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Food and Agriculture
on April 4, 2010
The antioxidants in orange juice may neutralize the bad effects of eating high-fat, high-carb (fast-food type) foods. The compounds were found to exert antioxidant activity and reduce the increase in ...
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Food and Agriculture
on March 31, 2010
Scientists report that coffee beans contain proteins that can kill insects and might be developed into new insecticides for protecting food crops against destructive pests.
Peas, beans and some oth...
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Food and Agriculture
on March 28, 2010
A new study from New Zealand reported that blackcurrant extract helped reduce inflammation in the lungs and could potentially offer benefits in people with asthma.
The compound epigallocatechin (a ...
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on March 23, 2010
More than 20 bioactive compounds have been found in maple syrup from Canada. Thirteen of these are newly discovered in maple syrup, and eight have been found in the Acer (maple) family for the first t...
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Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics
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on March 22, 2010
In a new study on mice, researchers have been able to show that the consumption of walnuts helped slow the growth of prostate cancer.
Walnuts have long been documented to be rich in omega-3 polyuns...
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, Food and Agriculture
on March 15, 2010
The naturally-occurring chemicals in plants -called lectins- are of sudden interest to scientists as they have the property to halt a chain reaction that leads to various infections.
Now, the lecti...
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on March 5, 2010
In a previous blog entry, we've highlighted a research on a novel process to concentrate the protein in standard field barley for use as an alternative to fish meal as a protein source in commerci...
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on March 4, 2010
Austrian researchers reported that supplementation of red clover extract in postmenopausal women reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety by about 80 percent following 90 days of supplements contain...
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on February 28, 2010
Daily consumption of 40 grams of dark chocolate significantly changed a person's metabolism and the metabolism of the gut microflora.
Such were the findings of scientists from the Nestlé Resear...
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Energy, Environment and Ecology
, Food and Agriculture
on February 27, 2010
The use of antibiotics in animal feed is strictly regulated as it has been linked to the emergence of antibiotic resistant microorganisms. This prohibition has been reported, however, to raise product...
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