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Meat and Meat Products as Functional Foods

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Research on the disease-preventing, health-promoting benefits of meat and meat products makes them a viable contender in the functional food arena. Enriching meats with fiber, probiotics and omega-3 fatty acids may help consumers ...





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Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods'

Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods' (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A comfort food, a tasty treat, an indulgence - ice cream conjures feelings of happiness and satisfaction for millions. Ice cream researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered ways to make ice cream ...


Scientists closer to developing salt-tolerant crops

Scientists closer to developing salt-tolerant crops

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An international team of scientists has developed salt-tolerant plants using a new type of genetic modification (GM), bringing salt-tolerant cereal crops a step closer to reality.


Light shed on the secret behind probiotic bacteria promoting health

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Functional food is the food industry's fastest-growing product group, its leading products including dairy products which contain probiotics, that is, bacteria promoting health. Valio's Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG®) is the ...


Friendly Bacteria Help with Healthy Soy Diet, Researcher Discovers

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Soy is a staple of the Asian diet. Here in America, soy is considered a healthy addition to a diet, but sometimes it is not so easy on the stomach. Now, a University of Missouri researcher believes she has ...


Food cue-related brain activity linked to obesity?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 26, 2007 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A unique pattern of gene expression observed in rats may be linked to a conditioned desire for food and excessive food intake, an article published today in BMC Biology suggests.


Alternative agricultural practices combine productivity and soil health

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The progressive degradation of useful soils for agriculture and farm animal husbandry is a growing environmental and social problem, given that it endangers the food safety of an increasing world population. This fact prompted ...


Gut hormone makes food look even yummier

Biology /

created May 06, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A gut hormone that causes people to eat more does so by making food appear more desirable, suggests a new report in the May issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press. In a brain imaging study of individuals, the re ...


Consumers devouring nutrient-spiked foods, drinks (AP)

Consumers devouring nutrient-spiked foods, drinks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- From heart-friendly margarines to sugary cereals that strengthen bones, once-demonized foods are being spiked with nutrients to give them a healthier glow - and consumers are biting, even on some ...


Hunger hormone: Makes food more attractive

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 06, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 0

A new brain-imaging study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University reveals that ghrelin - a stomach hormone, acts on specific regions of the brain to enhance our response to food related cues ...


Native fruits bear sweet antioxidants

Native fruits bear sweet antioxidants

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 02, 2007 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Twelve native Australian fruits that are exceptional sources of antioxidants have been identified in research published in the journal Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies.



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