This Week's Top Stories On Food Science & Healthy Eating, Vol. 6

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Include nuts, seeds, and legumes with fresh fruits and veggies in your plant-based diet, says Harvard.

When you eat wasabi, receptors on neurons in the body "feel" the burn. Scientists studying these receptors say

advances may lead to new meds that can target pain with fewer side effects.

Food & Wine offers recipes for homemade kimchi...in response to a new study that suggests microbes in fermented kimchi could increase metabolic activity and aid digestion.

In 2013, the FDA found an untested

amphetamine-like stimulant in some diet pills and sports supplements but raised no warning. The stimulant has not been removed.

Are almonds the water-hogging "satan's nut" draining away CA's H2O? It's a bit more complicated that that,

says Grist.

A new book looks at

how humans turned wild animals like aurochs and wolves into mild-mannered, domesticated cattle and dogs. Also considered: cats, horses, goats, camels, sheep, and pigs.

An infographic

breaks down the factors that influence our health...and helps explain why the U.S. ranks 34th in the world in life expectancy.

A new study suggests that

eating leafy greens that are high in vitamin K, like spinach, on a daily basis may help slow cognitive decline.

Seems everybody's

talking about the microbiome. But what does the term mean? Dr. Jonathan Eisen looks into its origins.

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