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Tamar Haspel Gets it Right on the “Beleaguered” Potato

Posted on January 27, 2017 in In The News, Nutrition | 207 Views | Leave a response

“Stop Picking on Potatoes. They can feed the world” appears in the food section of the January 25, 2017 Washington Post. Written by the paper’s senior food writer, Tamar Haspel, it begins by noting that just about everyone, and all institutions offering advice on what Americans should eat, stress the same thing – eat more […]

Global Panel Focuses on Undernourishment

Posted on December 20, 2016 in Food Security, Hygeia's Blog, Nutrition | 132 Views | Leave a response

A new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s Global Panel on Agriculture says two billion people lack the range of vitamins and minerals in their diet needed to keep them healthy. This report also highlights a fact about global nutrition that few people realize: obesity and stunting from undernourishment now occur in the […]

Primer on the Fatty Acids in Milk

Supplement to “Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition: A United States-Wide, 18-Month Study,” published in PLOS ONE, December 9, 2013 Authors: Charles M. Benbrook, Gillian Butler, Maged A. Latif, Carlo Leifert, and Donald R. Davis Click here to download this primer as a pdf Introduction to Cow’s Milk Whole cow’s […]

FAQ- Meta-Analysis on Nutritional Quality of Meat

Frequently Asked Questions About the Study: Średnicka-Tober D. et al. (2016). “Composition differences between organic and conventional meat; a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.” British Journal of Nutrition, February 16, 2016. Authors: Dominika Średnicka-Tober, Marcin Barański, Chris Seal, Roy Sanderson, Charles Benbrook, Håvard Steinshamn, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska, Ewa Rembiałkowska, Krystyna Skwarło-Sońta, Mick Eyre, Giulio Cozzi, Mette Krogh Larsen, […]

FAQ- Meta-Analysis on Nutritional Quality of Milk

Frequently Asked Questions About the Study: “Higher PUFA and omega-3 PUFA, CLA, α-tocopherol and iron but lower selenium concentrations in organic milk: a systematic literature review and meta- and redundancy analyses.” February 16, 2016. British Journal of Nutrition Authors: Dominika Średnicka-Tober, Marcin Barański, Chris J. Seal , Roy Sanderson, Charles Benbrook, Håvard Steinshamn, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska, Ewa Rembiałkowska, Krystyna […]

FAQ: Fatty Acids in Milk – the PLOS One Paper

Frequently Asked Questions About the Study: Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition: A United States–Wide, 18-Month Study, Published in PLOS ONE, December 9, 2013. Authors: Charles M. Benbrook, Gillian Butler, Maged A. Latif, Carlo Leifert, Donald R. Davis Introduction Major Findings Implications for Consumers Impacts on Milk Production About the Study See also: […]

Pesticide Dietary Risks

This graphic illustrates the six key factors that drive pesticide dietary exposure. Historically, excessive dietary exposure and risk has been the predominant reason why the EPA has taken action to reduce the use of an already-registered pesticide. Likewise, the data required and depth of analysis conducted by EPA is far greater in the case of […]

The Green Revolution Yields to the Bottom Line

Posted on December 23, 2015 in GMOs, Scientific Integrity | 76 Views | Leave a response

Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Andrew Pollack, The New York Times, May 15, 2001 Dr. William Folk, a professor at the University of Missouri, wants to genetically engineer soybeans to improve their nutritional value. But he faces more than scientific hurdles. He and Monsanto never agreed on how he might […]