News tagged with milk products

Do steaks make you big?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adjusting the intake of high protein foods like meat, eggs and milk products could determine whether you become a rugby player or marathon runner and may help you lose weight, according to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Ig Nobel: Researchers named the cream of the crop

(PhysOrg.com) -- Newcastle scientists Dr Catherine Douglas and Dr Peter Rowlinson have won the Ig Nobel Prize for Veterinary Medicine for their work looking at reducing stress levels in dairy cattle. In a paper published earlier this year, they described how giving a cow ...

Biology / Other

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Names give cows a lotta bottle

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cow with a name produces more milk than one without, scientists at Newcastle University have found. Drs Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson have shown that by giving a cow a name and treating ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New test for detecting fake organic milk

Scientists in Germany are reporting development of a new, more effective method to determine whether milk marketed as "organic" is genuine or just ordinary milk mislabeled to hoodwink consumers. Their report ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mobile phone scanner detects harmful bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- A mobile phone that could detect whether leftovers in your fridge are safe to eat could be heading to an app store near you. A device has been developed that attaches to mobiles and can detect ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study recommends better handling of milk in restaurants

One-third of samples of milk and dairy products analysed in various restaurants exceed the microbe contamination limits set by the European Union, according to a study carried out by researchers from the University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Exposure of humans to cosmetic UV filters is widespread

An investigation conducted in the context of the Swiss National Research Programme (NRP50), Endocrine Disrupters: Relevance to Humans, Animals and Ecosystems, demonstrates for the first time that internal exposure of humans ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Eating poorly can make us depressed

Researchers from the universities of Navarra and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have demonstrated that the ingestion of trans-fats and saturated fats increase the risk of suffering depression, and that olive oil, on the other ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New labels might decrease overall demand for milk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent increases in organic and hormone-free milk labeling might negatively affect sales of milk without such labels, and could lead to a decreased demand for all milk types, according to a new economic study ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Nutritious new low-sugar juice targeted for diabetics, individuals with high blood sugar

Scientists in China are reporting development of a low-calorie, low-sugar vegetable juice custom-designed for millions of individuals with diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions that involve abnormally high ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tainted milk shows China's food safety challenges

(AP) -- The resurfacing of tainted milk products in China highlights the challenges of policing the food supply in a country where close ties between local authorities and companies hamper regulation while ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How muscle cells control fatty acid uptake

A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows that the blood vessels and muscles of the heart can regulate the uptake of fatty acids that we ingest through meat, milk products and other food. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Test-tube calf embryos more likely to survive Texas summers

Think you're uncomfortable in the extreme Texas summer heat? Try being an ovulating 1,200-pound mother cow.

Biology / Other

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drink milk and lose more weight: research

A new weight loss study conducted by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers reveals that dieters who consumed milk or milk products lost more weight on average than those who consumed little to no milk products.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Melamine-tainted drinks emerge again in China: report

Authorities in central China are searching for a batch of dairy products containing high levels of melamine, the chemical that killed six babies and sickened 300,000 others in 2008, state media said Monday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0