One of the biggest challenges we face with healthy eating is whether our bodies can actually absorb the vitamins and minerals from the food we eat. According to a 2024 study, billions of people worldwide do not get enough essential micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) from their diets. This is not always because people are not … Read more
A dispute that started over heating a dish in a microwave ended with two Indian students winning a $200,000 settlement from an American university. Aditya Prakash and his fiancee, Urmi Bhattacheryya, told the BBC they filed a civil rights lawsuit against the University of Colorado, Boulder, after facing a series of “microaggressions and retaliatory actions” … Read more
Common preservatives used to keep food safe and extend shelf life may be linked to a higher risk of several cancers and type 2 diabetes, according to two new studies from France. “These are very important findings for preservatives that are not only widely used in the French and European markets, but also in the … Read more