You can eat and cook with whole hemp seeds (right), hearts (centre) and ground seed (left). Photo: marekuliasz/shutterstock

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Are hemp food products really good for you?

With hemp seed now able to be legally sold as food in Australia, University of Adelaide Professor of Plant Science Rachel Burton looks at the product’s nutritional value and how we might be eating it in future.

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The science of taste - or why you choose fries over broccoli

Sugar, salt and fat make food more appealing to most people’s tastebuds, but research shows that the way you chew and genetic variations can also affect how you perceive flavour.

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Can chopping your vegetables boost their nutrients?

We all know eating vegetables is a good way to improve health. And for many years the focus has been on just eating more vegetables, be it fresh, frozen or tinned. But what if there was a quicker and easier way to get more benefit from our vegetables?

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Seaweed jelly snack seeks to boost calcium levels

A lunchbox jelly snack made from seaweed and lobster shell is being developed in South Australia to help boost children’s calcium levels.

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Low-gluten diet linked to diabetes risk

Dieticians say Australians must not be fooled into thinking a gluten-free diet is healthier, with a Harvard University study linking consumption of the much-maligned protein to a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes.