Breaking news on nutrition-agriculture
Memory Function - Decaffeinated Coffee May Help published
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PST
Drinking decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with diabetes type 2, according to a study published in Nutritional Neuroscience and carried out by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Brain energy metabolism is a dysfunction with a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease...
Sugar Should Be Regulated Like Alcohol And Tobacco Say Scientists published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PST
Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), argue that added sweeteners pose dangers to public health, and the government should regulate sugar in the same way as it regulates alcohol and tobacco. They set out their reasons for viewing sugar as "toxic" in a comment article published in Nature this week. First author Robert H...
Potatoes Lower Blood Pressure In Those With Obesity And Hypertension Without Increasing Weight published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
The first study to check the effects of eating potatoes on blood pressure in humans has concluded that two small helpings of purple potatoes (Purple Majesty) a day decreases blood pressure by about 4 percent without causing weight gain...
How Red Wine's Resveratrol Confers Health Benefits published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:00 PST
Scientists have found out why resveratrol, a chemical naturally found in red wine, grapes, and some other fruit and vegetables, has health benefits, according to an article published in the journal Cell, February 3rd issue...
Women Copy Each Others' Eating Patterns published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:00 PST
When two women are eating together, one is more likely to put food in her mouth when the other one is doing so too - while one's food-filled fork is coming towards her mouth, the other one is more likely to do the same within five seconds, researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, reported in PLoS One (The Public Library of Science 1)...
Carbendazim In Orange Juice - FDA Informs Juice Products Association published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:00 PST
The following is an addendum to a FDA Letter to the Juice Products Association dated January 9, 2012. This information will be updated, as appropriate, on Friday of every week. January 27, 2012 The FDA is currently testing samples of orange juice shipments from all countries and manufacturers that import their products to the U.S...
Public Health Burden Could Be Eased By Societal Control Of Sugar published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PST
Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer...
Our Dining Partners Influence Our Eating Behavior published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PST
Share a meal with someone and you are both likely to mimic each other's behavior and take bites at the same time rather than eating at your own pace, says a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE. This behavior was found to be more prominent at the beginning of an interaction than at the end...
During Pregnancy, Consuming Fish Improves Offspring's Cognitive Development And Prosocial Conduct published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Can pregnant women improve their progeny's intelligence by eating fish? A study recently submitted to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and coordinated by the University of Granada professor Cristina Campoy Folgoso revealed that infants born to mothers who consumed more fish during pregnancy score higher in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill tests, and present an...
Brain Energy Metabolism Improved By Decaffeinated Coffee published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with type 2 diabetes. This brain dysfunction is a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease. The research is published online in Nutritional Neuroscience...
Potential Link Between Daily Consumption Of Diet Soft Drinks And Risk Of Vascular Events published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Individuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death. This is according to a new study by Hannah Gardener and her colleagues from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at Columbia University Medical Center...
Mothers Who Eat Fish While Pregnant Produce Offspring With Better Cognitive Development published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PST
Does eating fish during pregnancy improve a child's intelligence? According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition the answer is yes. The study revealed that infants of mothers who consumed more fish during pregnancy achieved higher scores in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill testing, as well as having a higher pro-social behavior...
A Glass Of Milk A Day Could Benefit Your Brain published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Pouring at least one glass of milk each day could not only boost your intake of much-needed key nutrients, but it could also positively impact your brain and mental performance, according to a recent study in the International Dairy Journal...
Nutrition Labels Being Ignored By Consumers published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
The key outcome of the FLABEL conference (Food Labeling to Advance Better Education for Life) in November 2011 was reported to be that even though nutrition labeling is commonly used throughout Europe, consumers pay insufficient attention and lack motivation to use them. FLABEL Scientific Advisor, Professor Klaus G...
The Design Of Novel Drugs To Combat Malaria Could Result From Research On Vitamins published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
New research by scientists at the University of Southampton could lead to the design of more effective drugs to combat malaria. The research will enable scientists to learn more about the nature of the enzymes required for vitamin biosynthesis by the malaria causing pathogen Plasmodium. Vitamins are essential nutrients required in small amounts, the lack of which leads to deficiencies...
Stealthy Leprosy Pathogen Evades Critical Vitamin D-Dependent Immune Response published
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
A team of UCLA scientists has found that the pathogen that causes leprosy has a remarkable ability to avoid the human immune system by inhibiting the antimicrobial responses important to our defenses...
Head And Neck Cancer Cells Destroyed By Grape Seed Extract, But Healthy Cells Are Unharmed published
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Nearly 12,000 people will die of head and neck cancer in the United States this year and worldwide cases will exceed half a million. A study published in the journal Carcinogenesisshows that in both cell lines and mouse models, grape seed extract (GSE) kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed...
Caffeine Consumption Linked To Estrogen Changes published
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Asian women who consumed an average of 200 milligrams or more of caffeine a day - the equivalent of roughly two cups of coffee - had elevated estrogen levels when compared to women who consumed less, according to a study of reproductive age women by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions...
Caffeine Alters Estrogen Levels published
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Researchers at the National Institute of Health, along with other institutions, have released a study online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, stating that Asian women have higher estrogen levels when drinking 200 milligrams or more of caffeine a day. This is about 2 cups of coffee...
The Importance Of Metabolism In Understanding Health Benefits Of Cocoa Flavanols: Recent Study By Mars, Incorporated And Partners published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
A comprehensive investigation of flavanol absorption and metabolism has provided a critical step forward in our understanding of how cocoa flavanols work in the body to exert their circulatory and cardiovascular benefits...
New Standard For Vitamin D Testing To Ensure Accurate Test Results published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
At a time of increasing concern about low vitamin D levels in the world's population and increased use of blood tests for the vitamin, scientists are reporting development of a much-needed reference material to assure that measurements of vitamin D levels are accurate. The report appears in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry...
Position Statement On The Role Of Vitamin D In Postmenopausal Women Published In Maturitas published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced the publication of a position statement by the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) in journal Maturitas on the role of vitamin D in postmenopausal women with summary recommendations. Vitamin D deficiency is common and may affect up to 70% of Europeans...
More Black Tea Lowers Blood Pressure published
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:00 PST
Tea, the second most consumed drink after water, may help lower blood pressure. Scientists at The University Of Western Australia and Unilever, state in Archives of Internal Medicine, that drinking black tea three times a day may drastically lower a person's systolic and diastolic blood pressure...
Frying Food in Olive or Sunflower Oil Better For Heart published
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:00 PST
According to a study published on bmj.com, heart disease or premature death is not associated with consuming food fried in sunflower or olive oil. The study was conducted in Spain, a country in the Mediterranean where sunflower or olive oil is used for frying...
Risk Of Surgical Complications May Be Reduced By Limiting Protein Or Certain Amino Acids Before Surgery published
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST
Limiting certain essential nutrients for several days before surgery - either protein or amino acids - may reduce the risk of serious surgical complications such as heart attack or stroke, according to a new Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study. The study appears in the January 25, 2012 issue of Science Translational Medicine...
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