Recipes for Health: Grilled Pizza With Grilled Red Onions and Feta
Cooking the onions on the grill before assembling the pizza give them a nice charred flavor.     (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Pizza Recipes Medicine and Health Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news

French Fries? A Dutch Everyday Pleasure to Lose Weight
A new form of transport could afford us so much betterment. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - June 25, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Judith J. Wurtman, Ph.D. Tags: Diet belgian style breath mints chocolate icing chopped onions comfort food concoction dutch friends food meal food protein french fries group of women high protein low carbohydrate diet nearby town omega 3 pleasure trip pr Source Type: news

Health Tip: What's Behind Bad Breath?
Limit onions and garlicSource: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Bad Breath, Dental Health (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - May 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Eat garlic and onions every day for optimum heart health, immunity, cancer prevention
Garlic and onions, two of the most popular flavoring accompaniments in American cooking today, not only serve a culinary purpose to make foods taste more flavorful. These two popular parts of the American diet actually contain a plethora of health benefits within.05/16/2013 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - May 16, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Getting little ones to eat healthy
Having trouble getting your kids to eat spinach?  Here's some tips on how to "sneak" nutrition into your child's meals and get them involve with making healthy choices.          From the desk of Brittany Jimenez, RNBrittany Jimenez, RNAll Hands on Deck: Keep those little hands busy! While at the grocery store or farmer’s market let your child help to put fruits and veggies in the cart. Encourage them to pick out foods by colors and letters- turn shopping into a game! By being active participants at the store, you are also helping them to develop good eating habits f...
Source: Pediatric Health Associates - May 15, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Healthy Habits Source Type: news

Recipes for Health: Farfalle With Artichokes, Peas, Favas and Onions — Recipes for Health
The vegetable ragout is a simplified version of a classic Sicilian spring stew.     (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Onions Artichokes Pasta Recipes Medicine and Health Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news

Recipes for Health: Orzo With Peas and Parsley Pesto — Recipes for Health
Five dishes that feature the beautiful, sweet vegetables of spring: artichokes and peas, favas and asparagus, spring garlic and onions.     (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Pasta Recipes Medicine and Health Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news

Can Onions Fight Flu?
A friend told me that onions absorb germs from the air. She also said that this has been known for centuries and that in medieval times onions protected people against the Black Death. Could this be true? If so, why isn't it better known? (Source: Dr. Weil Q and A)
Source: Dr. Weil Q and A - April 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Greek Baked Fish With Tomatoes and Onions — Recipes for Health
The robust flavors in the tomato sauce work well with a variety of white fishes. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Recipes Medicine and Health Diet and Nutrition Seafood Source Type: news

Loss of wild pollinators serious threat to crop yields, study finds
Wild bees and other insects twice as effective as honeybees in producing seeds and fruit on cropsThe decline of wild bees and other pollinators may be an even more alarming threat to crop yields than the loss of honeybees, a worldwide study suggests, revealing the irreplaceable contribution of wild insects to global food production.Scientists studied the pollination of more than 40 crops in 600 fields across every populated continent and found wild pollinators were twice as effective as honeybees in producing seeds and fruit on crops including oilseed rape, coffee, onions, almonds, tomatoes and strawberries. Furthermore, t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 28, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Damian Carrington Tags: The Guardian Farming Biodiversity News Food Insects Conservation Environment Agriculture Science Bees Wildlife Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: Market Gardening Provides Livelihoods for Refugees
[IPS]Goma -Standing behind her market stall in Masisu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which overflows with cabbages, carrots and onions, Marceline Dusabe does not fit the traditional profile of an internally displaced person. She, unlike many others displaced by the internal conflict in North Kivu, is not in need of food aid. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Where do the lovely cooking aromas in your kitchen go?
Readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsThose lovely aromas in the kitchen – where do they go?They condense into a sticky film on the walls and ceiling, and if you don't wash it off, it hardens into a rancid varnish that is tougher than epoxy resin.Luce Gilmore, Cambridge They flood into my flat from the neighbour's at 2.15am, strong enough to wake me up and give me a raging appetite.IvanTigerThose lovely aromas, of frying onions, for example, are the result of molecules present in the onion leaving the cooking food and moving randomly ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 20, 2013 Category: Science Tags: The Guardian World news Food & drink Books Letters Features Life and style Religion Science Source Type: news

Recipes for Health: Mixed Greens Galette With Onions and Chickpeas — Recipes for Health
A tasty way to use bagged greens in a dish with Middle Eastern overtones. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Recipes Medicine and Health Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news

How well do you know your onions?
THAT'S FOOD: ‘Giving a carrot the attention it deserves.” (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - February 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

DNA Barcoding Investigations Bring Biology to Life
When Sophia Cuprillnilson walked into her undergraduate genetics class in the fall of 2008, little did she realize that her perception of biology would be transformed forever. "I thought I was going to be learning about Mendel and peas," she said. Instead, Cuprillnilson and her classmates became DNA detectives, sent out in pairs to collect samples of fish from local restaurants. Back in the lab at Nova Southeastern University's Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences in Florida, they extracted DNA, created primers, and analyzed the sequences to determine whether consumers were really getting the species described on the menu...
Source: Eye on Education - January 23, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Susan Musante Source Type: news