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Fats & Oils
Aug 12,2010
These studies add more evidence that consuming fatty fish regularly is associated with a lower likelihood of two major types of heart disease, the leading cause of death in western countries.
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Fats & Oils
Jul 26,2010
A new study has shown that it's a combination of both common and rare variants or 'misprints' in several genes that add up and put a patient at risk of developing HTG.
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Fats & Oils
Jul 26,2010
In this study, the research team inhibited atherosclerosis in mice by interfering with production of a substance called fatty acid synthase. This enzyme converts dietary sugars into fatty acids in the liver, where it plays an important role in energy metabolism.
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Fats & Oils
Jul 21,2010
Demian Dressler, DVM, a veterinarian specializing in canine cancer, recommends severely limiting snack foods for humans and dogs that contain ingredients rich in Omega-6, such as corn oil, vegetable oil and grain-fed red meat.
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Fats & Oils
Jul 19,2010
The development of Soymega, the world’s first SDA (stearidonic acid) soybean oil, is making it easier for food companies to incorporate more omega-3s into a variety of products.
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Fats & Oils
Jul 15,2010
The researchers found that three of the restaurants McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's significantly decreased the trans and saturated fatty acid composition of French fries between 1997 and 2008.
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Fats & Oils
Jul 13,2010
New research finds that obese men are less good at tasting fat and less responsive to the effects of fat in the gut than lean men.
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Fats & Oils
Jun 29,2010
The researchers concluded that the results shed light on a molecular basis for reduced heart disease risk among people living in Mediterranean countries where virgin olive oil is the main source of dietary fats.
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Fats & Oils
Jun 22,2010
Other analyses, however, revealed that Omega-3 improved depression symptoms in patients diagnosed with depression unaccompanied by an anxiety disorder.
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Fats & Oils
Jun 03,2010
Many studies have also demonstrated the cancer protective properties of carotenoids, a phytonutrient found in the red, orange and yellow pigments of fruits and vegetables.
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Fats & Oils
May 27,2010
In the largest survey of its kind ever done in the United States, researchers identified 83 brand-name packaged and restaurant foods that had been made with trans fat prior to 2007, but then were reformulated to largely eliminate the trans fat.
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Fats & Oils
May 03,2010
The findings show that people with a diet rich in oleic acid – which is present in olive oil –are far less likely to develop ulcerative colitis, oleic acid is a monounsaturated fatty acid found in olive oil.
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Fats & Oils
Apr 13,2010
Nakamura's team has been focusing on understanding the function of omega-3 and -6 fatty acids, and doctoral student Chad Stroud developed a mouse model to help them understand the physiological roles of these fats.
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Fats & Oils
Mar 24,2010
Women who ate the highest amount of long-chain Omega-3 fatty acids were 22% less likely to be diagnosed with endometriosis than those who ate the least and that those who ate the most trans fats had a 48% increased risk, compared with those who ate the least.
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Fats & Oils
Mar 12,2010
The majority of Bioriginal's fish oils are sourced from only the smallest fish species (anchovy & sardine), which naturally contain lower levels of harmful contaminants and higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids.
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Fats & Oils
Feb 10,2010
The main explanation for the relatively low increase of blood fat levels with butter is that about 20 percent of the fat in butter consists of short and medium-length fatty acids. These are used directly as energy.
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Fats & Oils
Jan 18,2010
These findings, appearing in the January issue of Journal of Lipid Research, provide more understanding of the health benefits of many botanical oils and provide a new avenue for anti-inflammatory drugs.
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Fats & Oils
Dec 29,2009
In the study, which will begin this coming year, researchers will continue to study the effects olive oil can have on this type of cancer, with experimental studies and with human cell lines and samples.
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Fats & Oils
Dec 18,2009
A new study in the Journal of Food Science reports that moderate fish consumption can help reduce the risk of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) in post acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients.
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Fats & Oils
Dec 17,2009
The key finding was that two omega-3 fatty acids – docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) – appear to be most useful in the nervous system, maybe by maintaining nerve-cell membranes.
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Fats & Oils
Nov 24,2009
Mer Harvi and colleagues at the National Research Center, in Cairo, Egypt, have studied the effect of diabetes on bone health and evaluated how flaxseed oil in the diet might delay the onset of osteoporosis.
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Fats & Oils
Nov 17,2009
A modified soybean oil increased the level of an omega-3 fatty acid in humans more than regular soybean oil. The modified oil may provide a plant-based alternative source of omega-3s.
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Fats & Oils
Nov 09,2009
Alpha-GPC is an essential naturally occurring brain nutrient , capable of rapidly boosting AcethlCholine levels in the brain and providing essential nutrients for the brain.
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Fats & Oils
Oct 29,2009
The researchers, who were funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign, the Wellcome Trust and the National Institutes of Health, looked at a particular ingredient of fish oils called DHA. They were able to show how the body converts DHA into Resolvin D2 and discover its exact chemical structure.
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Fats & Oils
Oct 13,2009
"As part of our ongoing improvement, we have tightened our policy and are now inspecting and verifying that each shipment is harvested within the limits of the zone and dates for which the specific fishing vessels have received fishing licenses from CCALMR."
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