When you think about risky foods and foodborne illnesses, you more than likely think of ground beef or poultry. Think again. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)reported that it found a number of food poisoning cases are caused by some unexpected foods, including leafy greens, tuna and eggs. In fact, all of the top ten foods are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Research published online in the journal Epidemiology found that higher levels of total blood choline are associated with a 2.5-fold reduction in risk for neural tube birth defects (NTDs).(1) NTDs are birth defects of the brain and spinal cord, and the two most common NTDs are spina bifida and anencephaly.

The conventional wisdom among scientists has long been that birds acquire the intestinal bacteria that are a necessary for good health from their environment, but a new University of Georgia study finds that chickens are actually born with those bacteria.

Eggs are traditionally associated with Easter, but be sure that your celebration of the holiday won’t result in failure.

I remember when Samantha - my oldest daughter - first became interested in Kip. She'd known him since 5th grade when we moved to San Rafael from San Francisco and everyone in Mr. Kielty's fifth grade class was taken aback by the girl in less suburban garb - like the black Chinese flats she always wore. Sometime around middle school, she started to have a crush on Kip.

It's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket… unless you're a senita moth. Found in the parched Sonoran desert of southern Arizona and northern Mexico, the senita moth depends on a single plant species - the senita cactus - both for its food and for a place to lay eggs.