets you identify specific pathogens where…
A few weeks ago we wrote about how phthalates—a worrisome endocrine-disrupting group of chemicals that shows up in food—may put adults at risk for obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome.…
Can protein help you prevent weight gain or stay active as you age? Here are a few of the latest studies—and what to do about them (if anything). Can whey…