Food
hideFood is any substance, usually composed of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and water, that can be eaten or drunk by an animal or human for nutrition or pleasure. Items considered food may be sourced from plants, animals or other categories such as fungus or fermented products like alcohol. Although many human cultures sought food items through hunting and gathering, today most cultures use farming, ranching, and fishing, with hunting, foraging and other methods of a local nature included but playing a minor role.
Most traditions have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions, preferences, and practices, the study of which is known as gastronomy. Many cultures have diversified their foods by means of preparation, cooking methods and manufacturing. This also includes a complex food trade which helps the cultures to economically survive by-way-of food, not just by consumption.
Many cultures study the dietary analysis of food habits. While humans are omnivores, religion and social constructs such as morality often affect which foods they will consume. Food safety is also a concern with foodborne illness claiming many lives each year. In many languages, food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in "food for thought".
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News tagged with food products
Termite creates sustainable monoculture fungus-farming
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Food production of modern human societies is mostly based on large-scale monoculture crops, but it now appears that advanced insect societies have the same practice. Our societies took just ...
findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 12, 2009 |
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The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, ...
New explanation for nature's hardiest life form
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Got food poisoning? The cause might be bacterial spores, en extremely hardy survival form of bacteria, a nightmare for health care and the food industry and an enigma for scientists. Spore-forming bacteria, present almost ...
Web-based in-service training requires new skills
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Mona Nilsen from the Department of Education and Didactics, University of Gothenburg, has analysed continued professional development within the food production industry, a sector with a generally low level ...
Getting plants to rid themselves of pesticide residues
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Scientists in China are reporting the "intriguing" discovery that a natural plant hormone, applied to crops, can help plants eliminate residues of certain pesticides. The study is scheduled for the Sept. 23 ...
FDA requires faster food safety reporting
Sep 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Food makers will be required to alert government officials of potentially contaminated products within 24 hours under a new rule designed to help federal regulators spot food safety issues sooner.
Agricultural methods of early civilizations may have altered global climate, study suggests
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Massive burning of forests for agriculture thousands of years ago may have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide enough to alter global climate and usher in a warming trend that continues today, according to a new study that ...
U of A honored for research that could help 30 million Brazilians
Jul 13, 2009 |
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The University of Alberta now has a permanent connection to the agricultural life of millions of people in a vast region of Brazil. A newly discovered fungus that helps plants grow in dry soil has been named in honour of ...
New crops needed for new climate
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Plants grown under high CO2 and drought conditions show an increase in toxic compounds, a decrease in protein content and a decrease in yield. Dr. Ros Gleadow will present her findings at the Society for Experimental Biology ...
Keeping slim is good for the planet, say scientists
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Maintaining a healthy body weight is good news for the environment, according to a study which appears today in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
Report: Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Food stamps and child nutrition programs are expected to cost up to $900 million more this year because of increased ethanol use.
Salmonella outbreak: What you need to know
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Consumers must remain vigilant about tossing salmonella-tainted peanut products found during a recent outbreak, food safety experts said. A few more people get sick every week. More than 400 products have been recalled, and ...
People wasting billions of dollars on 'quack' health food products
Nov 26, 2008 |
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Globally every year, obese people waste billions of pounds on food products that 'imply' that they aid weight loss, but are totally ineffective, says a nutritional expert on bmj.com today.
