Food allergy is a disease2 with a considerable impact on modern society. More than half of all Americans test positive in response to one...

Beginning January 1, 2006, FALCPA will require labeling of any ingredient that is one or is derived from: milk, egg, fish, crustacean...

Avocados are the only fruit or vegetable, which are truly high in fat. On a positive note, they have no cholesterol and avocado oil is a...

Over 20 years ago, scientists at ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit began breeding carrots to get higher levels of the orange pigment...

A recent study published in the journal Cancer Research suggests that inositol pentakisphosphate (IPKP) – found in everyday foods such as...

Garlic (Allium sativum L.) belongs to a large genus of plants (over 500 species) that includes onions, leeks, chives, and shallots. The...

Echinacea is typically known to be one of the most widely used herbal supplements for the common cold. However, in a recent study that...

It seems we hear horrifying news about the dangers of trans fats every day, but just what are they, and why are they so bad? All food...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...

With all the news on potential methylmercury exposure via fish consumption, should we really be scared to eat fish?  This question has...

The ability of food crops to produce novel proteins is coming under closer scrutiny, as comments from major interest groups request the...

At a recent conference of Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Research Economics in Canberra, Dr. Phil Larkin from the Commonwealth...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has regulatory oversight of products accounting for roughly 25 cents of every dollar spent in the...

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services, Tommy Thompson, said that he was surprised that terrorists had not yet targeted the...

Researchers at Harvard University found that ω–3 fatty acids and uridine- two naturally occurring substances in many foods such as fish,...

Many people believe that if a little bit of something is good, than a lot more must be better. That may not always be the case,...

We are in the midst of the 2004 holiday season, a time when food consumption reaches new heights (or weights!). Because of the increased...

Dr. Carabin is the President and Medical Director of Women’s Health Sciences Institute, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, located in...

During the holiday season we enjoy eating, we enjoy eating with family and friends. But many of us in the U.S. do not realize how much...

In his presentation at the FDA public meeting on dietary supplements on November 15, 2004, Dr. George Burdock cautioned that if the...