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Nutritional sciences faculty member recognized for outstanding mentorship

6/12/18

Penny Kris-Etherton, distinguished professor of nutrition at Penn State, is the recipient of the 2018 Dannon Institute Mentorship Award from the American Society for Nutrition and its foundation. This award is given for outstanding mentorship in the development of successful nutritional science investigators.

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Nutritional sciences faculty member honored by National Lipid Association

5/1/18

Penny Kris-Etherton, distinguished professor of nutrition at Penn State, is the recipient of the 2018 W. Virgil Brown Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship from the National Lipid Association (NLA) and the Foundation of the National Lipid Association. She received her award and presented her research at the NLA Scientific Sessions, held April 26-29 in Las Vegas.

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Facebook Live session to discuss, demonstrate research on canola oil and weight

1/16/17

If the resolve for your New Year's healthy weight loss resolution is already starting to crack, you may want to watch this week’s Penn State Facebook Live session. Penn State researcher Penny Kris-Etherton will talk about research on how canola oil and a healthy diet may lead to weight loss at noon on Jan. 18 via the Penn State Facebook page.

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Monounsaturated fats reduce metabolic syndrome risk

3/29/13

Canola oil and high-oleic canola oils can lower abdominal fat when used in place of other selected oil blends, according to a team of American and Canadian researchers. The researchers also found that consuming certain vegetable oils may be a simple way of reducing the risk of metabolic syndrome, which affects about one in three U.S. adults and one in five Canadian adults.

Probing Question: Are 'superfoods' really nutritional powerhouses?

8/11/09

You've probably seen the supermarket tabloid articles with titles like "The 12 Foods Everyone Should Eat!" or "Four Foods for Peak Performance!" Every week there's another berry, grain, or bafflingly-named compound that's the key to better health, longer life, and peace in our time. But do these "superfoods," as they are called, deserve the hype? Or is the moniker just a marketing tool to sell us food and supplements we don't really need?

Probing Question: Which is healthier, dark or milk chocolate?

6/20/08

For serious chocoholics (you know who you are), the best health-related news in the past decade had to be that dark chocolate is good for you. A recent Yale study concluded that eating dark chocolate can mean better cardiovascular health, with short-term improvements in blood pressure and arterial function.

Even better news is that milk chocolate may also have some health benefits.

Dieters decrease heart risk on moderate fat program

5/1/04

Penn State nutritionists delighted dieters everywhere by touting the health benefits of chocolate and nuts. Now they have more good news: A moderate-fat diet may be better for your heart than a low-fat one. This doesn't mean you can substitute Snickers for bananas, but it might mean having a little peanut butter on your apple.

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