Predators can learn what food to avoid from watching TV
Seems you can learn some useful tips from watching TV after all.
Tag: food
Americans don’t talk about the environmental impact of their food — and that’s a problem
Food production accounts for 30% of the global emissions -- but we rarely talk about it.
Global diets are converging, and that’s good news for our health and the environment
"We must harness these advances and set in place policies that provide healthier foods for people everywhere, especially those who ...
Better diets could save billions in U.S. health care costs
Eating well is good for you and the national budget.
Obesity and undernutrition now come together — over 1 in 3 poor and middle-income countries struggle with both
You can starve on too much food.
Food availability acts as a cap for whales’s maximum size
Both baleen and toothed whales grew as large as their food allowed.
Sustainable harvesting practices 4,000 years ago still shape shellfish eating today
The study focused on a large shell ring -- essentially, a shellfish waste dump.
Sugar worsens high-fat diets through one-two punch
A study on mice found that having sugary drinks can affect your body in more than one way: in addition ...
The healthiest food may also be the most sustainable one
A wider use of healthier diets could reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture
We eat more with friends and family than when we’re alone — here’s why
Meal sizes were between 29% and 48% larger compared to when eating alone.
E. coli superbugs linked to poor hygiene and not contaminated food
E. coli may cause food poisoning, urinary tract infections, or intestinal infections.
Mashed potatoes are an ideal fuel for exercising, new study reports
Silly me, I thought they were the ideal fuel period.
A healthy diet can help with depression, new study shows
Healthy mind in healthy body.
Biology assignment exposes sushi restaurants for using false ingredients
Are you really what you eat?
Earliest evidence of milk consumption comes from Stone Age Britain
I don't know how I could live without cheese.
Those who oppose GMO’s know the least about them — but believe they know more than experts
When researchers asked 500 Americans how they feel about foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the results were even ...
Some seagulls will steal your food unless you stare them in the eyes
It's like a game of chicken where the winner gets to eat your chips.
Obese people enjoy their food more — and this could be key to understanding obesity
Food enjoyment might be a key clue in understanding obesity.
Grasshoppers, silkworms, giant cicadas are a good source of antioxidants — if you eat them
"In the future, we might also adapt dietary regimens for insect rearing in order to increase their antioxidant content for ...
The hunger hormone is involved in episodic memory in rats, new research finds
Rats with artificially-reduced ghrelin signaling showed impaired performance in an episodic memory task.
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