A video posted to Facebook and Instagram from a personal fitness account makes claims about cholesterol and diet that are misleading. The post claims dietary cholesterol does not affect bodily cholesterol and that carbohydrates and low fat foods are the cause of problems with cholesterol levels. But cholesterol in food does have an effect on the level in the body, and for some people this effect is very pronounced. The implication that carbohydrate is mainly responsible for raised cholesterol levels […]

For speedy release: December 14, 2022 Boston, MA – Inadequate pollination has led to a 3-5% decline of fruit, vegetable, and nut manufacturing and an approximated 427,000 extra deaths per year from misplaced balanced foodstuff use and associated disorders, like heart condition, stroke, diabetic issues, and particular cancers, according to research led by Harvard T.H. Chan Faculty of Public Overall health. It is the very first study to quantify the human overall health toll of inadequate wild (animal) pollinators on human […]

The number of food safety incidents involving an international network has gone up in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous three months. The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 58 alerts from July through September compared to 46 in the second quarter of 2022. Thirty-two incidents fell into the biological hazard category which was dominated by Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella with 10 each. E. coli was behind with six, Clostridium botulinum and hepatitis A caused two each, and Bacillus cereus and Coxsackievirus […]