This Week's Top Stories On Food Science & Healthy Eating, Vol. 7

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• aids human health: Meet a strain of gut bacteria that facilitates a harmonious gut andaids human health.

• flavor of wine: Science shows us why a tulip-shaped wine glass really does enhance theflavor of wine.

The gut microbiome plays a critical role in producing

serotonin, a hormone that affects moods and appetite, among other things.

• seawater into drinking water: Is turningseawater into drinking watera viable option for California's drought woes?

• farmers feed the neighborhood: Urbanfarmers feed the neighborhoodwith produce from the largest edible garden on public land in the U.S.

• about vitamins: Which vitamins should you take? Answers to questionsabout vitaminsfrom the medical director of the Mayo Clinic's Healthy Living Program.

• Eat more fiber: Trying to lose weight?Eat more fiber, a new study suggests.

• long, healthy life: Tips for living along, healthy lifefrom folks in the "Blue Zones."

• DNA affects the bacteria: A mom'sDNA affects the bacteriain her baby's gut.

What are the water requirements of the foods we eat? Here's a cool graphic from the Los Angeles Times.

• the anti-sloshing benefits: Discoverthe anti-sloshing benefitsof a bit of foam in your beer (video).

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