DIET AND NUTRITION

Tips for staying safe in extreme heat

PBS NEWS HOUR – Around the world, communities have been contending with record-breaking heat waves and the life-threatening dangers that go along with them. With long-term average temperatures on the rise, and summers getting progressively hotter in many places, the challenge of keeping people safe under extreme heat – and its comparably nefarious cousin, high humidity – will only grow more dire. “It’s not cooling off anytime soon,” said Heidi Brown, associate professor of public health...

Meat allergy from tick bites is on the rise—and US doctors are in the dark

ARS TECHNICA – A little over a decade ago, researchers discovered that bites from lone star ticks could cause some people to develop a food allergy to meat and meat products—an allergic condition called alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), which can vary from mild to life-threatening. The condition is named after a carbohydrate called galactose-α-1,3-galactose (aka alpha-gal), which is commonly found on proteins in most mammals—with the important exception of primates, like humans. Alpha-gal shows up on all...

Romaine lettuce recalled because of rodent droppings

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – C&E Farms Inc., of Oxnard, CA, is recalling certain bins of romaine lettuce because the product may be contaminated with rodent droppings. According to the details posted online by the FDA, the recall was initiated on June 16, 2023, and is ongoing. The recalled product was distributed in Massachusetts and Minnesota. Recalled products: Romaine lettuce packed in bulk 45-pound mini-bins 2580 mini-bins Code: Tierrasol 23-26R08 Anyone who purchased the recalled product should immediately dispose of it and...

Salmonella in ground beef sickens 16, hospitalizing 6, in 4 states, CDC says

AP – Ground beef contaminated with salmonella has sickened at least 16 people, including six hospitalized, in four Northeastern states, federal health officials said Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said illnesses have been reported in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Ground beef is the only common food reported in the outbreak. People who recalled what they ate and where they bought it reported eating 80% lean ground beef purchased from ShopRite...

Dementia: Olive oil could boost brain health, according to new study

A half tablespoon of olive oil per day could lower your risk of dying from dementia, a new study reports.

A Harvard genetics professor who only sleeps 6 hours a night and doesn’t exercise every day swears 3 habits helped reverse his biological age...

Fortune – David Sinclair, a 54-year-old professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, says his regimen has helped him stay biologically 10 years younger than his age—underscoring a modern phenomenon called reverse aging by combating age-related disease and decline. So what is Sinclair’s secret to aging well and staying young? He began working on it in his early thirties. Here are the three ways the longevity researcher got started: Taking resveratrol Sinclair swears by resveratrol,...

False Things You Believe About Shopping At Aldi

MASHED.COM – Whether you're brand new to Aldi or you've been going there for years, shoppers are bound to have a misconception or two about the Aldi experience. It's time to dispel some of these myths and set the record straight ... "Everything in the store is cheap" Aldi is known and loved for their wallet-friendly products, which are sometimes so cheap that you find yourself asking how it's even a viable business option. The general inexpensiveness...

DNA-damaging chemical found in common sweetener

“In short, we found that sucralose-6-acetate is genotoxic, and that it effectively broke up DNA in cells that were exposed to the chemical ... ”

McDonald’s New Burgers Really Are an Improvement

THE TAKEOUT – McDonald’s decision to make changes to its burgers seems like a pretty big deal, yeah? I mean, this is an iconic product with a pretty singular flavor in the fast food world. McD’s elicits fond childhood memories in just about everyone, and its menu has even influenced a lot of chefs (check out the Le Pig Mac at Cochon Butcher in New Orleans). To make any alterations to such a recognizable stable of...

Tweaked Food Delivery Apps Make You Eat Less

DUBLIN — Changing the way food options and information is presented on food delivery apps, as well as default smaller portions, may encourage healthier selections, lowering the calorie intake by 4%-15%, show three new randomized trials from the UK. The prominent positioning of low-calorie menu items, and restaurants with low-calorie main meals, on a food app emerged as the most promising approach to promote healthier eating, followed by preselecting smaller portions by default, and finally...

“New World Ag On Its Way” – Food Safety News

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – As the popular children’s poem goes: “This little piggy went to market.” Now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized letting gene-edited pigs enter the human food chain, that may be the case for a vastly different sort of pig than the one in the Mother Goose poem. As a starter, German-style sausages, made from five 2-year-old genetically edited pigs, which were cooked up earlier this month at Washington State University,...

What To Eat When You’re Trying to Heal

CLEVELAND CLINIC – Food is the fuel that keeps your body running — and nutritional food is the fuel that keeps your body running well. What you eat impacts your energy levels, your immune system, your strength and even how quickly your wounds heal. “Poor nutrition before or during the healing process can delay your healing,” says registered dietitian Kavitha Krishnan, RD. “While eating well can help the body heal faster and fight infection.” That’s right:...

Raw, unpasteurized milk can now be sold by farmers directly to consumers in Iowa

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – On the final day of the state’s legislative session, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill to make some sales of raw, unpasteurized milk legal. The Iowa State Dairy Association opposes the sale of unpasteurized, raw milk direct to consumers. The association says raw milk can harbor dangerous microorganisms, such as salmonella, E coli, campylobacter, and Listeria, which can pose serious health risks. Raw milk can be especially dangerous for infants and...

3 things you can do to eat well for cheap

CBS NEWS – Eating well doesn't have to be expensive — something plant-based cookbook author Toni Okamoto lives by. The recipes she shared with CBS News last month from her latest "Plant-Based on a Budget" book showed it's possible to cook healthy meals without spending big on inflation-impacted shopping staples like eggs and butter. And the blogger and social media star also shared tips on how to make eating well for cheap part of your lifestyle. If...

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