Samantha Bonar

Chemicals in green tea may help generate new brain cells, aiding memory and spatial learning, according to a new study. The research of Professor Yun Bai and colleagues at the Third Military Medical University in China focused on the organic chemic EGCG (epigallocatechin-3 gallate), a key component of green tea,......

PepsiCo Inc. is trying out new artificial sweeteners that would let its diet soda keep its sweet taste for a longer period of time, The Washington Post reports. The current sweetener used in Diet Pepsi -- aspartame -- loses its potency faster than high fructose corn syrup, the sweetener that's......

People who purchase organic food because they think it is more nutritious just got handed their heads of lettuce on a platter by Stanford University scientists. In a recent study, the researchers found that not only is organic food not better for you, it is not even any less prone......

Updated: Aug. 31, 3:17 p.m.: Mango distributor Splendid Foods has expanded their recall to as many as 1 million mangoes that may carry Salmonella bacteria, UPI reports. The FDA says the mangoes are likely to blame for a multistate cluster of salmonella, as well as cases in Canada. Splendid said......

If you were only one of the special people, you could join Janet Jackson, Kris Jenner and Apolo Ohno at the grand opening of Dylan's Candy Bar's first West Coast store on Sat., Sept. 8 at the Original Farmers Market, across from the Grove on the corner of Third and......

Consuming just one chocolate bar a week could lower men's stroke risk by almost 20%, according to a new Swedish study. Researchers at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute followed more than 37,000 men between the ages of 45 and 79 for about a decade, CNN reports. Men who ate the most chocolate......

Like Santa Claus, The Donut Man's fresh peach doughnuts come but once a year. So, if you've been good, you have every right to go over the river and through the woods to that outpost of civilization called Glendora. The Donut Man, a.k.a. Jim Nakano, has been making doughnuts since......

California public health officials are warning consumers not to eat Red Vines black licorice candy because it contains high levels of lead, the Associated Press reports. The California Department of Public Health issued the warning Wednesday against 16-ounce bags of Red Vines Black Licorice Twists with the label "Best Before......

A study presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Assn. last weekend found that married women drink more than divorced women, but married men drink less than divorced men, ABC News reports. In fact, several women in the study said they did not drink alcohol at all until......

In-N-Out will no longer use beef from a Central California slaughterhouse that is being investigated for cow abuse, the AP and the San Jose Mercury News report. Central Valley Meat Co. of Hanford is being investigated to see if beef from sick cattle entered the human food supply. In-N-Out Burger......