Nutrition & Health

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Early in his career, the late heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) drew international headlines when he uttered that remark before his 1964 fight with then champion Sonny Liston.

By Lisa Howard UC Davis Health See Video on YouTube (includes segment with Bruce Hammock, UC Davis distinguished professor) Researchers at UC Davis are developing a new type of pain medication from an unusual source tarantula venom.

A summer of smoke and ash in many parts of California has raised questions about the safety of produce growing on farms and in the garden, eggs laid by chickens who peck around in ash-laden areas, and remediation needed to safely and effectively grow food in the future.

University of California researchers from multiple locationsBerkeley, Irvine, San Francisco, and the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI)collaborated with researchers at Stanford University to investigate language concerning drinking water in school district wellness policies in a random sample of 240 C...

Press Release Release No. 0154.21 Contact: USDA Press Email: press@usda.gov Council Bluffs, I.A.

A 19th century nursery rhyme insists that little girls are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice." They're not, of course. And neither are butterflies always "pretty." They can be "pretty gross," according to a delightful children's picture book, "Butterflies Are Pretty...

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ANR Environmental Horticulture (EH) academics develop and extend research-based information to producers and end-users of landscape, nursery, turfgrass, and floriculture plants.

Contrary to the messages we are exposed to from popular culture, media, and public health about body size, focusing on how much a person weighs isn't necessarily an effective way to promote health.

During the heat of summer, blackberries ripen on vines throughout California. While blackberries grow well in many regions of the state, the types that grow in wilderness areas tend to be smaller and contain more seeds than the large, sweet berries grown in gardens and on farms.