News tagged with pinto beans


Pinto beans.

Culprit Compounds That Block Beans' Healthful Iron Probed

Biology / Other

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Familiar beans like reds, whites and pintos are rich in iron, a nutrient essential for our health. But not all of the little legumes' treasure trove of iron is bioaccessible -- that is, available ...


Nutritionists show what beans are worth

Nutritionists show what beans are worth

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 03, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Consider a natural alternative the next time you reach for that cupcake or soda as an afternoon snack. This snack leaves you feeling full, gives you energy, and simultaneously fights “bad”—LDL—cholesterol.





Search results for pinto beans


Harry and David recall espresso beans

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of approximately 66,500 bags of Harry and David-brand espresso beans due to a labeling error.


Dry beans inhibit development of mammary cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As the world seeks new ways to prevent and treat chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer, more research continues to be conducted on the benefits of certain foods in reducing people's risk of contracting ...


Canned green beans are recalled

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 02, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported a nationwide recall Thursday of French Style Green Beans sold under various brand names.


Depressed people have trouble learning 'good things in life'

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- While depression is often linked to negative thoughts and emotions, a new study suggests the real problem may be a failure to appreciate positive experiences.


Iron overload: An important co-factor in the development of liver disease in alcoholics

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alcohol and iron are believed to have a synergistic effect in the development of liver injury. Furthermore, alcohol enhances iron absorption. Primary hemochromatosis is a genetic disorder, mostly resulting from mutations ...


Evidence from dirty teeth: Ancient Peruvians ate well

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Starch grains preserved on human teeth reveal that ancient Peruvians ate a variety of cultivated crops including squash, beans, peanuts and the fruit of cultivated pacay trees.


Genes involved in coffee quality have been identified

Biology /

created Feb 06, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

To maintain their incomes, growers are increasingly banking on producing quality coffee. However, improving coffee beverage quality means knowing more about the biological processes - flowering, fruit ripening, etc - that ...


Discovered key gene for the formation of new neurons

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discovered a gene - called AP2gamma - crucial for the neural development of the visual cortex, in a discovery that can have implications for the therapeutics of neural regeneration as well as provide new clues ...


A giant sable antelope

Once feared extinct, Angolan sable wins new hope for survival

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

They are Angola's national symbol and the nickname for the country's football team -- yet fewer than 100 are believed still alive.


DNA Fingerprinting Identifies Bean in Patent Dispute

Biology /

created May 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A UC Davis plant scientist played a key role in settling a controversial intellectual property dispute that resulted in the recent rejection of a nine-year-old U.S. patent for a common yellow bean that originated in Mexico.



List of search results for pinto beans