Food for Thought
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
Olive Oil’s Newfound Benefits
New studies find benefits in olive oil beyond their heart-friendly fats.
- Health & Medicine
Babies Motor Better with Breast Milk
Even a few months of breastfeeding appear to confer important motor-coordination benefits on an infant.
- Earth
Sea Turtles—What Not To Eat
Wildlife scientists hope to reduce widespread consumption of sea turtle meat and other products by pointing out the health risks they pose.
- Health & Medicine
A New Bible for Eating Well
The Institute of Medicine has just summarized in a new book 5,000 pages of comprehensive nutrition guidelines issued over the past decade.
- Health & Medicine
Another Way Men and Women Differ
One reason young women face a much lower heart-disease risk than do men may reflect the different way their bodies respond to fats circulating in their blood during the first hours after a meal.
- Health & Medicine
How to Wash Up in the Wilderness
Many campers who wash their dishes in the wilderness use methods that don't consistently remove all bacteria.
- Health & Medicine
Juice May Slow Prostate Cancer Growth (with recipe)
Compounds in pomegranate juice show promise in curbing the growth of prostate cancer.
- Health & Medicine
How Advertising Is Becoming Child’s Play
Food manufacturers are embracing new media to market their products directly to children.
- Agriculture
Demand for Ethanol May Drive Up Food Prices
The production of ethanol from corn and other crops for fuel could drive up food prices.
- Agriculture
Farm Fresh Pesticides
For people who live near croplands, traces of agricultural chemicals can find their way into homes by hitchhiking on windblown dust.
- Health & Medicine
Fruity Relief for Weekend Warriors
Certain fruit products, such as cherry juice, may reduce pain and speed recovery from muscle injury.
- Health & Medicine
Be Good to Your Gums, Bite Into Whole Grains (with recipe)
Diets rich in whole grains appear to help ward off a type of gum disease.
