Women entered into the cohort approximately two years after their breast cancer diagnosis. At the beginning of the study 1893 women completed a self-administered food-frequency questionnaire
The women were asked how often they consumed dairy foods during the previous year; what portion sizes they generally consumed;
And only one in four young persons in the study was getting the recommended amount of dairy said Margarita Teran-Garcia a U of I professor of food science and human nutrition.
In the study 339 Mexican college applicants filled out a food frequency questionnaire and were evaluated then for metabolic syndrome risk factors.
Luckily choline can be found in common foods especially eggs and meat products including bacon. Story Source:
and has sought not Food and Drug Administration approval for these products as required by law said study co-author Gregory Connolly director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control at HSPH and professor of the practice of public health in the Department of Social and Behavioral
#Goats milk with antimicrobial lysozyme speeds recovery from diarrheamilk from goats that were modified genetically to produce higher levels of a human antimicrobial protein has proved effective in treating diarrhea in young pigs demonstrating the potential for food products from transgenic animals to one
Many developing parts of the world rely on livestock as a main source of food said James Murray a UC Davis animal science professor and lead researcher on the study.
Alexander Werth from Hampden-Sydney College USA explains that no one knew how the hairy substance actually traps morsels of food.'
He publishes his discovery that baleen is a highly mobile material that tangles in flowing water to form the perfect net for trapping food particles at natural whale swimming speeds in The Journal of Experimental Biology.
#and Werth explains that the plates are worn continually away by the tongue to form bristly food-trapping fringes on the tongue-edge of each plate.
In experiments with a mouse model of human immune function the scientists vaccinated mice for listeria a common bacterium that causes food-borne illness
IPM focuses on eliminating the cause of pest infestations by minimizing access to food water hiding places
what's there in terms of food and light and moisture he said. Mycelia can take in nutrients from available organic materials like wood
and use them as food and the fungus is able to grow as a result.
and other foods and now we know they also smoked tobacco--the earliest known usage in the Pacific Northwest according to a new University of California Davis study.
A new study published in the International Journal of Food Microbiology investigated whether contaminated water used to dilute pesticides could be a source of hnov.
and other strategies to boost levels within the country's food. Leading the study was Dr Martin Broadley of the University's School of Biosciences he said:
It is of course feasible for people to diversity their diets to increase the consumption of other selenium-rich foods such as meat poultry fish
and vegetables in school meals may give a small boost to the amount of these foods in adolescents'diets according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive medicine.
Mississippi and other southern states have been aggressive about improving school foods as a means of combating obesity Taber said.
The cucumber Family cucurbitaceae includes many of our favorite foods: pumpkins melon cucumber watermelon bottle gourds and bitter gourd.
and traditional foods says Research Professor Bruce Forbes University of Lapland Rovaniemi Finland. They will also impact the global community through changes in regulatory ecosystem services relating to emissions of greenhouse gases.
and availability of food and all food on land comes first from plants says Dr. Scott Goetz Deputy Director
#Celebrity endorsement encourages children to eat junk fooda study by the University of Liverpool has found that celebrity endorsement of a food product encourages children to eat more of the endorsed product.
and credibility for a brand and celebrities are used frequently in television advertising to induce children to try foods.
and a non-food context--on the choice and intake of the endorsed snack product over the same product offered as a non-branded snack item.
and their appearance in other contexts prompts unhealthy food intake then this would mean that the more prominent the celebrity the more detrimental the effects on children's diets.
Forsberg said using Enviropigs could improve food production and the environment. When transgenic food animals are accepted by consumers the Enviropig perhaps would be one of the first innovations to be introduced into swine production said Forsberg.
We have demonstrated that the gene can be transferred by breeding through many generations in a stable fashion.
Through community-based kitchen garden programs particularly those with dedicated cooking components schools are successfully introducing students to healthier foods.
and then cooking the foods that kids grew increased their willingness to try new foods.
and appreciating new foods. She said The program introduced children to new ingredients and tastes and within a short time almost all children were prepared to at least try a new dish.
Teachers at several schools also reported that they had seen a noticeable improvement in the nutritional quality of the food that children had been bringing to school for snacks
Petra Staiger Phd co-investigator from Deakin University added Data and class observations also suggested that the social environment of the class increased children's willingness to try new foods.
For school gardens this study emphasizes the other half of the equation to growing the food in school gardens
which is the third most important food crop in the world today. Although the potato was domesticated probably
where the rain forest supplies more food the influence of the dominant male increases. In order to escape his attention many other males remain small.
As there is more food available in the jungle on Sumatra than in the forests of Borneo the dominant male has sufficient time to keep a close watch over the females in his environment
which the smaller ones never prevail the advantages of developmental arrest disappear The fact that food supply in the forest has such a strong impact on the mating behaviour of the orangutan came as a surprise to Dunkel.
Eighty-seven percent of the world's flowering plants including most of the leading global food crops are pollinated by animals.
Because swamp forests often lack food sources fresh water and easy mobility few mammals are exclusive to these areas Nowak reported.
The bees still have food plants are still getting pollinator service. But the service has declined the network's structure is weaker
The study is financed by Germany's Federal Ministry of Food Agriculture and Consumer Protection and by the Federal Program for Organic agriculture and Other Forms of Sustainable agriculture (Bundesprogramm Ãologischer Landbau und andere Formen
This has led to a realization that increased production of biofuels must take place on so-called marginal land acreage not suitable for growing food crops but capable of growing switch grass Indian beech trees and Barbados nut trees.
and in multiple sites indicates this domesticated food crop was grown widely in the area and constituted a major portion of the local diet
and food sources into the forest as well as by physically altering and fragmenting habitat. These changes can have myriad impacts including altered species behavior
In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics researchers determined that small inexpensive changes to school cafeterias influenced the choice and consumption of healthier foods.
and consuming healthier foods even when confronted with less healthy options. These simple changes could also be effective in the cafeterias of other organizations including hospitals companies and retirement homes.
Bees communicate visually using precise waggles to indicate sources of foods to their peers; other primates can make a range of sounds comprising warnings about predators and other messages.
and the U s. but may be prevented with gradually introducing gluten-containing foods to breast-feeding infants according to a comprehensive study led by researchers at Ume㥠University.
and the U s. but may be prevented with gradually introducing gluten-containing foods to breast-feeding infants according to a comprehensive study led by researchers at Ume㥠University.
They propose amendments to EU Directive 2001/18 to allow pharmaceutical products from GM plants to be commercialised without needing authorisation to enter the human food or animal feed chain.
Instead the scientists say they should be grown under clearly defined and enforced conditions to keep the food and animal feed chain'contamination free'.
Discovering how microbes collaborate to improve the hardiness of plants is a key to sustainable agriculture that can help meet increasing food demands
and climate change is also affecting our ability to grow enough food and food shortages can lead to unrest and wars.
Population growth makes this research important as well Roossinck added. The global population is heading toward 9 billion
or succumb later from lack of food and shelter or increased predation. In Australia for instance the koala is especially vulnerable to wildfires that consume the tree canopy as the animals are slow-moving
#Masked mold toxins in food should be included in safety regulationsgovernment limits on mold toxins present naturally in grain crops should be expanded to include so-called masked mycotoxins that change from harmless to potentially harmful forms in the body a new
Government regulations thus limit levels of mycotoxins that are permissible in food and animal feed.
Rice is the staple food of over three billion people. Because the rice plant is highly efficient at absorbing arsenic from soil
For Bangladeshis rice is their staple food and they consume on average half a kilogram of rice daily.
and other communities where rice is a staple food but it is important to encourage a more balanced diet that is less dependent on rice#Haris explains.
#oethis type of rice could be used in infant foods instead of rice with higher arsenic concentrations.
It could also benefit people suffering from celiac disease who consume rice-based foods on a regular basis. Therefore it is essential that further research on aromatic rice from different parts of Bangladesh
and his team managed to remove the ability of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa microorganism to resist the antibiotic medication tetracycline by limiting its access to food and oxygen.
and the associated antibiotic-resistant genes that find their way into the ground water and ultimately the food supply.
#Dark chocolate and red wine the food of love and healthif you want to keep your true love's heart beating strong Susan Ofria clinical nutrition manager at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital said the real
food of love is dark chocolate and red wine. In moderation red wine and dark chocolate are good health choices not just on Valentine's day but for any occasion.
or was used it for food production? It was a time of great social change so we were keen to roll back the turf to see what we could find.
Other food sources include beans nuts some shellfish whole grains fortified cereals and dairy products. The nutrient is also available in supplement form.
and officials to determine similarities and differences of perspectives on biodiversity in changing farming and food systems.
In recent years several prominent summits on ecological concerns have identified biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems as a major sustainability issue with implications for food security conservation health and well-being and adaptation
and peoples'livelihoods there that will ultimately determine the fate of humankind's global centers of biodiversity and agrobiodiversity in particular--unequalled and unique types of many major food plants as well as minor and increasingly familiar ones.
Women farmers food-preparers and small-scale commercial processors are vitally important as those responsible for a majority of the management
That's the conclusion of an article in the ACS'Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
and it is added to various food products to improve their characteristics such as texture. Overall consumption of wheat flour also has increased so that people in 2000 consumed 2. 9 pounds more gluten annually than in 1970 nearly a 25 percent increase.
and the pest requires a cycad plant for food. The insect's recent invasion to the island of Guam has endangered the island's endemic cycad species. Local biologists introduced a voracious beetle predator to the island to eat the scale insects
Our results have shown also that Ceo2 nanoparticles can be taken up by food crops when present in the soil.
#Exposure to pesticides in food, air and water increases risk of type 2 diabetes, study findsa study led by the University of Granada reveals that there is a direct relationship between the presence of Persistent Organic Pollutants
A study conducted at the University of Granada has revealed that there is a direct relationship between exposure to pesticides (Persistent Organic Pollutants CPOS) in food air and water and prevalence of type 2 diabetes in adults regardless
These compounds penetrate the body mainly through food but also through air or the skin. According to professor Arrebola the mechanism of action by which COPS increases the risk of diabetes is still unknown.
The findings published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences show that grooming helps insects maintain acute olfactory senses that are responsible for a host of functions including finding food sensing danger and even
The research was supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture the U s. Department of agriculture the National Science Foundation and the Blanton J. Whitmire Endowment at NC State.
and after more than a decade of research on improving the enrichment process have started to distribute omega-3 enriched ground beef to retailers and food vendors.
The ground beef is part of the company's line of omega-3 enriched foods which includes pork chicken cheese milk butter and ice cream.
It will be the first ground beef to carry the U s. Food and Drug Administration's seal of approval for containing omega-3 fatty acids.
Although the plastic may not kill the chicks directly it reduces their food intake which leads to dehydration
Called corn by most people in North america modern variants of the Zea mays plant are among the indispensable food crops that feed billions of the planet's people.
As global population soars beyond 6 billion and heads for an estimated 8 to 9 billion by mid-century efforts to boost yields of essential food crops takes on ever greater potential significance.
or allele associated with higher kernel yield with the best maize lines used in today's food crops to ask
Dairy foods provide several important nutrients that are beneficial for bone health says lead author Shivani Sahni Ph d. Musculoskeletal Research Team IFAR.
and sodium) and whether individual dairy foods have a significant impact in reducing fractures. IFAR researchers based their findings on data collected from a food frequency questionnaire completed by 3212 participants from the Framingham Offspring study.
They then compared participants'dairy intake with BMD measurement which revealed the benefits of milk and yogurt versus cream in largely middle-aged men and women.
According to the study nutrient composition varies among dairy foods. Choosing low-fat milk or yogurt over cream can increase intake of protein calcium and Vitamin d while limiting intake of saturated fats.
Dogs caring for orphaned kittens chimps sharing food or dolphins nudging injured mates to the surface.
We found that endosperm that does not share the same father as the embryo does not hand over as much food--it appears to be acting less cooperatively.
When the endosperm gives all of its food to the embryo and then dies it doesn't get more altruistic than that.
and away from other competing carnivores such as lions and the new study shows that the birds will go to considerable lengths to find food crossing multiple state boundaries with each bird on average ranging across an area twice the size of England.
We found that young vultures travel much further than we ever imagined to find food sometimes moving more than 220 kilometres a day.
The vultures may actively avoid parks with numerous large mammal predators due to competition for food
We found evidence that individual birds were attracted to'vulture restaurants'where carrion is regularly put out as an extra source of food for vultures
The provision of an uncontaminated supply of food research into veterinary practices and education for farmers could all be part of a future solution
The other group was given 10g 40g and 10g of these same foods respectively for a total of 195 calories.
and were asked to fill out surveys to rate the liking familiarity and boredom with the food.
and craving before the food was presented and fifteen minutes after the taste tests ended. The results remarkably showed that smaller portion sizes are capable of providing similar feelings of satisfaction as larger ones.
Those given larger portions consumed 77%more food amounting to 103 calories more but they did not feel any appetite enhancing or stronger feelings of satiety than the group with the smaller portions.
While larger portions result in increased food intake smaller portions may make you feel equally satisfied.
and desire that would help people limit their food intake. So next time you are craving a snack food remember that you can feel similarly satisfied with one handful as you would with two!
The above story is provided based on materials by Cornell Food & Brand Lab. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.
or delay amyotrophic lateral sclerosisnew research suggests that increased consumption of foods containing colorful carotenoids particularly beta-carotene
#oeunderstanding the impact of food consumption on ALS development is important. Our study is one of the largest to date to examine the role of dietary antioxidants in preventing ALS.#
A total of 1093 ALS cases were identified after excluding subjects with unlikely food consumption. The team found that a greater total carotenoid intake was linked to reduced risk of ALS.
Dr. Ascherio concludes#oeour findings suggest that consuming carotenoid-rich foods may help prevent or delay the onset of ALS.
Further food-based analyses are needed to examine the impact of dietary nutrients on ALS.##Story Source:
#Eating deep-fried food linked to increased risk of prostate cancerregular consumption of deep-fried foods such as French fries fried chicken
While previous studies have suggested that eating foods made with high-heat cooking methods such as grilled meats may increase the risk of prostate cancer this is the first study to examine the addition of deep frying to the equation.
and/or doughnuts at least once a week were increased at an risk of prostate cancer as compared to men who said they ate such foods less than once a month.
or more of these foods at least weekly had increased an risk of prostate cancer that ranged from 30 to 37 percent.
Weekly consumption of these foods was associated also with a slightly greater risk of more aggressive prostate cancer.
when calculating the association between eating deep-fried foods and prostate cancer risk. The link between prostate cancer and select deep-fried foods appeared to be limited to the highest level of consumption--defined in our study as more than once a week--which suggests that regular consumption of deep-fried foods confers particular risk for developing prostate
cancer Stanford said. Deep frying may trigger formation of carcinogens in food Possible mechanisms behind the increased cancer risk Stanford hypothesizes include the fact that
when oil is heated to temperatures suitable for deep frying potentially carcinogenic compounds can form in the fried food.
They include acrylamide (found in carbohydrate-rich foods such as French fries) heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (chemicals formed
when meat is cooked at high temperatures) aldehyde (an organic compound found in perfume) and acrolein (a chemical found in herbicides).
Foods cooked with high heat also contain high levels of advanced glycation endproducts or AGES
Deep-fried foods are among the highest in AGE content. A chicken breast deep fried for 20 minutes contains more than nine times the amount OF AGES as a chicken breast boiled for an hour for example.
Participants were asked to fill out a dietary questionnaire about their usual food intake including specific deep-fried foods.
The first study of its kind To the best of our knowledge this is the first study to look at the association between intake of deep-fried food
However deep-fried foods have previously been linked to cancers of the breast lung pancreas head and neck and esophagus.
Because deep-fried foods are eaten primarily outside the home it is possible that the link between these foods
The research is published in a recent issue of the journal Food Chemistry. Failla and colleagues asked 14 healthy individuals between the ages of 21 and 55 years to collect saliva in the morning before they had eaten breakfast
The extent of the pigment degradation in saliva was primarily a function of the chemical structure of a given anthocyanin said Failla also an investigator in Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center and Food Innovation Center.
The bacteria are converting compounds that are present in the foods into metabolites Failla said.
If anthocyanins are the actual health-promoting compound you would want to design food products confectionaries and gels containing mixtures of anthocyanins that are stable in the mouth.
Monica Giusti and Ken Riedl of the Department of Food Science and Technology; Chureeporn Chitchumroonchokchai of the Department of Human Nutrition;
All but Morenocruz are also investigators in the Food Innovation Center. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Ohio State university.
It also reveals clues on how the sequence can be useful to crop improvement for sustainable and resilient food production toward improved livelihoods of smallholder farmers particularly in marginal environments of Asia and Sub-saharan africa.
Chickpea is the second largest cultivated grain food legume in the world grown in about 11.5 million hectares mostly by resource poor farmers in the semiarid tropics.
With obesity in pets on the rise it is important for pet owners to factor in not only their dog's food but also treats and table food Freeman added.
Collaborators in OSU's food science and technology department assisted in turning milk into butter and fresh cheese
Many consumers already show a willingness to pay extra for value-added foods like omega-3 enriched milk he said.
Their results were published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. In another study they investigated how HLB infection affects juice quality in the same three varieties of orange with respect to cultivar maturity and processing methods.
Those results were published in the Journal of Food Science. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by USDA/Agricultural research service.
whose populations tend to be regular around some average abundance based on food weather and other external factors says Matt Ayres a professor in the Department of Biological sciences at Dartmouth and senior author on the paper.
Department of psychology researcher Dr Tamlin Conner and Dr Caroline Horwath and Bonnie White from Otago's Department of Human Nutrition investigated the relationship between day-to-day emotions and food consumption.
A total of 281 young adults (with a mean age of 20 years) completed an internet-based daily food diary for 21 consecutive days.
and dried fruit) vegetables (excluding juices) and several categories of unhealthy foods like biscuits/cookies potato crisps and cakes/muffins.
The results showed a strong day-to-day relationship between more positive mood and higher fruit and vegetable consumption but not other foods.
or eating healthier foods--Dr Conner and her team ran additional analyses and found that eating fruits
and wine appears in ACS'Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Yoji Hayasaka and colleagues point out that Australia
This is the case according to researchers of the Regional Service of Agro-Food Research and development in their first monographic study tackling the global impact of this species. A study from the Regional Service of Agro-Food Research and development (SERIDA
According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United nations (FAO) nowadays the largest number of goats can be found in the poorest of countries and especially those
If food is hard to find nobody gets fat obesity predisposition or not. A few years ago Butte and his associates designed an approach analogous to the GWAS:
#First Global Assessment of Land and Water#Grabbing As world food and energy demands grow nations
and some corporations increasingly are looking to acquire quality agricultural land for food production. Some nations are gaining land by buying up property--and accompanying water resources--in other generally less wealthy countries.
which has intensified in the last four years largely in response to a 2007-08 increase in world food prices.
and effort foraging for food often increasing leaf consumption when their search is quite literally fruitless.
and the monkeys will naturally revert to'fallback'foods including leaves when fruit is scarce.
The traditional view was that the leaves exploited by howler monkeys were an abundant food source
and when turning to foliage for food--as they are forced increasingly to do--they have to be highly selective in the leaves they consume visiting lots of different trees.
Coupled with work at Rothamsted Research where the National Willow Collection is held the new results will help scientists to grow biofuel crops in climatically challenging conditions where the options for growing food crops are limited
therefore minimising conflicts of food versus fuel. About Willow Treestraditionally grown for wicker furniture and baskets and an ancient medicinal plant
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