The work started in the late 1990s, Tong-Jen Fu says. It hasn’t stopped since. Fu, a United States Food and Drug Administration research scientist at the Institute for Food Safety and Health at...
A study released Tuesday, May 7, by the Center for Nutrition Research at Illinois Institute of Technology suggests that meals that include avocado in place of refined carbohydrates can significantly...
On May 8 Illinois Tech Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Peter Kilpatrick announced the appointment of six new department chairs in four of the university’s eight colleges. “I am...
For millions of adults in the United States who have prediabetes, regularly eating a couple of handfuls of red raspberries could help reduce their risk of progressing to more serious health conditions...
TRANSCRIPT So we have a couple different studies that we’re doing. One right now is ongoing, and it’s a 12-week study where we have people come in and pick up avocados and include them in their diet...
For its demonstrated leadership in promoting and supporting the food industry in the Chicago area and the Midwest, the Illinois Tech Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH) was honored with the...
A new study from researchers at Illinois Tech recently published in the journal Nutrients suggests that eating a meal containing one half or a whole avocado compared to a meal with similar calories...
TRANSCRIPT We use a technology called pulsed-light processing for inactivating microorganisms in various food products. This is a broad-spectrum light with wavelength range ranging from 100 to 1,100...
