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With an eye toward creating food for people with certain health conditions, scientists in Italy grew radish, pea, arugula, and Swiss chard plants, precisely controlling certain nutrients. And they did it without any soil.Continue ReadingCategory: Healt… Continue reading Scientists fine-tune iodine and potassium levels in designer veggies
It’s taken more than a decade, but the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finally released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map that spans the nation and the territory of Puerto Rico in such detail that gardeners can now zoom right into their local… Continue reading The most accurate and detailed plant zone map ever has been released
It’s taken more than a decade, but the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finally released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map that spans the nation and the territory of Puerto Rico in such detail that gardeners can now zoom right into their local… Continue reading The most accurate and detailed plant zone map ever has been released
By comparing the bacteria found in fruits and vegetables to those found in the human gut, researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, that consuming fruits and vegetables contributes positively to the bacterial diversity of our gut microbiome.Co… Continue reading Link between fruits, veggies & microbiome confirmed for the first time
You’d find few arguments in the science world that a diet rich in fruit and vegetables doesn’t have wide-ranging health benefits. Now, a new study suggests that prescribing patients with type 2 diabetes could prevent 296,000 cases of cardiovascular dis… Continue reading Study makes the case for prescribing fruit and veg to treat diabetes
We don’t have to be told a diet rich in fruit and vegetables is good for our health; it may be one of the few areas of science generally not up for debate, even if our adherence to the advice varies greatly.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbe… Continue reading A poor diet may fuel age-related memory loss, but you can reverse it
Whether you buy your veggies from a farmer’s market or at the grocery store, you need to give them a good wash when you get home. But how clean is clean enough? Help is at hand from an unexpected source in the shape of the PureGo PD100 from Asus.Contin… Continue reading Asus heads into the kitchen with food safety detection device
Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and cauliflower – all members of the Brassica family – are inarguably healthy vegetables. They also have infamously bitter and pungent characteristics that some people find deeply unpleasant.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology… Continue reading How the bacteria in your mouth could be the reason you dislike broccoli
Humans have an innate knack for identifying food that is fit to eat. There’s a reason you instinctively enjoy fresh fruit and vegetables, but find maggot-infested rotting flesh offputting, for …read more Continue reading Detecting Ripeness in Fruit and Vegetables Via Neural Networks
A new cross-sectional study is offering novel insights into the nutritional, cardiovascular and growth differences between vegan, vegetarian and meat-eating children. The research is the first to rigorously investigate these dietary influences in five … Continue reading Pros and cons to vegan diets for children, detailed new study finds