News tagged with functional food
Common fungicide wreaks havoc on freshwater ecosystems
Chlorothalonil, one of the world's most common fungicides used pervasively on food crops and golf courses, was lethal to a wide variety of freshwater organisms in a new study, University of South Florida researchers said ...
May 16, 2012 |
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Red wine, fruit compound could help block fat cell formation
(PhysOrg.com) -- A compound found in red wine, grapes and other fruits, and similar in structure to resveratrol, is able to block cellular processes that allow fat cells to develop, opening a door to a potential ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Huskies lend insight into mercury risk
Researchers have highlighted the serious health risks associated with the diets of indigenous people by linking the accumulation of mercury in their primary food source to a decrease in the power of antioxidants.
Nov 20, 2011 |
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Fish placenta is unfavourable survival strategy
Fish with a placenta struggle to adapt to rapid changes in the food supply. They probably evolved in a stable, food-rich environment. As ecosystems change under the influence of humans, they are experiencing greater difficulty ...
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Researchers develop environmentally friendly process to improve storage stability of probiotics
Probiotic bacteria are rapidly gaining ground as healthy food supplements. However, the production of this "functional food" has its pitfalls: only few probiotic bacterial strains are robust enough to survive conventional ...
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Evidence of a natural origin for banned drug that plumps up livestock
There may be a natural solution to the mystery of how small amounts of a banned drug that disrupts thyroid function and plumps up livestock gets into their bodies — and the bodies of humans, scientists are reporting. ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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High doses of Alzheimer's drug Aricept should be banned, Public Citizen says
High doses of the Alzheimer's drug Aricept should be banned because they are no more effective than low doses and have a sharply increased risk of adverse effects, the advocacy group Public Citizen and a Johns Hopkins University ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 19, 2011 |
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Study identifies neural activity linked to food addiction
Persons with an addictive-like eating behavior appear to have greater neural activity in certain regions of the brain similar to substance dependence, including elevated activation in reward circuitry in response to food ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Youth at risk for obesity show greater brain activity in response to food
Do people overeat because they experience less reward from eating or because they experience more reward from eating? In the March 23, 2011 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience Oregon Research Institute (ORI) senior scient ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Research examines vicious cycle of overeating and obesity
New research provides evidence of the vicious cycle created when an obese individual overeats to compensate for reduced pleasure from food.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 29, 2010 |
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Discovery may aid search for anti-aging drugs
A team of University of Michigan scientists has found that suppressing a newly discovered gene lengthens the lifespan of roundworms. Scientists who study aging have long known that significantly restricting food intake makes ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Western diet link to ADHD
A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a 'Western-style' diet in adolescents.
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Regular aerobic exercise is good for the brain, scientists say
Regular exercise speeds learning and improves blood flow to the brain, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that is the first to examine these relationships in a ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 26, 2010 |
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IBM, Stanford cite advance in plastic recycling (w/ Video)
In a paper published in the American Chemical Society journal, Macromolecules, scientists from IBM and Stanford University detail discoveries that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocom ...
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Remember magnesium if you want to remember
Those who live in industrialized countries have easy access to healthy food and nutritional supplements, but magnesium deficiencies are still common. That's a problem because new research from Tel Aviv University suggests ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 22, 2010 |
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