Why kids hate broccoli: a foul combination with oral bacteria
Enzymes in the plant and oral bacteria can produce stenchy sulfurous compounds.
Tag: food
Unprocessed plant-based food keeps your heart healthier at any age
Fewer burgers, more broccoli.
Microbes and solar energy could make finally make the food on our plates sustainable
Microbes could produce 10 times more food than plants, researchers find.
It burns so good: why do some people like spicy food?
I get flustered just looking at a pepper so I’m not one of them.
What makes ‘superfoods’ so super? New studies dive deep
Scientists have found insights about what makes honey and mangoes so healthy.
A third of all food is threatened by climate change
Like food? Then you should probably start paying more attention to climate change.
Spanish companies team up to create the first paella-cooking robot
Maybe, uhm, robots aren't so bad after all.
Consumers would pay more for sustainably produced food, study finds
Time to say goodbye to monocultures and encourage crop diversification.
Post-exercise hunger could thwart your efforts to lose weight
Physical effort can increase our appetite quite strongly, a new paper explains.
Cold sandwiches are calorie traps — don’t fall for it
Yes sir, one tuna sub. Anything else? Of course.
Scientists reveal the secret that makes red wine pair so well with cheese, meats, and other fatty foods
A perfectly paired wine can make food taste better -- but the reverse is also true.
Study reveals the climate footprint of the food sector. And it’s a lot
Our food habits are largely unsustainable.
What is tempura?
You batter pay attention if you don't know what this is.
New approach to lab-grown meat creates more realistic, more customizable steaks
I’m down for a bite -- or twenty.
New research closes in on the causes of irritable bowel syndrome
We knew it happened in the gut, but we didn’t know why.
Ancient teeth confirm: people have been trading internationally for thousands of years
A banana can teach you much about history.
Cooking actually accounts for a lot of our emissions. Here’s how that could be improved
Changing cooking methods can make a real difference.
The food industry is skewing research, but we’re onto them now
Oh, food, don't betray me too!
No-meat diets won’t fix the climate — too many poor countries can’t adopt them
The choice between feeding your family and saving the climate isn’t easy to make -- but it will always go ...
Food production threatens the Paris Climate Agreement
Emissions of nitrous oxide are on the rise, and farming is behind it.