Nutrition

  1. Health & Medicine

    Ingredient of dark roasted coffees may make them easier on the tummy

    A compound generated in the roasting process appears to reduce acid production in the stomach.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Psychology

    Soothing start to childhood weight problems

    Pacifying infants with food may raise likelihood of later obesity.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Health & Medicine

    2009 Science News of the Year: Nutrition

    Natural vanilla extract comes from pods (shown), but most vanillin is synthesized in the lab. Credit: De-Kay/istockphoto That yeast smells good Yeast has long been pressed into service for making beer and bread. Now the fungus has been tapped for a loftier flavor: vanillin, vanilla’s dominant compound (SN: 5/23/09, p.