An outbreak from ground beef contaminated with E. coli is making consumers sick across the country—in four states so far—and has led to a recall of almost 2 million pounds…
Author: NAH Editorial Staff
The center aisles at a grocery store may offer countless nutritional nightmares, but they generally don’t pose food-safety risks. The irony is inescapable: some of the most highly processed, nutritionally…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) limits the caffeine content of cola and pepper soft drinks to no more than 71 milligrams (mg) per 12-ounce can. Drinking more than…
All fats are a mix of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids (though we usually categorize each by the fatty acid it has the most of). Odds are, you get…
While most food is safe to eat, one out of six Americans will still get sick from eating contaminated food this year. Knowing how to safely shop for food at…
APRIL 2, 2014 – WASHINGTON, D.C. Ten super foods have been named by a group of expert scientists and nutritionists as the top foods, with nutrients that deliver better health. To create this list, the staff at Nutrition Action, published by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), examined and tested a wide variety of basic foods and have determined which are the best foods around. These 10 foods are revealed in their new report What to Eat: 10 Best Foods.
With so many options, the supermarket can be overwhelming, and making sure you are buying the freshest and safest food for you and your family is quite a task. Here…
The bug to worry about in deli meat, Listeria monocytogenes, may originally come from meat, but it can also live—and thrive—on plastic, on metal, and in water. And once it…
An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg has sickened 278 people in 17 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among those sickened, 42% have required hospitalization—almost…