Samantha Bonar

Eating three or more servings of red and blue berries a week may help reduce a woman's risk of heart attack, a new study suggests. The study included nearly 94,000 young and middle-aged women who took part in the Nurses' Health Study II, according to U.S. News & World Report......

A Texas company says it has found a way to keep bread fresh and mold-free for two months, the Associated Press reports. The device, called MicroZap, bombards bread with microwaves for about 10 seconds, killing mold spores. The process could eliminate the need for preservatives and ingredients used to cover......

Those zany gal pals Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have come up for a drinking (and eating and stripping) game for the 70th Annual Golden Globes, which they will be hosting this Sunday on NBC. As Fey told the Hollywood Reporter, "When you get a bunch of people in a......

New research claims that sweetened beverages increase the risk of depression in older adults -- and those drinks containing artificial sweeteners have an even worse effect on mood. Coffee, on the other hand, slightly lowers the chances of experiencing depression, CBS News reports. "Sweetened beverages, coffee and tea are commonly......

Would cocoa in a cup of a different color taste as sweet? Maybe not, according to new research by scientists in Spain and England. University researchers found that different colored cups can affect the perceived flavor of hot chocolate, UPI-87731357245715/" target="_blank">UPI reports. "The color of the container where food and......

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed new food-safety rules aimed at preventing foodborne illnesses at the source -- food processors and farms, Reuters reports. The new rules are a requirement of the Food Safety Modernization Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law two years ago. "These proposed......

Different kinds of sugar affect the brain differently, specifically the feeling of satiety, according to a new Yale University study. According to the researchers, "increases in fructose consumption have paralleled the increasing prevalence of obesity, and high-fructose diets are thought to promote weight gain and insulin resistance." Consumption of fructose,......

There's an app for that ... food allergy? An innovative new device and app from UCLA researchers lets you scan and test your food before you eat it. It basically turns your smartphone into a mobile lab that can test your food for a number of common allergens, Mobile Health......

Anti-GMO fanatics, start your engines. The first genetically altered fish is about to hit your plates. According to The New York Times, "government regulators moved a big step closer last Friday to allowing the first genetically engineered animal -- a fast-growing salmon -- to enter the nation's food supply." The......

Put down that lox. It might be loaded -- with bacteria. A Seattle-based company is recalling 371 cases of ready-to-eat smoked salmon because the fish may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, Food Safety News reports. Ocean Beauty Seafoods LLC issued a voluntary recall of its Nathan's Brand Cold Smoked Alaskan......