In addition to duck and amphibians moose and upland mammals use this habitat extensively. Having beaver on the landscape creates a lot of biodiversity.
which accounts for about 84%of meat production in Denmark. But the consumption in poultry and pets has increased also.
An increased occurrence of diarrhea in broilers in 2013 can partly explain the increased consumption of penicillins which are an effective treatment against diarrhea.
In 2010 Danish pork producers introduced a voluntary ban on the use of cephalosporins where other effective treatment options are available.
Therefore the viruses have not spread between zoos and the sources of the viruses were most likely wild-born elephant herdmates.
Root systems are essential to gathering water and nutrients but understanding what's happening in these unseen parts of the plants has depended until now mostly on lab studies and subjective field measurements.
The overall goal is to develop improved plants that can feed increasing numbers of people
Steve jobs swore by a fruit diet as he believed it improved his ideas. And he wasn't wrong:
It can be found in various kinds of fruit but also in soybeans spinach eggs and cottage cheese.
and foodstuffs Grã ndahl says. Grã ndahl points out that algae contain vitamins amino acids and minerals indeed the entire list of the periodic elements including iron.
and in recent years an interest in algae products in foodstuffs has increased in Sweden thanks in part to the popularity of Asian food culture.
Even spices and cooking oil can be produced by algae. The brown algae known as sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) for example contain up to three times as much sugar as sugar beet.
Of course it's unwise to burden the earth with oil palm and sugar beet cultivation when corresponding products can be produced in an ecologically sustainable way from algae explains Grã ndahl.
Algae may in the future be an ingredient of animal feed to replace the environmentally damaging fish meal
which is common in pig and poultry diets. Furthermore salmon today is fed with fishmeal from wild caught fish
Their lab research indicated that L. rhamnosus had a great affinity for binding toxic heavy metals Working with this knowledge the team hypothesized that regularly consuming this probiotic strain could prevent metals from being absorbed from the diet.
The researchers were excited by the potential of basic foodstuffs to provide preventative protection for pregnant women worldwide.
One paper finds that low water input does not affect rice growth as much as the levels of nutrients in soil can
But further efforts to produce even higher levels will be necessary to offset degradation of nutrients after harvest
which cause nutrients and carbon to cycle in ecosystems but there was little evidence that human-induced loss of these animals has effects at the level of the whole ecosystem on services such as agricultural yield said Mark Bradford an Associate professor at the Yale
Not all brands follow meat regulationsresearchers in Chapman University's Food Science Program have published just a study on pet food mislabeling.
and cats to identify meat species present as well as any instances of mislabeling. Of the 52 products tested 31 were labeled correctly 20 were mislabeled potentially
and one contained a nonspecific meat ingredient that could not be verified. Although regulations exist for pet foods increases in international trade
With the recent discovery of horsemeat in ground meat products sold for human consumption in several European countries finding horsemeat in U s. consumer food
Chicken was the most common meat species found in the pet food products. Pork was the second most common meat species detected
and beef turkey and lamb followed respectively. Goose was the least common meat species detected.
None of the products tested positive for horsemeat. Of the 20 potentially mislabeled products 13 were dog food
and 7 were cat food. Of these 20 16 contained meat species that were included not on the product label with pork being the most common undeclared meat species. In three of the cases of potential mislabeling one
or two meat species were substituted for other meat species. In the study DNA was extracted from each product and tested for the presence of eight meat species:
beef goat lamb chicken goose turkey pork and horse. Pet food safety was another area of concern particularly with pet foods that are formulated specifically to address food allergies in both cats and dogs continued Dr. Hellberg.
The pet food industry is a substantial market in the United states. Nearly 75 percent of U s. households own pets totaling about 218 million pets (not including fish.
On average each household spends $500 annually on their pets equating to about 1 percent of household expenditures.
In the past five years pet industry expenditures have increased by $10 billion with $21 billion spent on pet food alone in 2012.
The U s. Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary medicine regulates animal feed and pet foods. While the U s. Department of agriculture regulates the interstate transportation and processing of animal products as well as the inspection of animal product imports and exports.
#Chefs at schools can increase school meal participation, vegetable intake among studentsgourmet pizza in school?
According to a new Food and Brand Lab pilot study published in Appetite chef-made meals can increase participation in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) by 9%and overall selection and consumption of vegetables by 16%!
and Andrew Hanks Phd collected and analyzed school lunch sales and tray waste data before and after the event to determine its impact on student's food selection and consumption.
To comply with the NSLP requirements for a reimbursable meal each student must select one entrã e one milk and three sides.
The chef created five new NSLP compliant entree recipes: meat taco pizza bean taco pizza garlic spinach pizza meat lover's pizza and a mozzarella burger.
She also prepared a new prepackaged side salad. Each of these new items was offered as an optional alternative to the regular school lunch choices:
pizza or burger canned fruit and green beans broccoli and milk. Sales data indicated that after the introduction of the new chef-made items 9%more students bought NSLP compliant meals.
Tray waste data showed that the high school students ate about the same amount of their entrã e as they did before the new offerings were added;
however they actually ate 16%more of the selected vegetable sides-specifically the new salad.
The researchers speculate that this increase was due to the appealing pairing of pizza and salad.
Co-author Dr. Hanks notes that These findings suggest that Chefs Move to Schools has potential to offer a win-win opportunity for school lunch programs and for students.
CMTS can increase NSLP meal compliance and also potentially improve students'nutrition by increasing consumption of vegetables or other healthy sides that complement the main dish.
Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Cornell Food & Brand Lab. The original article was written by Katherine Baildon.
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#Plants prepackage beneficial microbes in their seedsplants have a symbiotic relationship with certain bacteria. These'commensal'bacteria help the pants extract nutrients
and defend against invaders--an important step in preventing pathogens from contaminating fruits and vegetables. Now scientists have discovered that plants may package their commensal bacteria inside of seeds;
Connoisseurs search for the precious delicacies near hazelnut trees oaks and some species of pine. This is because truffles grow in a symbiotic relationship with the trees.
#Preference for built-up habitats could explain rapid spread of tree bumblebee in UKTHE strikingly rapid spread of the Tree Bumblebee in Britain could be occurring
#No sign of health or nutrition problems from GMO livestock feed, study findsa new scientific review from the University of California Davis reports that the performance
and health of food-producing animals consuming genetically engineered feed first introduced 18 years ago has been comparable to that of animals consuming non-GE feed.
The review study also found that scientific studies have detected no differences in the nutritional makeup of the meat milk
or other food products derived from animals that ate genetically engineered feed. The review led by UC Davis animal scientist Alison Van Eenennaam examined nearly 30 years of livestock-feeding studies that represent more than 100 billion animals.
Today 19 genetically engineered plant species are approved for use in the United states including the major crops used extensively in animal feed:
alfalfa canola corn cotton soybean and sugar beet. Food-producing animals such as cows pigs goats chickens
and other poultry species now consume 70 to 90 percent of all genetically engineered crops according to the new UC Davis review.
Studies have shown continually that the milk meat and eggs derived from animals that have consumed GE feed are indistinguishable from the products derived from animals fed a non-GE diet Van Eenennaam said.
Therefore proposed labeling of animal products from livestock and poultry that have eaten GE feed would require supply-chain segregation
and traceability as the products themselves would not differ in any way that could be detected.
To avoid international trade disruptions it is critical that the regulatory approval process for genetically engineered products be established in countries importing these feeds at the same time that regulatory approvals are passed in the countries that are major exporters of animal feed Van Eenennaam said.
This will enable the launch of preventive measures at an earlier stage than before affecting the process of a cow contracting a disease and shortening the recovery time.
#Goats better than chemicals for curbing invasive marsh grassherbivores not herbicides may be the most effective way to combat the spread of one of the most invasive plants now threatening East Coast salt marshes a new Duke university-led
Land managers traditionally have used chemical herbicides to slow phragmites'spread but with only limited and temporary success. Now field experiments by researchers at Duke
and they gain access to free pasture land. Managers win because control costs are reduced. Communities and property owners win
#Sugars in the cornfield: Plants use defenses against pests, but they dont always worksugars are usually known as energy storage units in plants
But sugars may also be part of a deadly game of tag between plant and insect according to scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology.
Grasses and crops such as maize attach sugars to chemical defenses called benzoxazinoids to protect themselves from being poisoned by their own protective agents.
Then when an insect starts feeding a plant enzyme removes the sugar to deploy the active toxin.
When the researchers examined the frass of these pests â pests that cause enormous crop damage â they found the toxin with sugar still attached.
After the plant removes the sugar the insect reattaches it but in the opposite stereochemical configuration.
Attaching the sugar in the opposite configuration turns out to be a very simple but effective detoxification strategy
or detoxification of toxic substances Not only have contributed such adaptations to the vast diversification of insects in the course of evolution they also support the success of agricultural pests specialized on certain crop plants that jeopardize crop yields every year.
which cleaves DIMBOA-glucoside to release the sugar. The free DIMBOA formed as a result causes many insects to die
Caterpillars of the fall armyworm and two other Spodoptera species deploy a gut enzyme that catalyzes the attachment of a sugar to the toxic free DIMBOA.
The sugar group is reattached in a mirror-image orientation (forming a (2s)- DIMBOA-glucoside) so that the plant enzyme cannot remove it a second time.
-and nutrient-holding abilities of those poor soils today. Studies over the past decade have found that biochar soil amendments can
The study was led by Associate professor Rosemary Sherriff of Humboldt State university and involved Research Scientist Tania Schoennagel of CU-Boulder's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research CU-Boulder doctoral
Their study reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is the first to use biochemical approaches to confirm the hypothesis that microbes in the human gut can digest fiber breaking it down into simple sugars
in order to ferment them into nutrients that nourish human cells. These findings have significance for human health
but also for biofuels production since the same sugars can be fed to yeast to generate ethanol and other liquid fuels.
so that other enzymes can work on it to break it down into its unit sugars. Working with U. of I. biochemistry professor Satish Nair the researchers also noticed that the CBM put a kink in the fiber
so it can get to work breaking the bonds between the sugars. Further research is needed to confirm this hypothesis Cann said.
but dietary quality could be improveda new American Cancer Society study suggests that participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (SNAP) previously known as the food stamp program had lower dietary quality scores compared with income eligible nonparticipants.
and households with the resources to obtain a nutritionally adequate diet. In 2013 approximately 47.6 million individuals or about one in seven Americans participated in the program.
The 2014 Farm bill included several provisions aimed at facilitating and encouraging SNAP participants to eat healthier including requiring SNAP retailers to carry foods from a range of food groups
and vegetables seafood and plant proteins and had higher intake of empty calories. The groups had comparable scores on intakes of whole grains refined grain total dairy total protein fatty acid and sodium.
The results suggest a need for interventions that encourage a healthier diet among SNAP participants in general
and followed a healthy diet with a regular consumption of fruits vegetables legumes nuts reduced-fat dairy products whole grains and fish.
and lay eggs in the pest insectâ#said Dr. Michael Kolomiets Texas A&m Agrilife Research plant pathologist in College Station.
and lay eggs in the caterpillarâ##s body. â#oewe have proven that when you delete these volatiles parasitic wasps are attracted no longer to that planteven
volatiles in other grassy crops such as sorghum. â#oethis is just a tip of the iceberg.
Barton grew plots of soybeans in alfalfa fields protecting some with wind blocks and leaving others in the open.
and bend them--a stilled soybean plant represented a smorgasbord for the lady beetle. How do you do your duty as a predator if you're entire world is moving around?
and beans peanuts clover and lupins--to see how it was represented in the seed bank.
and red sorghum grain in Somalia says the report. It notes that children under five accounted for over half of all deaths in Somalia.
The meat of affected animals is not suitable for consumption and must be disposed of. The disease usually manifests two to three years after the initial infection.
and peanuts have the ability to prosper in nitrogen-poor soil environments thanks to an ingenious adaptation:
and the fishing industry new research links short-term reductions in growth and reproduction of marine animals off the California coast to increasing variability in the strength of coastal upwelling currents--currents that supply nutrients
Along the west coast of North america winds lift deep nutrient-rich water into sunlit surface layers fueling vast phytoplankton blooms that ultimately support fish seabirds and marine mammals.
when it comes to eating healthier at schoolthe research suggests a parent's educational attainment an indicator of socioeconomic status may inform a child's diet.
Higher priced products like vegetables may not be the food that gets packed first for vulnerable families that need to make tough choices about school lunches.
They simulated the impact of climate change on agricultural production over the course of the 21st century
and animal feed owing to rising demand for meat and the expansion of land use for the production of bioenergy says Zabel Story Source:
and market foods that will help individuals reduce the energy density in their diets and better manage body weight.
Examples of foods high in energy density that can lead to consumption of excess calories include those high in sugar like ice cream
and those high in fat including deep-fried foods such as French fries and cheese. Foods low in energy density
and recommended for a healthy diet are those that have a high amount of nutrients per serving including fruits and vegetables nonfat milk whole grains and fish and other lean proteins.
As detailed in the position statement a diet reduced in energy density can accommodate a wide range of eating patterns
and can support a lifestyle that includes a healthy well-balanced diet for weight management. A key component to reduced energy density is the amount of water in our food
which are high in water content than after eating 100 calories of pretzels. This is because the fruit provides about 13 times more food by weight than the pretzels.
A successful effort to improve the food environment by food and beverage companies is detailed in the research conducted by TOS members Shu Wen Ng Phd
fats oils and dressings and; carbonated soft drinks. In a second study published in the same issue researchers tie the effort back to a decline in the calorie content of purchases by American families
and the hot dry climate in central Spain and parts of Australia Africa and Asia hamper the spread of the slugs.
which corn plants took up key nutrients at specific ratios--nitrogen and phosphorus at a ratio of 5-to-1 and nitrogen and potassium at a ratio of 1-to-1. These nutrient uptake ratios were associated with high yields regardless of the region where the corn was grown.
and achieve food security without providing adequate and balanced nutrients. While corn producers in the U s. have relied long on nitrogen fertilizers to improve yields they should not overlook other nutrients such as potassium
and phosphorus Vyn said. Growers need to be concerned as about the amount of potassium available to their plants as they are about nitrogen he said.
and climate--around the world are the inaccessibility and cost of fertilizers and the inherent nutrient deficiencies of soils in many regions in
The more fertilizer applied the more difficult it becomes to extract the same percentage of the nutrients in the corn.
On a per-plant basis corn plants are not taking up more nutrients than they were said in the past Ciampitti.
Still growers need to keep an eye on the amount of nutrients removed at harvest to ensure soil nutrient levels don't drop to the point where future yields could suffer Vyn said.
Small serving beneficial, large not necessarya daily small serve of dairy food may reduce the risk of heart disease or stroke even in communities where such foods have not traditionally formed part of the diet.
Milk and other dairy foods are recognised as providing a broad spectrum of nutrients essential for human health.
But Taiwanese who included dairy food in their diet only three to seven times a week were more likely to survive than those who ate none.
a cup of milk or 45 grams of cheese. Such quantities rarely cause trouble even for people considered to be lactose intolerant Professor Wahlqvist said.
#More cheese, please! News study shows dairy is good for your metabolic healthdairy is considered part of a healthy diet
and dietary guidelines recommend the daily consumption of 2-4 portions of milk-based products such as milk yogurt cheese cream and butter.
It's well known that dairy products contain calcium and minerals good for bones but new research has shown that dairy consumption may also have beneficial effects on metabolic health
Trans-palmitoleic acid is naturally present in milk cheese yogurt butter and meat fat but cannot be synthetized by the body.
This fatty acid has been shown recently to have health-promoting effects. In this study that trans-palmitoleic acid level was related to lower blood pressure in men and women and to lower body weight in men.
#Whats for dinner? Rapidly identifying undescribed species in a commercial fungi packetfor lovers of wild foods autumn harks a season of bounty.
and their mysterious not quite-meat not quite-vegetable qualities that belie an almost otherworldly existence. But are the mushrooms
whose intended destiny was more likely a rich risotto than a DNA sequencer. Some of the most sought-after of wild mushrooms are the sweet and nutty Boletus edulis
Indeed high intakes of red meat and meat products have been shown to increase the risk of T2d.
In this new study the authors aimed to examine intakes of main dietary fat sources classified according to fat content and their association with risk of developing T2d.
The study included 26 930 individuals (60%women) aged 45-74 years from the population-based Malmã Diet and Cancer cohort.
Dietary data was collected with a modified diet history method. During 14 years of follow up 2860 incident T2d cases were identified.
High intakes of meat and meat products were regardless of fat content associated with increased risk
but the increased risk was higher for lower fat meats (increased risk of type 2 diabetes for high fat meats 9%for low fat 24%)both referring to the risk
%The highest consuming group for the high-fat meat had 90g or more per day and for the low-fat meat 80g per day.
Meat intake was associated with increased risk of developing diabetes regardless of fat content. She adds:
Early detection of the pest in traps such as ours can help in coordinating management strategies to slow its spread
and most other living things it became polyploid with in the case of bread wheat seven sets of six related chromosomes.
Without this gene it would be more like sugar cane where it is a mess in the nucleus
which the creation of the Vuoksi River played in the simultaneous spread of the most significant culture in our prehistory.
Another factor in the changes may have been the near-simultaneous spread of eastern spruce trees which continue to be the dominant tree in the area.
The spread of typical Pit-Comb Ware culture to the Saimaa region is related to the wider phenomenon of the Stone age population maximum
because they reported strong and frequent cravings for chocolate and potato chips. Such appetitive calorie-dense snack foods are implicated often in the development of obesity.
After theta-burst stimulation the women reported stronger food cravings--specifically for appetitive milk chocolate and potato chips.
During a subsequent taste test they consumed more of these foods rather than alternative less-appetitive foods (dark chocolate and soda crackers.
In conditions such as type 2 diabetes where healthy dietary habits are essential for effective disease control Interventions focused on enhancing DLPFC activity through aerobic exercise
or other means may result in increased dietary self-control and subsequently improve disease management Dr Hall
The single-walled carbon nanotubes in new fibers created at Rice line up like a fistful of uncooked spaghetti through a process designed by chemist Angel Martã and his colleagues.
and 54 patients in Arm 3 received one lozenge consisting of 10 ml of dehydrated Manuka honey four times per day.
so that patients can continue eating their normal diet said lead study author Lawrence Berk MD chief of radiation oncology Morsani School of medicine at the University of South Florida Tampa.
because it does have a high sugar load. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO.
Is the methane contamination observed in drinking water a precursor to other toxins--arsenic various salts radioactive radium
The FFDAS uses information from satellite feeds national fuel accounts and a new global database on power plants to create high-resolution planetary maps.
Plant parasitic nematodes are microorganisms that feed on the nutrients absorbed by the roots of plants;
According to Carrion Villarnovo funding opportunities were sought and the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) through the Sectoral Innovation Fund was the organization that supported the project.
She also mentiones that the science team at INECOL also works in changing habits and customs of farmers that favor the introduction and spread of agricultural pests and diseases mainly in the region of the Cofre de Perote;
and meat-rich diets said Gretchen Daily the Bing Professor in Environmental science at Stanford and senior author on the paper.
They then analyzed the species spread across those types of places and calculated phylogenetic diversity in each.
and have very specific needs such as diet that can only be met in those environments. The researchers also outline a theory that human agriculture is simply tipping the scale in favor of species that trace their origin to similar conditions.
A particular worry is unaddressed that the need for management of evolution that spans multiple sectors will lead to the spread of new infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance genes between natural human health and agricultural systems.
In countries where mother's diets contain more omega-6 the beneficial effects of DHA seem to be reduced.
Since there is never a free lunch those big brains need lots of extra building materials--most importantly they need omega-3 fatty acids especially DHA.
But because diets vary from place to place for their study Gaulin and his co-author William D. Lassek M d. a professor at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate school of Public health
and the bad fat--in diets in 50 countries by examining published studies of the fatty acid profiles of women's breast milk.
and from the local diet available to their mothers and to them after they are weaned.
At that time we weren't trying to identify the dietary cause explained Gaulin. We found that this depot that has been elaborated evolutionarily in women is important to building a good brain.
Now the researchers are looking at diet as the key to brain-building fat since mothers need to acquire these fats in the first place.
because our current agribusiness-based diets provide very low levels of DHA--among the lowest in the world.
That's one reason margarine became so popular. But the polyunsaturated fats that were increased were the ones with omega-6 not omega-3.
Gaulin added that mayonnaise is in general the most omega-6-laden food in the average person's refrigerator.
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