date:Jun 17, 2019
Yu Wang, an assistant professor of food science and human nutrition at the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, part of the USDA. With the award, Wang plans to lead a research team to ensure extracts from orange peels improve the guts ability to stave off fatty linings in your arteries.
Recent research has shown that gut bacteria help develop cardiovascular disease. When they feed on certain nut