News tagged with protein intake

We are not only eating 'materials', we are also eating 'information'

In a new study, Chen-Yu Zhang's group at Nanjing university present a rather striking finding that plant miRNAs could make into the host blood and tissues via the route of food-intake. Moreover, once inside the host, they ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Researchers discover method to decrease harmful cyanogens and increase protein levels in key crop

Researchers working at The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have made an another advancement in their efforts to improve the root crop cassava which is a major source of calories to 700 million people ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

DREADD-ing your next meal

In the face of the growing obesity epidemic, much research has focused on the neuronal control of feeding behavior. Agouti-related protein (AgRP) neurons express three proteins that have been implicated in changes in energy ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New path to water efficient seeds opens as TIP pips PIP as water gatekeeper

Research by University of Warwick's School of Life Sciences has opened up a new path to produce water efficient seeds that will be a significant tool to cope with drought resistance, and ensure global food ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fish consumption at all time high, says UN agency

Fish consumption reached record levels in 2010 and world stocks need to be urgently rebuilt, experts at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a report Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diet when young affects future food responses

A high protein diet during development primes the body to react unhealthily to future food binges. A study on juvenile rats, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism, suggests that lastin ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Higher-protein diets support weight loss, but may lower bone density in postmenopausal women

Overweight and moderately obese postmenopausal women using diets based on higher protein intake also need to be aware of potential bone loss, according to new research from Purdue University.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New evidence that chili pepper ingredient fights fat

Scientists are reporting new evidence that capsaicin, the stuff that gives chili peppers their kick, may cause weight loss and fight fat buildup by triggering certain beneficial protein changes in the body. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Dietary protein may reduce hip fractures in the elderly

Seniors who consume a higher level of dietary protein are less likely to suffer hip fractures than seniors whose daily dietary protein intake is less, according to a new study by the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Feeding behavior in monkeys and humans have ancient, shared roots

Behavioural ecologists working in Bolivia have found that wild spider monkeys control their diets in a similar way to humans, contrary to what has been thought up to now. Rather than trying to maximize their ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Vegan Buddhist nuns have same bone density as non-vegetarians

A study comparing the bone health of 105 post-menopausal vegan Buddhist nuns and 105 non-vegetarian women, matched in every other physical respect, has produced a surprising result. Their bone density was identical.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1