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National Ag Day is on March 18 this year and will see thousands of farmers, ranchers, and others involved in agriculture descend on the Nation’s Capital to celeb
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The most recent FACTS blog posts address a variety of current food, nutrition, food safety issues that are the subject of misleading information with the science-based facts.
MARCH 2018: New Research: Evaluating Online Grocery Shopping Trends • Eco-Friendly Crop Protection • Milk Production and Nutrition Series: Cow’s Milk • Can Cereal Be a Quick AND Healthy Breakfast? • Getting Personal: How Much Sodium Do We Need? • National Nutrition Month: Go Further with Food • Mindful and Intuitive Eating with Heather Caplan, RDN [PODCAST] • Caffeine and Your Health with Becki Holmes, MS, RDN, LDN [PODCAST] • Brush Up on Bacteria: A New Video Series
FEBRUARY 2018: Tips to Get Your Child Vying for Veggies • Food Colors: Resources You Can Use • What’s the Dish on the DASH Diet? • 4 Reasons to Fall in Love with Yogurt • New Videos • "Build Your Own" Series
JANUARY 2018: Food Values, Technological Innovations, Savvy Consumers Will Power Major U.S. Food and Nutrition Trends To Watch in 2018 • Personalized Nutrition: Ready for Prime-time? • In the Know about Nutrigenomics • Natural vs Artificial Flavors: Name That Funky Flavor • One of Our Food System’s Helping Hands: GMOs • Double Down with Dairy & Yogurt • Food Safety Sprouting Up
DECEMBER 2017: A Chef’s Recipe for Stopping Food Waste • How to Talk to Your Cab Driver About Nutrition • How to Build a Healthy Plate at Holiday Parties • A Mindful Approach to the Holiday Party Buffet • Resetting After a Holiday Splurge • The (not so) Secret Nutrition Perks of Our Favorite Holiday Foods • Kosher, Halal, Pareve: Get to Know the Labels • Better Know a Dietitian: Meet Alyssa • Better Know a Nutrition Scientist: Meet Ali
(No November 2017 publication)
OCTOBER 2017: Editor's Note: Back in MY Day ... • A Spotlight on Low-Income Older Adults • The Benefits of Preservatives in Our Food • Is It Necessary To Avoid All Processed Foods? • How Hydrocolloids Make Our Favorite Foods Taste Better • All About Animal Welfare: From Farm to Fork • A Look Inside the Chicken Coop: Poultry Production Insights • Eat This for ... • What is Saccharin? • What is Monk Fruit?
SEPTEMBER 2017: Editor's Note: By Process of Illumination • Process This • 2017 Food and Health Survey - Continuing Professional Education Module • 2017 Food & Health Survey: Food Confusion • Let's Get Some Farm Insight • Food Waste 101 • Much Ado About FODMAPs • "Foodie" Facts • Back to School
(No August 2017 publication)
JULY 2017: Editor's Note: Three Decades of Facts … and Three Years of FACTS • “Meat-ing” Consumer Expectations of Ethical Animal Welfare • What is California’s Prop 65? • Saying “I Do” Soon? Don’t Forget About Food Safety! • How the Healthy Pig Gets to the Market • “Tune in” with Intuitive Eating • The Secret to Raising a Healthy Eater? Start Early! • Celebrate Dairy for Health Benefits • Everything You Need to Know About Grains
JUNE 2017: Editor's Note: Eyes on the (World Food) Prize • What’s On the Table for Menu Labels? • It's Not Always Greener on the Other Side • Let's Get Back to Basics on Genetics • Enjoy a Variety of Food? Thank a Pollinator. • Listen Up About Listeria: Here is the 411 • Make Room for Legumes • Keeping Your Kids Hydrated and Healthy • 6 Tips for Mindful Eating • New Nutrition Resources to Help “Build Back My Muscles” • What’s in the Dietitian’s Bag? • Better Know a Nutrition Scientist: Meet Julie
MAY 2017: Editor's Note: Survey Says ... • 2017 Food and Health Survey: "A Healthy Perspective: Understanding American Food Values" • 2017 Food and Health Survey: A Focus on 50+ • Food Allergies 101 [INFOGRAPHIC] • What I Learned at the 2017 Experimental Biology Conference • Wheat Grass: The Super Green Superfood? • What You May Have Missed: Food Recalls • Hitting the Wall: Nutrition Tips for Marathoners • Recipes for Sustainable Eating • Vitamins and Minerals Fact Sheets • Converting to Seitanism
APRIL 2017: Editor's Note: March for Science a Day for Renewal • A Few Thank Yous for Food Science • Earth Day and Agriculture: Let's Celebrate the Planet! • A Deep Dive on the 2015-2020 Dietary Guideline's Inclusion of Caffeine • Conserving Water on the Farm and in the Home • Foods that Promote Cardiovascular Health • The Rising Agent: Nutritional Yeast • Sorghum: From Salads to Syrups, This Grain is Cropping Up Everywhere • Alexandra Lewin-Zwerdling Joins IFIC as Vice President
MARCH 2017: Editor's Note: Forking It Over • Put Your Best Fork Forward for National Nutrition Month • Becoming America’s Next Top (Food) Role Model • Pantry Hacks: 3 Easy and Healthy Recipes with Canned Foods • A Useful Guide to Understanding GMOs • Heart-y Snack Attack • Fresh vs. Frozen Foods: Let’s Talk About Corn
FEBRUARY 2017: Editor’s Note: There’s Good News, If You Know Where To Find It • How To Eat Out Without Pigging Out • Mindful Eating • Top U.S. Food and Nutrition Trends in 2017 • Yes We Can! Celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science • Seasonal Produce: Winter Fruits and Vegetables • A Nutrition Showdown: Canned Green Beans vs. Fresh Green Beans • INFOGRAPHICS: Foods for Maintaining a Healthy Weight, Making Sense of Sugars: Fruit in All Forms
(No January 2017 publication)
(No May 2016 publication)
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