A European Union-funded study found that organic foods are healthier than ordinary produce because they contain 40 percent more antioxidants.

The $24 million study is dubbed to be the most expensive one undertaken into the subject matter, which employed researchers growing fruits and vegetables on adjacent organic and non-organic areas covering 725 acres (about 290 hectares) attached to Newcastle University and other sites in Europe

Health and school officials have taken the fight against obesity in children to the cafeteria, by replacing oily and greasy food with healthy food choices.

William Dietz of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was quoted as saying he would like to believe "we are in the early stages of a social movement and there have been exceptional changes in what schools are doing in nutrition

Chili peppers can spice up life by protecting people from cancer and other diseases, a researcher revealed in a recent symposium.

Dr. Evelyn Rodriguez of the Institute of Chemistry - University of the Philippines Los Banos said phytochemicals like Carotenoids and Phenolic Acids can be derived from chili peppers locally known in the Philippines as Siling Labuyo

A low-fat diet may also lower the risk of developing ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women, a new study has found.

The study, which appears Tuesday in the current issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, analyzed 40,000 older women over an average of eight years

Dole has issued an international voluntary recall for their prepackaged lettuce salad Monday, after a sample taken from a store in Canada tested positive for E. coli.

A division of Dole Food Co. said the recall affects all packages of Dole's Hearts Delight salad mix sold in the United States and Canada with a "best if used by" date of September 19, 2007, and a production code of "A24924A" or "A24924B