News tagged with functional food
ACP recommends metformin to treat type 2 diabetes based on CE analysis of oral medications
The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends that clinicians add metformin as the initial drug treatment for most patients with type 2 diabetes when lifestyle modifications such as diet, exercise, and weight loss have ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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PFCs, chemicals in environment, linked to lowered immune response to childhood vaccinations
A new study finds that perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), widely used in manufactured products such as non-stick cookware, waterproof clothing, and fast-food packaging, were associated with lowered immune response to vaccinations ...
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Huskies lend insight into mercury risk
Researchers have highlighted the serious health risks associated with the diets of indigenous people by linking the accumulation of mercury in their primary food source to a decrease in the power of antioxidants.
Nov 20, 2011 |
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Study finds dairy products in adult diets improve cognitive function
Adults who consume dairy products at least once daily have higher cognitive function than those who rarely or never drink milk or eat dairy foods, according to a new study by researchers from the University of South Australia ...
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Chocolate wards off hunger, and maybe sunburn too
Scientists in Canada said Monday that they plan to study whether eating dark chocolate not only satisfies sweet tooth cravings, but protects against sunburn as well.
Aug 15, 2011 |
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FDA questions safety of experimental diabetes drug
(AP) -- Federal health regulators have concerns about bladder and breast cancer seen in patients taking an experimental diabetes pill from Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Fish placenta is unfavourable survival strategy
Fish with a placenta struggle to adapt to rapid changes in the food supply. They probably evolved in a stable, food-rich environment. As ecosystems change under the influence of humans, they are experiencing greater difficulty ...
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Researchers develop environmentally friendly process to improve storage stability of probiotics
Probiotic bacteria are rapidly gaining ground as healthy food supplements. However, the production of this "functional food" has its pitfalls: only few probiotic bacterial strains are robust enough to survive conventional ...
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Evidence of a natural origin for banned drug that plumps up livestock
There may be a natural solution to the mystery of how small amounts of a banned drug that disrupts thyroid function and plumps up livestock gets into their bodies — and the bodies of humans, scientists are reporting. ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Sleepiness may impair the brain's inhibitory control when viewing high-calorie foods
Daytime sleepiness may affect inhibitory control in the brain when viewing tantalizing, high-calorie foods, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Monday, June 13, in Minneapolis, Minn., at SLEEP 2011, the 25th ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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High doses of Alzheimer's drug Aricept should be banned, Public Citizen says
High doses of the Alzheimer's drug Aricept should be banned because they are no more effective than low doses and have a sharply increased risk of adverse effects, the advocacy group Public Citizen and a Johns Hopkins University ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 19, 2011 |
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Eat a protein-rich breakfast to reduce food cravings, prevent overeating later, researcher finds
A University of Missouri researcher has found that eating a healthy breakfast, especially one high in protein, increases satiety and reduces hunger throughout the day. In addition, using functional magnetic ...
May 19, 2011 |
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Study identifies neural activity linked to food addiction
Persons with an addictive-like eating behavior appear to have greater neural activity in certain regions of the brain similar to substance dependence, including elevated activation in reward circuitry in response to food ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Youth at risk for obesity show greater brain activity in response to food
Do people overeat because they experience less reward from eating or because they experience more reward from eating? In the March 23, 2011 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience Oregon Research Institute (ORI) senior scient ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Research examines vicious cycle of overeating and obesity
New research provides evidence of the vicious cycle created when an obese individual overeats to compensate for reduced pleasure from food.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 29, 2010 |
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