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Curbing Your Enthusiasm for Overeating

June 11, 2019

UC Riverside-led mouse study focuses on cannabis-like molecules that augment feeding behavior

High-Sugar Diet Deadens Sweet Tooth, Promotes Overeating in Flies

May 17, 2019

After feeding fruit flies a high-sugar diet, the flies’ taste neurons triggered a molecular chain-reaction that hampere...

How the Pursuit of Carbs Changed Mammals’ Genes and Saliva

May 16, 2019

A study of 46 mammal species explores the evolutionary history of amylase, a compound that breaks down carbs

As Bumblebee Diets Narrow, Ours Could Too

May 16, 2019

Fewer plants cause developmental delays for prolific produce pollinators

Bats Evolved Diverse Skull Shapes Due to Echolocation, Diet

May 2, 2019

With so much morphological variety, bats represent an opportunity to learn what types of evolutionary forces shape the shapes...

MRC Researchers Discover How Eating Feeds into the Body Clock

April 26, 2019

This new, improved understanding may lead to new ways to alleviate the ill-health associated with disruption to the body cloc...

The History of Humanity in Your Face

April 16, 2019

How did the modern human face evolve to look the way it does?

Keeping the Taste, Reducing the Salt

April 12, 2019

Researchers looked at salt blends that use less sodium chloride and include other salts

One in five Deaths Associated with Poor Diet Globally

April 4, 2019

The authors say that their findings highlight the urgent need for coordinated global efforts to improve diet

Bad News for Egg Lovers

March 18, 2019

Higher egg and cholesterol consumption hikes heart disease and death risk

Diet Reverses Alzheimer’s-Like Symptoms in Lab Model

March 7, 2019

The findings lend credence to the idea that certain readily available, plant-based supplements might offer protection against...

The 'Blue' in Blueberries Can Help Lower Blood Pressure

February 27, 2019

Consuming blueberries regularly reduced study participants' blood pressure by 5mmHg over the course of a month

Eating Nuts May Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk for People with Diabetes

February 26, 2019

Nuts are chock full of unsaturated fatty acids, phytochemicals, fiber, and vitamins but little is known about potential healt...

A Taste for Fat May Have Made Us Human, Says Study

February 6, 2019

The paper argues that our early ancestors acquired a taste for fat by eating marrow scavenged from the skeletal remains of la...

A 'Greener' Way to Take the Bitterness out of Olives

January 31, 2019

A more environmentally friendly way to remove bitter phenolic compounds from olives has been discovered

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