3 Tips for Building a Better Snack
According to the IFIC Foundation 2019 Food and Health Survey, more than 50% of people snack at least once per day. Despite its ubiquity, snacking often gets…
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What is Calcium?
Highlights Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body. It’s essential for bone health and proper functioning of the cardiovascular, muscular and nervous systems, among many…
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Food Fraud: A Whole Lot More Than Knockoffs for Food
In 1906, the Federal Food and Drugs Act (then known as the Pure Food and Drug Act) was passed to prevent the sale, manufacture and transportation of adulterated or…
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What is the Pegan Diet?
The pegan diet is a mash-up of two popular styles of eating: vegan and paleo. With the vegan diet’s strict adherence to animal-free eating and paleo’s reputation…
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Where Do Sustainable and Healthy Food Choices Intersect?
Healthy food choices are often on many of our minds as we plan what our next meal will include. Many of us are also focused on sustainability…
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Summer 2019 Food Insight Newsletter
Interest in Sustainability, Plant-Based Diets Among Trends in 2019 Food & Health Survey Snacking On the Rise: 2019 Food & Health Survey Results Fast Take: Do Sugary…
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Four Tips for Eating Healthy Without Going on a Diet
Eating healthy can seem daunting, especially with all the conflicting messages about nutritious eating that bombard us on a daily basis. Such confusion can cause some to…
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What is Folate?
Highlights Folate is a water-soluble B-complex vitamin that is found in a variety of vegetables, legumes, pulses and animal foods. Folate is essential in our body for…
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Fast Take: Do Sugary Drinks Cause Cancer?
Highlights A large prospective cohort study of more than 100,000 French adults between 2009 and 2017 found: Increased sugary drink consumption was associated with an increased risk…
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Fiber Fact Sheet
Download the Fiber Fact Sheet here Dietary fiber is a plant-based nutrient found in a wide variety of foods. “Fiber” is a broad term that encompasses several…
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