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Blog / Don’t In-salt My Cooking: The Power of Sodium Chloride

October 5, 2022 / Mark Geisler /

Salt is a key component of any recipe. Learn how this small molecule has an outsized effect on the flavor of your food.

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Blog / Yo-yo dieting: weight change cycling and gut microbiota

October 4, 2022 / Yunzhi Qian /

Yo-yo dieting and its effects on gut microbiota.

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Blog / The nutty mold – that’s actually good for you!

August 20, 2021 / Devina Thiono /

Fermentation can transform the appearance and nutrition of one food into another – milk can become cheese, cabbage can become kimchi! – utilizing microbial breakdown. Tempeh, a plant-based protein option growing in popularity, is another delicious and nutritious result of fermentation.

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Blog / Meating the Demand: The Rise of Alternative Meat

March 31, 2021 / Autumn G. Hullings /

Alternative meats are here to stay! Can they satisfy our demand for more meat, save the planet, and our health?  Meating the Demand: For More “Meat” Alternative meat options once…

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Blog / Debunking MSG & “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome”

March 24, 2021 / Bree Iskandar / 1

Salt is used to season virtually everything – from the simple scrambled eggs made five minutes before your first Zoom meeting, to an entire pot roast that took the whole…

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Blog / How to Change Your Genetics

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 / Irene Chiang /

Making this one change could help reduce your risk for major diseases.

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Blog / The Science of Thanksgiving Turkey

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 / Devina Thiono /

The Maillard reaction that takes place in nearly all of food preparation.

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Blog / A glass of wine a day…does not keep the doctor away

July 15, 2019July 22, 2019 / Kaylee Helfrich /

A review of 592 studies finds that a single standard drink of alcohol per day increases the risk for health problems.

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Blog / When Science Meats Fiction

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 / Amala John /

In Vitro Meat (IVM), or lab-cultured meat, aims to transform the livestock industry into a more sustainable and ethical enterprise, but it will have to get through a few hurdles…

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