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UC Berkeley researchers have identified a gene that plays a critical role in converting dietary carbohydrates into fat. The gene, called BAF60c, could eventually be important in the development of treatments for such diseases as fatty liver and diabetes.
Tag: nutrition
An idealist’s new food label
July 28, 2011:
Berkeley’s J-School partnered in a food-label design contest aiming to inspire better food and nutrition literacy. And the winner is …
A nutritional facts label for the people, by the people
July 27, 2011:
In a partnership between Civil Eats and the J-School’s News21 course on food reporting, grad student Lily Mihalik reviews the results of a contest to let consumers redesign the nutritional facts label on packaged food products.
Immigrants often eat high-calorie American junk food to fit in
May 3, 2011:
A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of Washington suggests immigrants and their children often gain weight because they eat junk food to fit in with American culture. The findings will be published in the June issue of Psychological Science.
The incredible, edible, unsafe egg?
December 9, 2010:
In the recent food-safety crisis involving Salmonella infection from eggs, more than 1,600 people fell ill and more than half a billion eggs were recalled. Editors of the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter review what went wrong at the henhouse — and what you need to know to eat eggs safely.
Pioneering UC Berkeley Wellness Letter celebrates its silver anniversary
November 16, 2010:
For more than a generation, people looking for plain-spoken, science-based guidance on healthy living have turned to a short-on-frills, long-on-substance, monthly known as the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter.
