Peer educators play key role in new recipe development and testing
Cooking and recipe demonstrations encourage healthy eating and adoption of unfamiliar foods by class participants. The research brief shared in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, demonstrates that valuable input by peer educators can be obtained through a hybrid home-use testing method. The process of recipe development involves sensory evaluation about […]
Opinion | ‘A Perfect Recipe for Money, Money, Money’: What We Heard This Week
“It’s a perfect recipe for money, money, money, big dollars.” — Colleen Auer, JD, an Arizona lawyer speaking about for-profit nursing schools. “The glimmers of hope and possibility quickly fade.” — Eleonora Teplinsky, MD, of Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care in New Jersey, recounting hard conversations with patients who can’t be guaranteed chemotherapy amid ongoing […]
Cutting calories and eating at the right time of day leads to longer life in mice
One recipe for longevity is simple, if not easy to follow: eat less. Studies in a variety of animals have shown that restricting calories can lead to a longer, healthier life. Now, new research suggests that the body’s daily rhythms play a big part in this longevity effect. Eating only during their most active time […]