Heme and Impossible Burgers

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 18, 2025, 7:00 am.

Is heme just an innocent bystander in the link between meat intake and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressu… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 14, 2025, 7:00 am.

The influenza virus has existed for millions of years as an innocuous intestinal virus of wild ducks. What turned a harmless waterborne duck… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Are Mycoprotein (Quorn) Products Good for Us?

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 13, 2025, 7:00 am.

Clinical trials on Quorn show that it can improve satiety and help control cholesterol, blood sugar, and insulin levels. You may have heard … Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Potatoes: What About Diabetes, Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, and More?

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 11, 2025, 7:00 am.

There are so many ways we eat potatoes—baked, mashed, hashed, fried, scalloped, roasted, and more—but should we be eating them at all? P… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Plant-Based Meats and Puberty, Obesity, and Fracture Risk

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 6, 2025, 7:00 am.

What are the effects of plant-based meats on premature puberty, childhood obesity, and hip fracture risk? As noted in an editorial in the Jo… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Are Plant-Based Meats Good for Us?

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 4, 2025, 7:00 am.

What are the different impacts of plant protein versus animal protein, and do the benefits of plant proteins translate to plant protein isol… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.