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Dietary curcumin in the form of curry and turmeric appears to inhibit weight gain and body fat, according to results from a new animal model study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists and colleagues.
The study found that supplementing a high-fat diet with curcumin reduced weight gain and total body fat. Animals with curcumin in their [...]

Tropical superfruits, chef-driven steakhouses, Peruvian cuisine, ethical eating, exotic salts, wildly flavored chocolates, and molecular gastronomy are on the menu for the year ahead, according to restaurant consultants Joseph Baum & Michael Whiteman Co. They have forecast 10 major dining trends they expect to impact how Americans will eat in the year ahead.
#1. Health and [...]

The trendy Serendipity 3 restaurant, a colorful culinary landmark on Manhattan’s Upper East side, has added a $25,000 Frrrozen Haute Chocolate to its menu, earning a Guinness Records certificate for the world’s most expensive dessert.
The new dessert is a frozen, slushy mix of 28 rare and exotic cocoas topped with five grams of edible 24-carat [...]

Why do drunks get belligerent. What is it about the brain-on-alcohol that makes fighting seem like a good idea? And do all intoxicated people get more aggressive? Or does it depend on the circumstances? University of Kentucky psychologists explored these questions on a group of young Kentucky men. They had Some of the [...]