Featured Videos
Impact of Black Raspberries on Microbiome (October 2020)
Ohio State Researchers Testing Cancer Prevention Through Nutrition (January 2020)
Ohio State Food Research Could Lead to Cancer Treatment Through Diet (October 2019)
- O-H-I-O #103 Cancer Fighting Food from WOSU O-H-I-O on Vimeo.
- Yael Vodovotz on the development of foods for cancer prevention (Aug 2013)
- Tom Vilsack on Functional Foods Research (Jun 2012)
- 10TV video featuring Dr. Yael Vodovotz and Dr. Steven Clinton: Toward a cancer-free world: Cancer fighting foods (Jun 2012)
CAFFRE and Functional Foods
- Co-op Gift Funds Food-based Cancer Research (December 2020)
- Green tea cuts obesity, health risks in mice (March 2019)
- National Cancer Institute Investigator Spotlight: Dr. Yael Vodovotz (October 2017)
- Ohio State not alone in spending big on research (June 2016)
- Food science: Eyeing diets to reduce risk (Nov/Dec 2014)
- Focus on Discovery Themes: Studying the relationship between foods and health (scroll down) (Oct 2014)
- Ohio State Center Focuses on Foods and Health (Sep 2014)
- New ‘Critically Sensitive’ Technology Providing Potential for Broad Range of Scientific Discovery (Nov 2013)
- Tapping into the Subconscious: New Sensory Science Lab to Explore Mysteries of Flavor, Aroma, Appetite (Jul 2013)
- Functional foods interdisciplinary research highlighted in Frontiers Autumn 2012 issue (Nov 2012)
- Nutrition plays role in prevention, treatment (Oct 2012)
- Crops to Clinic: Researchers Create, Test Cancer-fighting Foods (Oct 2012)
- Farmers support OSU’s cancer-fighting foods efforts (Sept 2012)
- Team Conquest: “Crops to the Clinic” exceeds Pelotonia fund-raising goal (2011)
- The power of produce: Researchers unlock secrets “From Crops to the Clinic to the Consumer” (2009)
Tomatoes and Carotenoids
- Tangerine tomatoes beat red variety for lycopene bioavailability (Jun 2015)
- Should I drink tomato juice? (May 2015)
- Garden goodies to grow for good health (Sep 2014)
- Fat in Avocado Helps Body Absorb, Convert Vitamin A Nutrients (Aug 2014)
- Nutrition continues to make news for Hass Avocado Board (Aug 2014)
- Avocado and Orange-Colored Veggie Combo a Boost for Vitamin A (July 2014)
- New research: Fresh avocado enhances absorption of essential nutrients for healthy living (Jul 2014)
- Turning up the heat on tomatoes boosts absorption of lycopene (Aug 2008)
- Orange tomatoes healthier than red (Mar 2007)
- Unique tomatoes tops in disease-fighting antioxidants (Mar 2007)
- Adding avocados to salads aids absorption of nutrients (Jul 2006)
- Study: Fats in avocados help body absorb carotenoids (Mar 2005)
- OSU Tests New Soy-Tomato Drink (Aug 2004)
Berries, Anthocyanins, and Resveratrol
- Ecosystem restoration (June 2016)
- Black raspberries: A group approach to preventing cancer (Jun 2015)
- Can strawberries impact carcinogen metabolism in smokers? (Mar 2015)
- Cancer-fighting candy (July 2014)
- Health Watch: The link between skin cancer and what we eat (May 2014)
- Black raspberry candies can help in fight against cancer (Feb 2014)
- Candy May Join Fight Against Cancer (Feb 2014)
- Color codes: Researcher’s innovative work in natural food dyes gains recognition (Nov 2013)
- Buffaloberry: Next Commercial Superfruit (Nov 2013)
- Researcher Focuses on Developing Foods with a Boost for Health (Mar 2013)
- Deep colors boost fruits’ preventive superpowers (Feb 2013)
- Some health benefits of berries may not make it past your mouth (Jan 2013)
- OSU researchers working to increase blackberry and raspberry production in Ohio(Jan 2013)
- Combating oral cancer by eating delicious food (Dec 2011)
- Homegrown cancer-fighters (July 2010)
- The Power of Berries (Jan 2009)
- Black raspberry compounds may prevent throat cancer (Jan 2009)
- Anthocyanins and colon cancer – structure is key(Sep 2008)
- Black raspberries show potential against cancer (Aug 2008)
- Black raspberries slow cancer by altering hundreds of genes (Aug 2008)
- Black raspberries may prevent esophageal cancer (Feb 2008)
- Pilot study supports raspberry potential for oesophageal cancer (Dec 2007)
- Black raspberry promise in oesophageal cancer prevention (Sep 2007)
- Compounds that color fruits and veggies may protect against colon cancer (Aug 2007)
- Fighting cancer by the bramble; Scientists are hot to unlock the medicinal secrets of black raspberries (May 2007)
- Black raspberries yield possible skin cancer treatment (Apr 2007)
- Black raspberries studied to slow return of oral cancer (Jun 2006)
- Black raspberries: ‘fruitaceuticals’ of the future (Apr 2006)
- Ohio State Agriculture, Medical researchers test berries as cancer-fighters (Jun 2005)
- Lozenges may offer bite-sized cancer prevention (Dec 2004)
Soy and Isoflavones
- Should I Eat Pretzels? (Jul 2015)
- Just eat: The food does the rest (Apr 2013)
- OSU researchers working to increase blackberry and raspberry production in Ohio (Jan 2013)
- Soy-almond vs. soy: Bettering a bread to beat prostate cancer (Jan 2010)
- Soybean breeding program growing to meet industry demands (Jun 2007)
Digestion, Absorption, and Bioavailability
- Orange tomatoes healthier than red (Mar 2007)
- Adding avocados to salads aids absorption of nutrients (Jul 2006)
- Model of digestive system helps put the “function” into functional foods (Jan 2006)
- Study: Fats in avocados help body absorb carotenoids(Mar 2005)
Dietary Oils and Fatty acids
- Stress can cancel out the benefits of ‘healthy’ fat (Sept 2016)
- Stress reverses the benefits of eating good, healthy fats (Sept 2016)
- 7 worst foods for your heart (July 2016)
- Butter No Worse for You Than Vegetable Oil, Says Controversial New Study (Apr 2016)
- Why olive oil is LESS healthy than we think (March 2016)
- Metabolic syndrome leads to 1 in 3 Americans to need more vitamin E (Oct 2015)
- Doubling saturated fat in the diet does not increase saturated fat in blood (Nov 2014)
- NCI grant will aid study of omega-3 fatty acids for breast cancer prevention (May 2014)
- Could a Diet High in Fish and Flax Help Prevent Broken Hips (Jun 2013)
- Slow Down Aging_ It’s All in What You Eat (Mar 2013)
- Omega-3 Supplements May Slow A Biological Effect of Aging (Oct 2012)
- Omega-3 Lowers Inflammation in Overweight Older Adults (Jun 2012)
- Omega-3 Reduces Anxiety And Inflammation In Healthy Students (Jul 2011)
- A Dose Of Safflower Oil Each Day Might Help Keep Heart Disease At Bay (Mar 2011)
- Two Dietary Oils, Two Sets Of Benefits For Older Women With Diabetes (Jul 2009)
- Dietary oil may need help in avoiding any side effects of weight loss (Apr 2008)
- Omega-3 fatty acids affect risk of depression, inflammation (Mar 2007)
Other
- Collaborative Health Care: Physicians and dietitians research nutritional therapies in oncology
- Got concerns? Dairy scholar extols nutritional virtues of milk (Oct 2016)
- Experimental “Urban Garden” helps cancer survivors’ lower risk for recurrence and chronic illness (Dec 2015)
- Processed and Red Meat Could Cause Cancer? Your Questions Answered (Oct 2015)
- Baking Mistakes: Biggest Baking Fails and How to Turn Them Into Success (Oct 2015)
- Ohio State: ‘The Place to Be’ for Studying Metabolomics (Sep 2015)
- How the shift from synthetic to natural colors revolves around the consumer (Jul 2015)
- Yael Vodovotz talks about cancer fighting foods in a WBNS 10TV segment of ‘Toward a Cancer Free World’ (May 2015)
- Monica Giusti and her research in fighting cancer with natural food dyes is a feature in the May/June OARDC Report (May 2015)
- Nobody Can Prove Cold Pressed Juice is Better For You (Apr 2015)
- Hiking the Andes jump-starts Inca Tea career (Jan 2015)
- Dietary Patterns to Prevent Diabetes, CVD, and Obesity (Oct 2014)
- Low Vitamin D, prostate cancer linked (Jun 2014)
- Cakes and chemistry: the science of baking (Nov 2013)
- Researchers use supplement, designed at Ohio State University, in breast cancer prevention study (Sep 2013)
- Compound in Mediterranean Diet Makes Cancer Cells ‘Mortal’ (May 2013)
- Cultivating a Cure for Cancer (May 2013)
- Vitamin E May Boost Return to Healthy Hearts in Former Smokers (Apr 2013)
- Chew on this: Texture plays a big role in what we’re eating (Apr 2013)
- CAFFRE investigators Chris Weghorst, Steve Clinton, and Yael Vodovotz highlighted in NCI Annual Report on Complementary and Alternative Medicine FY 2010 (2012). Abbreviated report here.
- New testing method hints at garlic’s cancer-fighting potential (Mar 2010)
- Ohio: The state of perfect balance (Dec 2008)
- Finding the best way to cook all those vegetables (May 2008)
- Bumper Crop (Apr 2008)
- FDA makes food labeling system easier for consumers (Feb 2008)
- Weight-loss supplement shows good and bad traits (Jan 2007)
- Chemicals in brown algae may protect against skin cancer (Jan 2007)
- Broccoli packs powerful punch to bladder cancer cells (Jul 2005)
Outreach
- Researcher Rides in Memory and in Gratitude (July 2017)
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Visits OSU, Highlights Cancer-Fighting Research and 150 Years of Land Grant University Partnerships (Jun 2012)
- Undercover farming; Simple structures let farmers extend or get a jump on growing seasons (Dec 2006)
Honors and Awards
- Belury voted chair-elect of Nutritional Sciences Council (August 2016)
- Morgan Cichon was awarded a Career Development Grant from the Council of Graduate Students. She’ll be using the grant to present at the International Symposium on Profiling in Portugal in September 2015.
- Dr. Steve Schwartz awarded Distinguished Senior Faculty Research Award (May 2015)
- Failla awarded highest honor in nutrition (Mar 2015)
- ASN honors nutrition researchers Belury, Bruno (Sep 2014)
- Failla awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant (Aug 2014)
- Color codes: Researcher’s innovative work in natural food dyes gains recognition (Nov 2013)
- Monica Giusti earned 2013 Early Career Innovator of the Year Award (Nov 2013)
- Ohio State Cancer Expert Appointed to National Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Jun 2013)
- HHS AND USDA announce the appointment of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (May 2013)
- A Conversation with 2013 Gil Leveille Lectureship & Award Winner Steven Schwartz, PhD (Mar 2013)
- OSU profs named as science fellows, featuring Dr. Mark Failla (Nov 2012)
- Dr. Monica Giusti is chosen as an Entrepreneurial Scholar at OSU (Oct 2012)
- Tomato genes for health and profit – Francis wins OARDC ‘Innovator’ award (Apr 2012)
- Ohio State food scientist Monica Giusti is TechColumbus’s Outstanding Woman in Technology (Feb 2012)
- AAAS gains Belury as new fellow (Jan 2012)
- ‘Fueling the Cure’ yields $101,000 joint food, cancer research endowment (2011)
- Giusti earns OARDC Innovator Award – ‘Great Influence’ on cranberry juice (Apr 2010)
- Steven Schwartz elected Fellow in the Institute of Food Technologists (Apr 2008)
- Ohio State University Leads Country Again in AAAS Fellows(Oct 2007)
- AAAS recognizes functional foods researcher (Nov 2007)