May, 2025
Pandemic Recipes - Nutritional Values of Recipes in Legacy Media
Researchers at the City University of New York evaluated the accuracy of the recipe descriptions and compared them to their estimated nutritional value.
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Research on Spices & Herbs
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2025
May, 2025
Nutrition Education “Shorts”: The Effect of Short-Form Media on Conveying Information About Improving Diet Quality
Researchers at Penn State University compared the effectiveness of short (~1 min) nutrition education videos to longer (~5 min) videos by evaluating participants’ interest, knowledge, confidence, and likeliness to use herbs and spices in their cooking before and after the videos.
April, 2025
Increasing the spiciness of a lunch meal influences oral processing behaviors and decreases food and energy intake
Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University evaluated the impact of increasing oral burn by adding dried chilis to lunch meals on oral processing and food and energy intake.
March, 2025
Is this spicy? Investigation of factors that influence spicy food choices by US older adults
Researchers at Washington State University explored the concept of “spicy” by US older adults, considering factors that influence spicy food preferences, through an online survey.
2024
November, 2024
Nutrition Education in Primary Care: Comparing Video vs Handout Interventions
Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University compared the effectiveness of instructional videos with print handouts when educating family medicine patients about the use of herbs and spices to reduce sodium, saturated fat, and added sugars during meal preparation.
