New nutrition guidelines for diabetics promote emphasis on high-monounsaturated fat diet
...hydrate-containing foods. But instead of diabetics consuming sugar-laden foods, the panel recommends that sucrose-containing foods be replaced with carbohydrate sources such as fruits and vegetables. As far as the carbohydrate-containing foods are concerned, Garg said, its best to use unrefined carbohydrates i...Cave men diets offer insights to today's health problems, study shows
...in the past 100 years, have changed to where we're consuming excess amounts of omega-6 fat. Omega-6 is found in high levels in many of the oil seed crops that we consume," Watkins says. "It's also found in the meat of the livestock that eat these grains, as this study shows." Watkins adds that this research su...UCLA and Finnish scientists identify genetic mutation that causes lactose intolerance
...hea, which begin about 30 minutes to 2 hours after consuming foods containing lactose. Current tests for lactose intolerance are unreliable or tedious. Peltonen and her colleagues findings will help speed the development of non-invasive, reliable diagnostic tests and better treatment for this common problem....Researchers call herbs rich source of healthy antioxidants; oregano ranks highest
...an dry garlic powder, the researcher says. Just as consuming too much of any food product can carry health risks, herbs should be used with moderation, she cautions. Whatever form they take, herbs are no substitute for a balanced diet, Wang says. Pregnant women in particular should consult their physicians be...Ohio State scientists bake heart healthy soy bread
...ood that can legitimately carry the FDA claim that consuming it is associated with a lower risk of heart disease," says Dr. Yael Vodovotz, an assistant professor of food science. "It's a big deal." It's an even bigger deal that people actually like the bread. "The problem with soy products is that they just d...Women who drink moderately do not face a longer wait to become pregnant
...a cautionary note: Our research does not mean that consuming alcohol is better for fertility than not drinking alcohol at all. It is known from other studies that non-drinkers differ from moderate drinkers in many other aspects; for instance they may have a weaker constitution or other health problems which ca...Estrogen found in soy stimulates human breast-cancer cells in mice
... blood levels similar to what is observed in women consuming soy diets, was enough to stimulate tumor growth. In the paper in Carcinogenesis, the researchers compared the isoflavone in its two forms, as a glycoside (genistin, as it appears in plants) and aglucone (genistein). They found that both forms produc...Men and women drinking equal amounts of alcohol have unequal risks for liver damage
...ogy array. Different gene were expressed in rats consuming alcohol compared to those which did not and expression of twenty-nine genes were changed only in male rats; expression of six genes changed only in female rats, and nine separate genes changed in both males and females. The genes encode proteins tha......e. "Women of childbearing age should abstain from consuming alcohol if they are considering pregnancy," she said. Weinberg concurs. "We need to see more education for both the general public and physicians about the fact that alcohol can be harmful," she said, "and that we really don't know what a safe leve...Scientists map the complete genome of an important agricultural bacterium
...s. Animals and people, in turn, obtain nitrogen by consuming protein from plants and herbivorous animals. "Nitrogen fixation is essential to life on Earth. Without it, there would be no proteins, for example," says Sharon R. Long, the William C. Steere, Jr. Pfizer Inc. Professor of Biological Sciences at Stan...Marine methane consumed by consortia of bacteria
University Park, Pa. Methane consuming archaeobacteria and sulfate-reducing bacteria, acting together, are responsible for consuming most of the methane in the world's oceans, according to a team of microbiologists and geoscientists....Research team unlocks secrets of the firefly flash
...signal decays, the mitochondria power up and begin consuming oxygen again. This turns the lantern off again--all of this happening in a fraction of a second....Scary study: Selenium deficiency causes flu virus to mutate into more dangerous forms
...uenza virus known as Influenza A Bangkok. Rodents consuming too little selenium developed significantly more harmful lung inflammation, which also lasted considerably longer, than animals that developed the flu but whose diets were normal. The difference between the mice's illnesses was the difference between...Nuts cut coronary heart disease risk
...xisting published epidemiologic studies shows that consuming 1 ounce of nuts more than 5 times/week can result in a 25 to 39 percent reduction in coronary heart disease risk among people whose characteristics match those of the general adult U.S. population. Among the nuts consumed by the people who took part...Scientists: nutritional deficiency can boost influenza virus damage
...luenza virus known as Influenza A Bangkok. Rodents consuming too little selenium developed significantly more harmful lung inflammation, which also lasted considerably longer, than animals that developed the flu but whose diets were normal. Since mice and humans are similar in the way they respond to influenza...... rely on radioactive labeling and is far less time consuming and cumbersome than existing techniques, all of which would allow for easier use and faster results. Eberwine and Greene worked with colleagues Hong-Tao Zhang, PhD, Janet Estee Kacharmina, and Kevin Miyashiro to develop the IDAT technique and furthe......is of blood or urine. However, this often is time consuming and expensive.Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers are developing a new monitoring technology structured around the collection and analysis of saliva samples. PNNLs non-invasive saliva monitoring approach, currently undergoing bench-sca...Soy may reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease in postmenopausal women
...tion in the brain," Kim said. She cautions against consuming "lite" soy, however, because the protective isoflavones could be removed during processing....Berkeley chemical engineer wins national award for catalysis research
...d air in the mixture redirects the reaction toward consuming oxygen, not nitric oxide. A finely tuned catalyst can compensate. Bell and his Berkeley colleagues have also just received a 10-year grant from BP Amoco to develop chemicals and liquid fuel from methane gas. Bell chose his career largely because ...Microbial activity key component of global environmental change
...obial roles in global change include producing and consuming atmospheric gases that affect climate; mobilizing toxic elements such as mercury, arsenic and selenium; and producing toxic algal blooms and creating oxygen depletion zones in lakes, rivers and coastal environments (eutrophication). Furthermore, the...