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Menu du jour research study : 12 Recipes


  • Recipe Doh!
    Doh!
    America's doughnut-loving, beer-guzzling Homer Simpson and his cartoon family have been chosen by the Department of Health to help promote its anti-obesity campaign. While the government is spending mega bucks on sponsoring episodes[...]
  • Recipe Fat Gene
    Fat Gene
    In 2007, UK researchers discovered a gene variant that may help to explain the variation in weight status among humans. It is noted, however, that this gene is unlikely to be the cause of the global obesity epidemic. The gene,[...]
  • Recipe Late ---> Weight
    Late ---> Weight
    Eat late, weigh more? Maybe so. Recent animal research shows dramatic weight gain among mice who are "allowed to eat during the light phase -- their 'wrong' time of the day." The research was recently published online in the[...]
  • Recipe Cultural tweeking
    Cultural tweeking
    An RD at my work passed along a most interesting article highlighting the benefits of culturally-based nutrition education. Specifically, this article was summarizing research performed on a very specific[...]
  • Recipe childhood beverages
    childhood beverages
    Study finds that girls consuming two or more 8-ounce servings of sweetened beverages a day at the age of five were ?more likely to be overweight than were girls classified with lower intake over the study period.? Those drinking more than two[...]
  • Recipe Aloe Vera and Yukon Golds
    Aloe Vera and Yukon Golds
    I?ve heard two diabetes-related ?rumors? recently, so I had to research into their origins and truthfulness.  The first rumor: a hypoglycemic effect of aloe vera in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.  An[...]
  • Recipe Thirty-ONE Days of Diabetes
    Thirty-ONE Days of Diabetes
    I decided not to be a cop-out and to complete the full month of diabetic meal pattern eating -- thirty-ONE days versus my proposed thirty days. So, my last day, Halloween...wasn't a complete bust for being what it was: Halloween. I ended the[...]
  • Recipe Blog topic request: sleep and diet
    Blog topic request: sleep and diet
    Our friend Lena requested a blog topic: sleep and eating. She asked, "How does sleeping tie into what/how you eat? Is there really much of a connection?" Lena, I'm so glad you asked! Yes! There most definitely is a connection[...]
  • Recipe The sad truth about luncheon meat...
    The sad truth about luncheon meat...
    Wonder why that pre-packaged turkey breast has an expiration date 6 weeks away? Me too. The deli meat business brought in roughly $17 billion dollars in 2004 according to a report by Packaged Facts. There are 3 types of deli meats out[...]
  • Recipe FDA Gluten-Free Research Study: Participate Today!
    FDA Gluten-Free Research Study: Participate Today!
    NFCA is pleased to work with the FDA in an effort to gain more information about the labeling of gluten-free food products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking adults diagnosed with celiac disease or gluten-intolerance or[...]