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Every other week, new research claims one food is better than another, or that some ingredient yields incredible new health benefits. Couple that with a few old wives’ tales passed down from your parents, and each time you fire up your stove or sit down to eat a healthy meal, it can be difficult separating food fact from fiction. We talked to a group of nutritionists and asked them to share the food myths they find most irritating and explain why people cling to them. Here’s what they said.
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With groundwater stores drying up in the Middle East and staple crops under pressure, quinoa is the focus of a bold experiment to improve food security
The presence of pesticides in produce is a concern for many people. Consumer Reports examines the pesticide residues on produce to help consumers reduce exposure.
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Indigenous crops may offer a sustainable solution to food insecurity and the increasing loss of biodiversity.
Wild bees, crucial pollinators for many crops, are on the decline in some of the main agricultural regions of the United States, according to scientists who produced the first national map of bee populations and identified numerous trouble spots.
Researchers at Harvard and the Natural Resources Defense Council find that sell by dates and expiration dates are misleading consumers and leading to waste.
People who consume a lot of fast food may also be consuming high levels of phthalates - a potentially hazardous industrial chemical - according to new research.
The world is facing a soil crisis that could badly hit food production, according to alarming new research.
A 17-year study into the effect of global warming on microbes – the tiny bacteria, fungi and other micro-organisms that determine soil health – reveals them to be far less adaptable to changing conditions than expected. It raises concerns the microbes will not be able to carry out essential functions, such as breaking down leaves and other organic matter in a process which converts them into nitrogen and other nutrients that plants need to grow.
Canadians of all income levels say it’s increasingly hard to feed their families, according to a new Angus Reid Institute poll released Monday
New statistics on death rates in the United States appear to confirm a grim prediction — that obesity is reversing decades of steady expansion in Americans' life spans, according to a Harvard University researcher calling for more and better research and the urgent adoption of policies tha
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The key chemical in Monsanto’s weedkiller gets new scrutiny.
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School may be out for the summer, but for some food security advocates, the connections between education, poverty and nutrition are in session.As a member of the Vancouver Food Policy Council (VFPC), I recently attended a council meeting on the topic of school food.
The consumer revolt against neonicotinoids, widely blamed for the decline in pollinators, has been swift and surprisingly successful.
If the conservative The New England Journal of Medicine is calling for better research, clear food labeling and calling out a warning about GMOs, we should be
The World Health Organization's research arm declares glyphosate a probable carcinogen. What's the evidence?
Last year’s outbreak showed just how difficult it is to protect America’s agricultural system from devastating diseases. Next time it could be even worse.
As climate disruption continues apace, the planet's prospects for maintaining adequate food supplies for the global population continue to dim.
A small school uses its "large voice" to call for a new approach to farming.
As climate disruption continues apace, the planet's prospects for maintaining adequate food supplies for the global population continue to dim.
Most of us are familiar with the much-maligned Western diet and its mainstay of processed food products found in the middle aisles…
If the world is to have another Green Revolution to feed its soaring population, it must be far more sustainable than the first one. That means finding ways to boost yields with less fertilizer and rethinking the way food is distributed.
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