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  • Tai Asks Why
    Tai Asks Why podcast
    2022-05-04 - Pizza, chips, gummy worms and wings — these are a few of Tai’s favourite things! He just can’t get enough of their sugary, fatty, salty goodness, even though he knows they’re not exactly good *for* you. But why does he find those foods so irresistible in the first place? In this episode, Tai...
  • Aubrey Dunteman (left) and Soo-Yeun Lee, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, conducted a comprehensive review of sodium reduction strategies in food production
    Study explores what food sector needs to know about how to reduce sodium
    2022-04-15 - URBANA, Ill. – Sodium is an essential micronutrient, but the amount we need is small. Three slices of bread or one teaspoon of table salt will do it, and chances are your daily sodium intake is far greater. More than 90% of Americans consume too much sodium, which can lead to hypertension, high...
  • Research by scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign identifies the stomach, not the liver, as the site of alcohol first-pass metabolism in women who underwent sleeve gastrectomy surgery. The team, from left, postdoctoral fellow and first author Neda Seyedsadjadi; graduate student Raul Alfaro Leiva; M. Yanina Pepino, professor of food science and human nutrition; and Dr. Blair Rowitz, professor of nutritional sciences and the associate dean for clinical affairs at the Carle Illinois College
    Study: First-pass metabolism of alcohol occurs in women's stomachs
    2022-03-22 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — While scientists have broadly agreed that a fraction of the alcohol people consume is broken down before it reaches the bloodstream in a process called first-pass metabolism, they have been uncertain whether this process occurs in the stomach or the liver. Published online in the...
  • Alexia Chen
    National Nutrition Month at U of I: Promotion of healthy eating habits
    2022-03-14 - Dietetics students from the Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN) 329 Communication in Nutrition course celebrated National Nutrition Month by hosting a National Nutrition Month Fair in the Student Dining and Residential Programs Building (SDRP) on March 7. The booths covered various nutrition...
  • Nick Tarleton
    Food industry professional, ACES alum pays it forward as a mentor
    2022-02-21 - Food industry professional, ACES alum pays it forward as a mentor URBANA, Ill. – It’s 6 a.m., and Nick Tarleton is on a...
  • Study co-author Marlon Ac-Pangan visits a cacao farm in Lachua region, Guatemala
    Illinois research reveals cadmium's route into chocolate
    2022-02-03 - Illinois research reveals cadmium's route into chocolate URBANA, Ill. – Committed chocoholics, be warned. A health-robbing heavy metal, cadmium, lurks in the velvety recesses of your favorite indulgence. Researchers have chased...
  • Yong-Su Jin
    Two classes of University Scholars honored, including five new Urbana-Champaign honorees
    2022-01-31 - Two classes of University Scholars honored, including five new Urbana-Champaign honorees JAN 31, 2022 8:00 AMBY STEVE WITMER  | NEWS BUREAU DIRECTOR...
  • Professor Yong-Su Jin- 2021 University Scholar
    Congratulations to Professor Yong-Su Jin - 2021 University Scholar
    2021-12-08 - Please join me in congratulating Professor Yong-Su Jin for being named a 2021 University Scholar. This is a University award recognizing faculty excellence and is one of the most prestigious awards at the University of Illinois.   The University Scholars Program recognizes outstanding members of...
  • Professor Zeynep Madak-Erdogan joins CCIL’s education program leadership
    Professor Zeynep Madak-Erdogan joins CCIL’s education program leadership
    2021-12-01 - Professor Zeynep Madak-Erdogan joins CCIL’s education program leadership Dec 1, 2021 | Cancer Center News...
  •  A new study in mice suggests that consuming a high-fat diet in combination with exposure to PFAS triggers changes in benign and malignant prostate cells that promote rapid tumor growth. Food science and human nutrition professor Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, center, led the study. Co-authors include comparative biosciences professor Michael J. Spinella, left, and bioengineering professor Joseph Irudayaraj.
    PFAS exposure, high-fat diet drive prostate cells’ metabolism into pro-cancer state
    2021-11-11 -     A new study in mice suggests that consuming a high-fat diet in combination with exposure to PFAS triggers changes in benign and malignant prostate cells that promote rapid tumor growth. Food science and human nutrition...
  • University of Illinois graduate students Ragya Kapoor, Food Science and Human Nutrition, and Amir Malvandi, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, explored how to monitor drying of apple chips with near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning.
    Apple chips moisture analysis made easy with near-infrared spectroscopy
    2021-11-11 - Apple chips moisture analysis made easy with near-infrared spectroscopy University of Illinois graduate students Ragya Kapoor, Food Science and Human Nutrition, and...
  • Food science focuses on the transformation of crops and livestock into satisfying plates of food.
    How to Become a Food Scientist and Why
    2021-11-04 - How to Become a Food Scientist and Why Food scientists are experts on maximizing the flavor, longevity and nutritiousness of food. Food...
  • Postmenopausal women may benefit from estrogen compound research
    Postmenopausal women may benefit from estrogen compound research
    2021-10-27 -     (L to R): University of Illinois researchers John Katzenellenbogen, Benita Katzenellenbogen, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, and Sung Hoon Kim showed pathway preferential estrogens may be a safer alternative to hormone replacement therapy. Photo: Seth Turner...
  • Melissa Pflugh Prescott, assistant professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at University of Illinois, will work with Illinois Extension to develop a food education program for low-income families, as part of a major NSF grant.
    Food education program aims to reduce food waste and improve nutrition
    2021-10-22 -     Melissa Pflugh Prescott, assistant professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at University of Illinois, will work with Illinois Extension to develop a food education program for low-income families, as part of a major NSF grant...
  • Bevier Cafe WAND 17
    Bevier Cafe at the U of I is making sure food insecure students can eat
    2021-10-11 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) -  Bevier Cafe on the University of Illinois campus is making sure everybody eats - even those who cannot afford it.  It might seem like a regular cafe, but it's a place where no matter how much is your pocket, you'll get a warm meal.  "This is the only program on campus...

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