New findings about nutrition and
health, plus important discoveries in food safety and quality, are reported in
the latest issue of the Agricultural
Research Service's quarterly e-zine, ARS Food & Nutrition Research
Briefs. It's now available online at:
Getting enough vitamin D from the foods you eat--and from sunshine--could
help your oral health.
The most authoritative source of information about what Americans eat is
now posted on the World Wide Web.
Lutein-enriched eggs are a superb source of this eye-healthy carotenoid, a
four- phase study indicates.
Pterostilbene (pronounced TAIR-oh-STILL-bean) in grapes might help lower
unhealthy levels of lipids in our bodies, if results from tests with rat liver
cells hold true for humans.
Salmonella levels in free-range chickens may not be significantly
different from levels in conventionally produced birds. That means that you
need to thoroughly cook either kind of poultry.
Two luscious new peaches--Scarletprince and Julyprince--and a juicy new
plum, Ruby Queen, are ideal for orchards and backyards of the southeastern
United States.
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