NUTRITION&FOOD

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• Kansas farmers are funding research into gluten intolerance and wheat DNA

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• Mar 25, 2015 06:49 PM EDT

• The Kansas Wheat Commission is funding research to find out why some people cannot digest wheat and to develop new varieties of wheat

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• What’s New in the Recent Dietary Guidelines?

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• Mar 25, 2015 12:53 AM EDT

• There’s a new dietary guideline issued by its advisory committee. What does it say?

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• This Cooking Method Cuts Rice Calories In Half

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• Mar 25, 2015 11:23 AM EDT

• For rice lovers, this could be the answer to all their prayers. A new study from the College of Chemical Sciences in Colombo, Sri Lanka discovered that changing the way rice is cooked may lower its calorie count and making it less likely to lead to weight gain…

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• A high BMI in infancy may predict obesity later

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• Mar 19, 2015 07:02 PM EDT

• A baby’s BMI may be a useful tool for identifying children who are at increased risk of being obese.

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• Why You Need To Cut These 6 Foods From Your Diet

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• Mar 19, 2015 05:30 AM EDT

• There are several foods that need to be cut out from an individual's daily intake. For many years, some experts have been recommending people to remove refined carbohydrates and added sugars from their diet. Yahoo Health reported the six most important food to…

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• Diet Soda Can Really Make You Fat

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• Mar 18, 2015 12:42 AM EDT

• If you want to lose or maintain your weight, scrap all forms of soda—yes, including diet drinks.

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• Chef Chooses Self-publishing for Paleo for Babies

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• Mar 18, 2015 12:37 AM EDT

• Pete Evans, chef and host of My Kitchen Rules, has decided to self-publish a baby paleo book after the publisher dropped it.

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• Why Diet Soda Drinkers Are At Risk Of Belly Fat

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• Mar 18, 2015 05:16 AM EDT

• Study: Diet Soda Drinkers More Likely To Have Abdominal Obesity Problems

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• Coca-Cola Pays Nutrition Experts To Dub It As Healthy

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• Mar 17, 2015 07:20 AM EDT

• Coca-Cola is allegedly working with fitness and nutrition experts who suggested that soda is a healthy snack. This happens in the midst of controversies surrounding the world's biggest beverage maker as it is being blamed for the increasing obesity rates in th…

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• How Was This Potent Condiment That Has Many Health Benefits Discovered?

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• Mar 14, 2015 11:12 PM EDT

• Vinegar is probably one of the many inventions discovered by accident many years back.

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• Sugar Industry advised health policy makers to dial back on tooth decay studies

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• Mar 14, 2015 06:58 PM EDT

• Documents from the 1960s and 1970s have revealed that the sugar industry worked closely with the National Institutes of Health to cut back on research that showed sugar was responsible for tooth decay.

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• The New Tea Craze Matcha Dubbed As Weight Loss Superfood

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• Mar 14, 2015 11:14 PM EDT

• Matcha, the powdered form of steamed and dried green tea leaves that has been used in Japanese tea for many years, contain 137 times more disease-fighting polyphenols and that is equivalent to 10 cups of regular green tea.