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California launches largest free school lunch program in U.S.
When classrooms in California reopen for the fall term, all 6.2 million public school students will have the option to eat school meals for free, regardless of their family's income. The undertaking, made possible by an unexpected budget surplus, will be the largest free student lunch program in the country. School officials, lawmakers, anti-hunger organizations and parents are applauding it as a pioneering way to prevent the stigma of accepting free lunches and feed more hungry children.
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The U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier
The way many Americans eat is fueling chronic disease. Here are seven big ideas from the White House's upcoming nutrition conference for how to improve Americans' diets.
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Insects could give meaty taste to food – and help environment – scientists find
Flavorings made from mealworms could one day be used on convenience food as a source of protein
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Counting calories is going to get harder with MyFitnessPal
The barcode scanning feature is moving behind the paywall
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A plant-based diet is good for your wallet, not just your health
At a time when every dollar counts, many of us are changing the way we eat to save money. Take mother of three and Hong Kong resident Asher Chan, for instance. A lifelong vegetarian, she transitioned to veganism in the past year for a couple of reasons – one of which was the rising cost of milk and eggs. Now her family uses plant-based alternatives to these foods, which she says are more affordable.
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Jarlsberg cheese may help stave off osteoporosis, small study suggests
Eating Jarlsberg cheese may help to prevent bone thinning and stave off osteoporosis, research suggests. Jarlsberg is a mild cheese made from cow’s milk, with regular holes that mean it is classified as a Swiss-type cheese, although it originates from Norway. It is rich in vitamin K2, which has previously been found to improve bone health.
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What the future of lab-grown meat could look like
The future could be pretty interesting...
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Genetically engineered rice needs less fertilizer, makes more food
Nitrogen fertilizer is made from natural gas. Extracting and burning natural gas is harming life on our planet, so we should probably stop doing it (or at least try to cut back considerably). But food crops, like all plants, need that nitrogen. It’s quite the conundrum, especially since the human population relying on those crops is slated to grow over the next few decades, while the acreage of arable land is slated to drop.
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The Future of Food
The lie was delicious. For years, Americans consumed their frothy, full-dairy cappuccinos, marbled meat and flaky fried chicken without worry. The food was cheap. The drive-throughs, abundant. And the supply seemed infinite — until it wasn’t.
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No, You Really Don’t Need to Eat More Protein
It seems like everyone is trying to get more protein into their diets, but is that really even necessary?
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What you eat can reprogram your genes
Food is commonly thought of as providing calories, energy, and nourishment. The most recent research, however, indicates that food may also "speak" to our genome, which serves as the genetic manual for the body's cellular-level operations.
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The Best Foods to Eat for a Healthy and Balanced Diet
Eating a balanced and healthy diet is essential for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. It's not always easy to know which foods to eat in order to achieve this, however.
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‘Croissants are moving on’: the vegan chefs reinventing French pâtisserie
Rodolphe Landemaine stood in his pâtisserie inspecting the rows of traditional lemon meringue tarts and cream pavlovas. “In France, cakes have to be visual,” he said. “I had to produce something that didn’t just taste amazing but looked elegant.”
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Is Seaweed the Next Big Alternative to Meat?
From kelp burgers to bacon of the sea, sustainable food entrepreneurs are innovating to charm hungry omnivores
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Adding salt to food at table can cut years off your life, study finds
Adding salt to meals at the table is linked to an earlier death, according to a study of 500,000 middle-aged Britons. Researchers found that always adding salt to food knocks more than two years off life expectancy for men and one-and-a-half years for women. This does not include seasoning during the cooking process.
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Man Vomits For Months After Taking Vitamin D at Almost 400x Daily Recommended Dose
Doctors have issued a warning that not only is it entirely possible to overdose on vitamin D, it's also incredibly dangerous, after a man in the UK was hospitalized as a result of taking almost 400 times the daily recommended vitamin D.
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Study indicates that thin influencers do not motivate healthy food choices among tweens
Can tweens’ eating habits be affected by messaging from influencers? A study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that a thin influencer does not affect food choice in kids between 11 and 13, while an overweight influencer may be able to. ...
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Go fish: Danish scientists work on fungi-based seafood substitute
Team call in Michelin-starred chefs to help crack challenge of mimicking texture of seafood
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Why does everyone seem to have food intolerances these days?
It may seem as though everyone has food intolerances these days, but there could be a few factors at play.
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7 unusual foods you could be eating by 2050
Population growth, conflict and climate change all threaten the globally traded crops we rely on. So scientists have identified some alternative foods that could become future staples.
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