Health & Nutrition Archive

24 June

Mycoprotein: A Meat Alternative for Vegetarians

By: Tam Nguyen Alternative sources of proteins are gaining attention for their balanced nutrition, especially among vegans and vegetarians. Proteins are fundamental for our body to function properly, such as to build muscle and drive metabolic activities. When ingested,...

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29 April

Can COVID-19 Affect the Way We Perceive Food?

By: Clara Salame and Marta Albiol Tapia The COVID-19 pandemic is now responsible for over 2,900,000 confirmed cases of illness and over 202,000 confirmed deaths worldwide. The CDC states that symptoms may range from mild to severe depending on...

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11 March

The Rise and Fall of Bananas

By: Amanda Sia “You drive me bananas!” When I first started learning English in elementary school, this was one of the English idioms that really stuck out to me because it included a fruit. Other fruit-related phrases and idioms...

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19 February

What’s in My Food? Bacon Edition

By Abbie Sommer When I’m reading a menu at a restaurant and the word “bacon” comes up (or even better “bacon lardons”), I am almost always going to order the dish. In my opinion, bacon makes everything better. But...

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05 February

Ecuador – High Quality and High Altitude Food

By: Alexander J. Taylor It has now been almost four years since I entered grad school… Okay. Wow. That just made me contemplate everything. Being a grad student definitely has its ups and downs. One aspect that I have...

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22 January

How Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods Make Their Plant-Based Burgers

By: Elliot Dhuey Introduction I want to preface this article with the stark statistic that was reported by the 2nd Sustainable Development Goal by the United Nations, which states that there are more than 800 million undernourished people worldwide...

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25 December

Top 10 Holiday Activities For the Ultimate Foodie

By: Eileen Foerster Now that the semester is coming to an end, hibernating indoors is starting to sound more and more appealing, but most importantly, it’s the time for holiday foods! We all have traditions with our family and...

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13 November

Building a Better Boba Ball – Part 2

By: Amanda Sia Welcome back for the second installment of “Building a Better Boba Ball.” In Part 1, we covered recent advancements in biotechnology, such as next-generation sequencing (NGS) and gene-editing technologies like CRISPR. Today’s post explores their application...

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30 October

What’s In My Food? Twinkie Edition

By: Abbie Sommer These delicious sweets get a bad rep for their ingredient list and rumored unending shelf life. So what are each of those ingredients doing in there? A food company is not going to add extra ingredients...

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09 October

How to be a (Healthy) Vegetarian in College

By: Eileen Foerster The most common questions I have received in the last eight years of my life, directly before eating, are as follows: Do you eat enough protein? Does it get boring eating salad for almost every meal? ...

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