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Food:
Are Nutrients Lost When Veggies are Cooked?
A Best Food Facts reader wanted to know how many nutrients were lost in vegetables, particularly butternut squash, when...
Food
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Food:
Is Baby Formula Safe?
The non-government organization Center for Food Safety had three store-bought infant formulas tested for evidence of DNA...
Food
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Food:
Can We Blame Obesity on Farm Subsidies?
Obesity rates in the United States, along with many other countries, have rapidly increased. The simple reason for this is...
Food
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Health:
Reappraising Processed Foods
Are you trying to avoid processed foods? Best Food Facts nutrition adviser Carolyn O'Neil explains why the term 'processed'...
Health
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Food:
Are Artificial Sweeteners Bad for You?
A new study on artificial sweeteners has people wondering whether they should rethink their consumption of the popular products....
Food
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Food:
Sweet corn. Field corn. Popcorn. What’s the difference?
Let’s take a look at corn from all angles. Sweet corn, field corn, and popcorn – where do the different types...
Food
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Food:
Can We Overdose on Fortified Foods?
The more the merrier, right? Well, not according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG). This group recently published...
Food
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Lifestyle:
Best Food Facts and Foodies Head to California for the TASTE Tour
Best Food Facts took California by storm during our inaugural ‘TASTE: Unearthing the Art and Science of Food’...
Lifestyle
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Food:
Eating Better: Open Sesame – Unlocking Tahini
Tahini is the result of grinding nutritious sesame seeds into a thick, light-colored paste. The grinding process releases...
Food
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Videos:
New Study: Diet Beverages Can Help People Lose Weight
Drinking diet beverages can help people lose weight. That’s...
Videos
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Food:
Could GMOs Be the Cause of an Allergic Reaction?
Recently we received a consumer question about whether GMOs could be responsible for an allergic reaction of rash and hives...
Food
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Food:
Dirty Dozen, Clean 15 and Pesticides Revisited
We rely on food experts who will give us solid science, which ultimately helps our readers sort through the gobs of information...
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