Research done at Cornell University found a dozen compounds called Triterpenoids in an apple peel that could either inhibit or kill cancer cells in laboratory cultures.

Rui Hai Liu, Cornell's Associate Professor of Food Science and colleagues analyzed the peel from 230 pounds of Cornell Orchard red delicious apples, isolated their individual compounds, identified its structures and tested the pure compounds against cancer cell growth in the laboratory

Following the Saturday warning of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency advised consumers that cantaloupes grown in Honduras are being recalled after salmonella outbreaks in North America.

Officials have cautioned the public not to eat melons from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a Honduran grower and packer. The melons may be contaminated with salmonella bacteria and appear to be related to salmonella litchfield reports in Canada and the US

Low levels of the nutrient folate in the diet of healthy men has been linked to higher rates of chromosomal abnormalities in their sperm. Folate, also protective against birth defects, is found in leafy green vegetables, fruit and legumes.

The study, by the University of California, Berkeley, is featured in the journal Human Reproduction. Women of childbearing age are encouraged to maintain adequate levels of folate in their diet to have healthy eggs

Scientists said today that men who eat a diet-rich green leafy vegetables, fruits and beans, lentils and chickpeas have a higher chance of fathering a healthy child.

In a study that investigates the effects of diet on the quality of sperm, American scientists found that high levels of vitamin B decreases the number of abnormalities that lead to children being born with defects such as Down's syndrome

Researchers have concluded that men and women typically have different tastes in food with men favoring meat and poultry while women tend to prefer fruits and vegetables.

The study is based on the behavior of 14,000 adult men and women surveyed from May 2006 to April 2007 for the Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet). The aim of the study was to determine their eating habits, including high risk foods such as undercooked meat and eggs