The virtues of tea multiply by the year with scientists across the
world unveiling new health benefits of this global beverage.
Researchers in the US report this week that extracts from white tea
may be able to protect the skin from...
Four European research institutes have joined forces to found a new
research association that aims to encourage, co-ordinate and
disseminate research in the field of organic food and health.
Supplementing the diet with the fatty acid conjugated linoleic acid
(CLA) may lead to better weight control and disease management in
diabetics, suggest results from a small US study.
News to delight dairy manufacturers and dismay opponents to
genetically modified foods arrived this week with publication of a
new study that reveals protein-rich milk from not only cloned but
also genetically modified cows could...
As each day passes it would seem that new initiatives are taking
place in the western world to tackle the increasing problem of
obesity and diabetes. This week George W. Bush, US president,
announced that the fiscal year 2004 budget...
As agriculture and environment ministers at a European and national
level discuss the potential impact of proposed changes to the
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - and in particular the efficacy
of initiatives to encourage sustainable...
The stability of failure in single dough bubble walls is related
directly to the extensional strain hardening properties of the
dough and that strain hardening plays an important role in the
stabilisation of bubble walls during baking.,...
Anyone who has visited the United States will have witnessed the
generous portions that regale the multitude of eateries. But
according to new research to come out of the States, this is in
fact a new phenomenon, and one which has...
Key findings of a new survey from the Department of Health in the
UK reveal that the government and the food industry still have a
long way to go before the UK population has registered the
five-a-day message.
European researchers involved in the Eurobesity project are
assessing the candidate genes that might be involved in obesity to
find out why some people prefer a high-fat diet and others do not.
New evidence suggests that reducing fat intake during puberty,
already an obession among many western girls, could help lower the
risk of breast cancer later on.
The acuity of senses like taste and smell, essential for our
enjoyment of food and drink, decreases with age. Such changes in
sensory capacities will clearly have an impact on the choice the
older consumer makes with regards to their...
Can heart disease be caused by vitamin D deficiency? According to
researchers from the University of Bonn in Germany, who have been
studying the causes of cardiac failure, very possibly so. They
report on a link between severity of...
The makers of the market leading energy drink Red Bull have
introduced a sugar-free version to the UK market this month. The
company claims it is the first global energy drink brand to address
the growing consumer demand for diet...
The Ministry of Science and Technology in Thailand has declared
2003 the year of biotechnology with the aim of improving the
quality of certain food products.
Having a drink at least three times a week may help protect men
from heart attacks, report researchers in the US in this week's
New England Journal of Medicine. The observational study,
which tracked the drinking habits of nearly...
Strong evidence emerges that shows obesity and being overweight in
adulthood are linked to a significant decrease in life expectancy,
according to new research from the United States.
Researchers studying rice genomes under a National Science
Foundation Plant Genome Research Program award have identified the
species' first active DNA transposons, or "jumping genes."
A £3 million (€4.6m) pilot research facility for new food product
development will be managed by Food Knowledge & Know-how (FKK)
of Reading Scientific Services following a new agreement with the
University of Reading.
Genetically modified potatoes, developed to tackle malnutrition
among poor Indian children, are in the final stages of testing,
according to a report in the journal New Scientist.
No more deep-fried chocolate bars, fry-ups and shortbread for the
Scots. A major new long term campaign, launched yesterday by the
Scottish government, will seek to improve the diet of the Scots in
a bid to combat the nation's...
Good news for post-Christmas bingeing blues - a new study reveals
that moderate beer drinking could lower heart attack risk.
According to a group of Israeli researchers, a beer a day may help
keep heart attacks away.
As consumerism continues on its upward curve, new figures released
this week show that obesity and diabetes epidemics continued to
escalate in 2001. In just over ten years, obesity has increased by
more that 70 per cent in the US.
This week people across the world will be indulging in one of the
wonders of nature's waters - oysters. Unfortunately, for a handful
of people each year the pleasure can be disastrous if they become
infected by a deadly bacteria...
Scientists at the University of Southampton in the UK have received
funding to study whether genes can influence the benefits gained by
some people from dietary antioxidants. The team is hoping to find
out why some people benefit...
Research carried out at the Texas A&M university shows how
increasing the pressure during the milk homogenisation process
could improve dairy industry consumer products of tomorrow, claim
scientists this week.
A variety of wheat from ancient Persia has been used to
successfully breed the world's first salt-tolerant durum wheat
variety, writes the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) this week.
In a move to boost industry research and enhance nutritional
applications of wheat and other major cereal crops, chemical giant
DuPont announced this week that it is making proprietary wheat
genome data available to public and private...
Canadian biopharmaceutical company Forbes Medi-Tech this week
reports on study results showing that chocolate, containing its
cholesterol-lowering phytosterol ingredient Reducol, significanly
reduced LDL cholesterol in people with...
Early next century there will be more Europeans over 60 years old
than under 20. A major European funded project currently underway
will examine the factors that determine food choice and acceptance
for older people in a bid to improve...
The World Health Organisation has defined osteoporosis as the
second leading health care problem after cardiovascular disease. A
new European funded project - called 'Osteodiet' - will set out to
investigate dietary strategies...
With the aim of improving scientific understanding in the European
Union, in November this year Brussels witnessed the launch of one
of the biggest research programmes in the world - the Sixth
Framework Programme (FP6). A slice of...
Environmental sustainability and bioscience technologies are key
priorities of Australia's dairy sector, according to the new
manufacturing head of the industry's research and development
organisation.
Iron deficiency in infants is a cause of concern in the UK when a
conference heard that one in four infants over six months old is
iron-deficient in some parts of the country. Leading nutritional
experts are calling for new initiatives...
Proteomics technology company Proteome Systems is to work with
Swiss food giant Nestle in a bid to investigate 'sweet medicines'.
Under a glycoproteomics research programme, the two companies will
analyse the sugars attached...
The gastronomic delights of Christmas appear to be the focus of
current research at the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA). Earlier
this week we reported on a recent study of dried fruit - destined
for mince-pies and Christmas pudding....
A $2.4 million (€2.4m) research grant from the US Department of
Energy (DOE) will allow the National Corn Growers Association,
Archer Daniels Midland and the Department of Energy's Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory to continue...
Eating too much refined bread and cereal may be at the root of the
teenage acne suffered by almost all adolescents in the developed
world, according to a report in this month's New Scientist
which reveals new US research.
As the season of mincepies and Christmas pudding approaches, the UK
Food Standards Agency finds that dried fruit products - the star
ingredient at Christmas time - are within the legal limits for a
toxic substance called ochratoxin...
Changing consumption of normal cheese to cheese made from vegetable
oils can reduce cholesterol levels in some people, report
scientists in Finland who found that rapeseed oil-based cheese
could be a healthy alternative to normal...
Food safety issues may be increasing in Europe but according to a
recent study of people's diets, levels of a group of harmful
chemicals have fallen in food during the past 20 years.
Hispanic-style cheese made in Mexico may provide US scientists at
the Agricultural Research Service with a better scientific
understanding of how to improve the overall quality of cheese in
general.
We reported last week on the work of a group of European scientists
that is jointly developing a biosensor for the detection of gluten
in food in order to help sufferers of coeliac disease - currently
affecting some 1 million Europeans....
The quest for eternal youth continues with a new study underway in
Europe that will assess the role of fat-soluble vitamins A and E
and carotenoids in the human ageing process.
A European funded project currently underway will seek to
facilitate the assessment of exposure to a range of food chemicals
- to include food additives, pesticides and nutrients, in a bid to
meet the growing need for food safety...
It's official - despite massive efforts to promote the 5-a-day
message - the average UK consumer is still not eating enough fruit
and veg. According to a national survey, less than one in seven
people eat the recommended five...
As the European Commission proposes a more sustainable form of
agriculture with severe changes to the current Common Agricultural
Policy, a national study in the UK is echoing the sentiment and is
set to investigate ways of shortening...
Research into frozen foods that took place more than 40 years ago
will be recognised this week in a special ceremony to take place at
the US Department of Agriculture's Western Regional Research
Center. The research - known as...
Eating a diet with less fat and more carbohydrates could lead to a
modest but significant reduction in body weight - whatever the US
fad no-carbo Atkins diet claims. The question is, does the type of
carbohydrate, simple or complex,...
