Green Smoothie
January 28, 2016 • Green Smoothie recipe designed by Chef Mark Allison, Dole Food Company.
Folate – friend or foe?
January 28, 2016 • Cereal, pasta, bread, cookies – what do they have in common? The answer is “folic acid,” a synthesized form of a naturally occurring B vitamin called folate. Folate occurs naturally in some foods such as green leafy vegetables, avocados, red meat and lentils. Almost any processed food made with flour has folic acid.
Potato, Spinach and Thyme Soup
January 4, 2016 • Potato, Spinach and Thyme Soup recipe designed by Chef Mark Allison, Dole Food Company.
Acidosis induces reprogramming of cellular metabolism to mitigate oxidative stress
“Acidosis induces reprogramming of cellular metabolism to mitigate oxidative stress”. LaMonte GM, Tang X, Chen LY, Wu J, Ding CK, Keenan MM, Sangokoya C, Kung HN, Ilkayeva O, Boros LG, Newgard CB and Chi JT (2013). Cancer & Metabolism, 1(1): 23.
Functional interaction between responses to lactic acidosis and hypoxia regulates genomic transcriptional outputs
“Functional interaction between responses to lactic acidosis and hypoxia regulates genomic transcriptional outputs”. Tang X, Joseph Lucas JE, Ling-Yu J. Chen JL, LaMonte G, Wu J, Wang MC, Costantinos Koumenis Chi JT (2012). Cancer Research, 72(2): 491-502.
December 2014
Appetite for Life Public Programing Mark Your Calendar The Nutrition Research Institute’s popular series of public programs, called Appetite for Life, resumes this January for a five-month run. Once each month, January through May, distinguished science...Is Life Expectancy a Good Measure of Health?
October 27, 2015 • A recent, global study published in The Lancet (2015; 386, p.743-800) clearly emphasizes the importance of the latter referring to our quality of life. According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, worldwide life expectancy at birth rose by 6.2 years between 1990 and 2013. However, these additional years come at a price as healthy life expectancy at birth increased by only 5.4 years over the same 13 year time span.
Arugula, Mozzarella and Black Grapes
October 27, 2015 • Arugula, Mozzarella and Black Grapes recipe designed by Chef Mark Allison, Dole Food Company.