Cooking Up Love, One Oxytocin Boost at a Time
Oxytocin, the "love hormone" produced by the hypothalamus in the brain, helps us experience feelings of trust, empathy, and connectedness. Childbirth, breastfeeding, and intimacy are stimulants that signal a release of oxytocin into the bloodstream from the pituitary gland where oxytocin is stored. But did you know that there are other ways to enhance this euphoric feeling with food?
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Food Trends for 2025
The new year is here and it’s the season of fresh beginnings and cheer! Mood-enhancing mocktails, vegan fish, dirty soda, and egg flights are soooo last year. Keep reading to stay one step ahead and ride the delicious wave of food fun rolling in for 2025!
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Nutrition Around the World: Puerto Rican Cuisine
Welcome back to the Nutrition Around the World series! We just wrapped up is Hispanic Heritage Month, but it's never too late to celebrate this rich cuisine! Today, we're exploring the cuisine of Puerto Rico-- a Caribbean island known for warm weather and even warmer people.
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Nutrition Around the World: Filipino Cuisine
April is Filipino Food Month, so what better way to celebrate than to chat about the delicious food? Filipino cuisine has a rich history that many other countries and ancient cities have influenced over the years. The evolution of this cuisine's cooking techniques and flavors has made it an absolute fan favorite!
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Fighting Against Food Waste and Elimination
Did you know that 80 million tons of food are wasted in the United States per year? This equates to 149 billion meals and 444 billion dollars’ worth of food annually! Shocking, isn’t it? What exactly is food waste, and how can we help improve some of these staggering statistics?
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2023 Food Trends and 2024 Predicted Food Trends
With the popularity of social media apps like TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, throughout this year I’ve seen the emergence of unique, eccentric, and tasty food trends that reflect cultural shifts and evolving consumer preferences in our current society. Here are just a few that I believe have shaped and will continue to shape the food culture of today.
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