Study finds Western-style 'meat-sweet' diet increases risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women
...a specific interaction between obesity and western cuisine among postmenopausal women that drives breast cancer, although the study did not offer a specific mechanism. Tseng and her colleagues examined cases of women from the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study, 25 to 64 years of age, who were newly diagnosed wi...Red hot chili pepper research spices up historical record
...ad around the world and is now associated with the cuisine of many different cultures. Early Latin American peoples would have found chili peppers, which are rich in vitamin C, to be an excellent complement to fish and starchier foods like maize, beans, yams and corn. "It's also an excellent disguiser," Ra...Smithsonian scientists report ancient chili pepper history
...edible insight into ancient agriculture, trade and cuisine by making these plants visible nearly everywhere t...ies. "It's hard to imagine modern Latin American cuisine without chili peppers," said co-author Dolores Piperno, Smithsonian scientist at the National Museum...American Chemical Society national meeting: San Francisco, Sept. 10-14
...reas of nanotechnology A symposium on molecular cuisine in which scientists team with chefs Health threats from mycotoxins and allergens in food Nuclear forensic science and its role in detecting and tracking illicit nuclear material The next generation of solar cells and other renewable sources ...First Amazon-Andean crop plant transfer and corn processing in Peru 3600-4000 years ago
Mouthwatering Peruvian cuisine like causa (mashed yellow potatoes layered with avocado and seafood) and carapulcra (dried potatoes and pork/chicken in peanut sauce) combine food crops from Amazon basin rainforests and Andean highlands. Smithsonian archaeologists and colleagues pr...