|
|
|
|
Nutrition & Health News
Feb 03,2012
The study carried out by a group of Finnish researchers found that, compared to placebo, regular drinking of cranberry juice limited the number of UTI recurrences in children by 43 percent and reduced the need for antibiotics to be taken by 34 percent - the equivalent of six days per patient a year.
|
Nutrition & Health News
Feb 03,2012
The steady increase in rates of diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome over the past 20 years has given rise to greater prevalence of NAFLD. In fact, experts now believe NAFLD is the leading cause of chronic liver disease in the U.S., surpassing both hepatitis B and C.
|
Food Research
Feb 02,2012
Worldwide consumption of sugar has tripled during the past 50 years and is viewed as a key cause of the obesity epidemic. But obesity, Lustig, Schmidt and Brindis argue, may just be a marker for the damage caused by the toxic effects of too much sugar. This would help explain why 40 percent of people with metabolic syndrome—the key metabolic changes that lead to diabetes, heart disease and cancer—....
|
Nutrition & Health News
Feb 01,2012
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) recently submitted comments to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS) offering scientific perspective and practical insights on reducing sodium consumption in the United States.
|
Packaging & Technology News
Jan 31,2012
lack of motivation and attention are significant barriers when it comes to the effect of nutrition labelling on consumer choice. Professor Grunert explains that “consumers need to be motivated to engage with nutrition information – for instance, by having a health goal – in order to pay attention to nutrition labels”.
|
Nutrition & Health News
Jan 30,2012
Jointly developed solutions will reduce zinc deficiency among 100 million people. Partnership aims to contribute to fulfill the UN Millennium Development Goals. The partnership will run till 2015 and will harness the strengths and competencies of each company.
|
Nutrition & Health News
Jan 27,2012
The changes in estrogen levels among the women who took part in the study did not appear to affect ovulation. Studies conducted in animals had suggested that caffeine might interfere with ovulation.
|
Regulatory News
Jan 26,2012
Michelle Obama: "When we send our kids to school, we expect that they won't be eating the kind of fatty, salty, sugary foods that we try to keep them from eating at home. We want the food they get at school to be the same kind of food we would serve at our own kitchen tables."
|
Packaging & Technology News
Jan 25,2012
Nielsen’s study shows that nearly six-in-ten (59%) consumers around the world have difficulty understanding nutritional facts on food packaging, with 52 percent understanding the labels “in part.”
|
Food Research
Jan 24,2012
The research showed that the outer coating surrounding the probiotic Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 plays a key role in its survival in the gut, its evasion of the immune system and is also involved in reducing infection levels of a gut pathogen.
|
Nutrition & Health News
Jan 23,2012
Luteolin inhibited the growth stimulatory effect of IGF-I and the team led by Prof Jung Han Yoon Park found that luteolin affected cell signaling pathways which are activated by IGF-I in cancer.
|
Nutrition & Health News
Jan 23,2012
The study, published Jan. 19 in the online science journal PLoS ONE, represents the largest sampling of raw meat products for MRSA contamination to date in the U.S. The researchers collected 395 raw pork samples from 36 stores in Iowa, Minnesota, and New Jersey. Of these samples, 26 -- or about 7 percent -- carried MRSA.
|
Regulatory News
Jan 20,2012
Results show that, in addition to the physiological mechanisms for maintaining the body’s energy status, environmental factors also have a specific influence on food consumption. Thus, the pervasive presence of appetising food in the media could contribute to weight increase in Western populations.
|
Regulatory News
Jan 19,2012
In a summary scientific opinion by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in December 2011, the panel confirmed a cause-and-effect relationship between barley beta glucans and lower/reduced blood cholesterol.
|
Nutrition & Health News
Jan 18,2012
In 2009-2010, the age-adjusted average BMI was 28.7 for men and women. The researchers found that overall, the age-adjusted obesity prevalence was 35.7 percent.
|
Nutrition & Health News
Jan 17,2012
“The role of dairy intake in reducing the prevalence of health conditions like obesity, metabolic syndrome and heart disease is central to our research initiatives,” said Gregory Miller, Ph.D., president of the Dairy Research Institute. “This year saw several advances in this work, as more and more research identifies the positive effects dairy can have on a number of health conditions.”
|
Food Research
Jan 16,2012
The innovative technology uses only safe food ingredients including alginate, commonly used in many foods such as ice cream. Alginate is derived from seaweed and is sustainably harvested. Professor Bhandari’s research team has already developed prototype probiotic and omega-3 milk and juice products without affecting the products’ taste and smell.
|
Food Research
Jan 13,2012
Although taste has an important impact on dietary choice, perceived sweetness intensity alone did not have a significant influence on food behavior and dietary intake in young adults.
|
Business News
Jan 13,2012
The Dietary Guidelines recommend that half the grain included in the diet come from whole grain (at least 48 grams recommended daily). To help people keep track of their intake, the cereals with the white check also now highlight the grams of whole grain per serving on the side of the box.
|
Food Ingredients News
Jan 12,2012
Eutrim uses a unique, patented form of vegetable chitosan derived from edible fungi (mushrooms). Underpinned by science and a special manufacturing process, this chitosan complexes with fat from food and transports it through the body without the fat being digested (and so absorbed by the body).
|
Nutrition & Health News
Jan 11,2012
A group of experts has prepared a report on vitamin D supplementation for menopausal women after it was revealed that Europeans have suffered an alarming decrease in their levels of this vitamin. In their opinion, the ideal would be to maintain blood levels above 30 ng/ml. Vitamin D is essential to the immune system and processes such as calcium absorption.
|
Nutrition & Health News
Jan 09,2012
186 million American adults – or eight out of ten men and women – say they already have been "weight conscious" during the past year, according to a national survey conducted by the Calorie Control Council (CCC).
|
Nutrition & Health News
Jan 06,2012
Researchers from Imperial College London discovered that those who ate the most fruit and veg were no less likely to gain weight- once factors like calorie intakes and exercise habits-were taken into account.
|
Nutrition & Health News
Jan 05,2012
Expectant mothers increased their intake of Omega 3 fatty acids with fish oil capsules and fish-based meals during pregnancy and breastfeeding. This intervention diet did not have any discernable effect on the fat mass of the offspring.
|
Regulatory News
Jan 04,2012
This action represents the second approval for Cargill’s ARA granted by a major food regulatory jurisdiction, the first being the U.S. FDA´s letter of Feb. 16, 2011.
|
|
|
Newsletter Subscription
Next
Previous
