Richard Wrangham has tasted just about everything that chimpanzees eat in Africa and once considered seeing if he could live on that diet. “I realized I’d be pretty hungry,” Wrangham said. “It would be difficult for a human to survive on a chimpanzee’s diet.” The signature of the human diet is cooking, he said on Thursday at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. By changing the forms of starches, fats and proteins, cooking concentrates the nutrients in foods, he told a panel on the dietary habits of early humans. Lined up along the table was a series of ancient...
Experts in Nutrition and Wellness - many lecture at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Email Print If you're lucky enough to attend an Open House at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) in NYC you may also be fortunate enough to see many of the members of a very distinct...
ConAgra Mills creates a gluten-free flour blend that claims to be high in nutritional value
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Print Many gluten-free flour blends in the United States have low nutritional value, due to the combination of grains that are used to create the blends....
Book author petitions White House for 'Beer Nutrition Czar' position
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Email Print Chicago area book author Bob Skilnik announced his candidacy today for the role of United States "Beer Nutrition Czar." Skilnik hopes President Obama might soon be looking for another...
Proper nutrition elminates behavior problems in dogs
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Print Just as there are healthy and unhealthy foods for people, there are also healthy and unhealthy foods for dogs. Avoid giving your dog table scraps as there are foods that can be dangerous to dogs. In...
New Compeat and FoodCalc Partnership to Provide Restaurant Operators With Comprehensive Back Office Management and Nutritional Analysis Software Solutions.
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Eating healthy? State lawmakers are considering requiring nutritional data on restaurant menus.
Penn Live
Penn Live
Joe Dailey of Middletown dug into a slice of chocolate-nut Toll House pie at 230 Cafe in Highspire on Tuesday with little concern for his health or waistline. "I want what I want. I don't care how many calories it has,"...
The nutrition and power of flax seed
The Examiner
The Examiner
1 comment RSS Email Print Flax seeds are a wonderful resource in the kitchen. While providing a variety of nutritional benefits, it also offers a significant amount of soluble and insoluble fiber for your diet. What...
Fired Woodland Hills cafeteria workers sue Nutrition Inc.
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Three veteran Woodland Hills lunch ladies say they were improperly fired because of their ages, and not over allegations of stolen chicken nuggets and used aluminum foil. The women filed an age discrimination lawsuit in...
Obituary: Hermien M. Lee / Advised rich and famous on nutrition
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hermien M. Lee, a Beverly Hills nutritionist who taught her no-nonsense approach to eating right to a variety of celebrities including Ann-Margret, Joan Lunden, Suzanne Somers and Robert Wagner, has died. She was 92. Ms....


