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Metals in Leafy Greens Can Be Reduced by Better Understanding How They Move in the Soil and Plants

Health and nutrition factors that affect the availability of metals when ingested should also be considered.
4-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Sustainable Food Production Practices May Pose Food Safety Dilemmas

Sustainable agriculture can benefit the environment but only when food safety and human health are taken into account.
3-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Reviews of Sweeteners’ Impact on Body Weight Focus on Different Studies and Produce Different Findings

Published reviews of the impact of low- and no-calorie sweetener consumption on body weight differ because they are based on studies that ask different questions.
21-Aug-2024 11:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

‘Food & Nutrition: Research for the Future’ focus of IAFNS 4th Annual Science Innovation Showcase

This exciting, virtual event brings together university, industry, venture investment, non-profit and government experts to review, discuss and advance innovations.
16-Jul-2024 3:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Taking Protein Quality into Consideration When Formulating Innovative Protein Foods

New protein digestibility methods could encourage more frequent labeling of protein adjusted for quality and reduce the use of test animals.
28-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Ensuring Research Tools Measure Brain Benefits from Nutrition that Consumers Actually Seek

Advances will aid research designs that reflect potential day-to-day benefits of nutrition, including attention, memory, anxiety and other benefits.
20-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Register for Food and Nutrition Institute’s Fourth Annual Conference on Science, Regulation

Event at National Press Club features nutrition, food safety scientists and leaders addressing major issues with a research and regulatory lens.
1-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New Study Seeks to Integrate Data from Multiple U.S. and European Studies to Improve Nutritional Guidance for Cognitive Health

By merging the findings of several diet-brain studies, researchers hope to better understand the association between dietary intake and cognitive decline or impairment.
16-Apr-2024 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Science is Self-Correcting – But the Record is Not. An Expert Session on Building Self-Correction into the Scientific Enterprise

Recording of expert dialogue on preventing the need for retractions by working upstream now available.
25-Aug-2021 9:05 AM EDT

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The Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences is uniquely positioned to mobilize academia, industry and government to deliver actionable research and catalyze food safety and nutritional sciences in support of public health. IAFNS’ collaborative and inclusive structure empowers members to bring forward diverse perspectives from across the food and beverage ecosystem.