12-11-29 When seasonal changes affect food availability, omnivores（杂食者） like blue monkeys adapt by changing their diets, but such nutritional changes may impact female reproduction, according to research published November 28 in the open access journal...

12-11-08 Colon cancer survivors whose diet is heavy in complex sugars and carbohydrate-rich foods are far more likely to have a recurrence of the disease than are patients who eat a better balance of foods, a new study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researc...

12-09-13 A number of environmental toxins pose considerable health threats to humans, and the heavy metal cadmium（镉） (Cd) ranks high on the list. Most of us are exposed to it through plant-derived foods such as grains and vegetables. Now, new research off...

12-09-05 You're in the supermarket eyeing a basket of sweet, juicy plums. You reach for the conventionally grown stone fruit, then decide to spring the extra $1/pound for its organic cousin. You figure you've just made the healthier decision by choosing the...

11-02-09 A diet, high in fats, sugars, and processed foods in early childhood may lower IQ, while a diet packed full of vitamins and nutrients may do the opposite, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The au...

11-01-20 Scientists are reporting development and successful lab tests of killer paper, a material intended for use as a new food packaging material that helps preserve foods by fighting the bacteria that cause spoilage（损坏，糟蹋） . The paper, described i...

10-07-30 A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a 'Western-style' diet in adolescents. The research findings have just been published online in the international Journal of Attention Disord...

10-06-23 The robust（强健的） jaws and formidable（强大的，可怕的） teeth of some of our ancestors and ape（类人猿） cousins may suggest that humans are wimps when it comes to producing a powerful bite: but a new study has found the opposite is true, with ma...

10-06-17 Low-salt foods may be harder for some people to like than others, according to a study by a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences food scientist. The research indicates that genetics influence some of the difference in the levels of salt we li...

10-04-18 Banning trans fats（转化型脂肪酸） from all foods in the UK would prevent thousands of heart attacks and deaths every year, and would be a simple way to protect the public and save lives, say two senior doctors on bmj.com today. Their views follow c...