Reducing sodium leads to substantial drop in blood pressure, finds NHLBI study
...fat or fat-free dairy serving at each meal. Treat meat as part of the whole meal, not the focus, and instead emphasize vegetables, whole grains, and dry beans....Tax top of the food chain to aid environmental sustainability
...the land is used as pasture to graze livestock for meat and milk products. Marginal land for pastures makes possible the production of meat and milk products on land unsuitable for food crops. Most cropland is threatened by at least one ty...Human gut potential breeding ground for antibiotic resistance
...and send it to market. The bacteria end up on the meat products. The consumer then takes that product home and consumes those bacteria," says Salyers. "Horizontal transfer can take place in as little as an hour." Antibiotic resistance in Bacteroides does pose a threat to human health. These bacteria..."Soft" science? Fat's health impacts are often oversimplified, Science news feature contends
... Dietary fat-especially the hard, saturated fat in meat and dairy products-can increase blood cholesterol levels. More cholesterol in the bloodstream may increase the risk of clogged arteries, or atherosclerosis, which raises the likelihood of coronary artery disease, heart attacks and premature death. Bu...ORNL technology puts power of lab into the field
...tal pollution, detect chemical agents, and inspect meat and other food products more quickly and accurately than is possible with conventional technologies. Its potential uses for medical applications, ranging from screening for diseases to diagnostics, are also significant, said Vo-Dinh, who has develope...Higher fat diets show same positive effects on LDLs as low fat diet
...es and grains, and includes only small portions of meat would produce the beneficial changes seen in our study," the Penn State researcher says. "Or people could switch to low fat dairy products, eat peanut butter instead of butter or full fat cream cheese, use olive oil-based salad dressings, sprinkle n......ell as certain soft cheeses, refrigerated pates or meat spreads, or refrigerated smoked seafood, unless contained in a cooked dish. The Science paper was prepared at the Pasteur Institute by Pascale Cossart's team (Unit des Interactions Bacteries Cellules), and Charles Babinet 's Unit de Biologie du Dve...University of Georgia unveils technique to improve success rate of cattle cloning
... consumers' growing demand for consistent, quality meat products. About 200 cloned embryos are produced in...he genetic traits farmers want, such as consistent meat and better breeding and nurturing characteristics, Stice said. Cloning allows a way to more easily d...University of Georgia unveils technique to improve success rate of cattle cloning
... consumers' growing demand for consistent, quality meat products. About 200 cloned embryos are produced in...he genetic traits farmers want, such as consistent meat and better breeding and nurturing characteristics, Stice said. Cloning allows a way to more easily d...Vegetable 'immune systems' protect better against food spoilage
...re less of a problem in plant-based foods. Indeed, meat products are more often associated with outbreaks ...tries, vegetable dishes call for fewer spices than meat dishes The latest finding is more than academic, Sherman comments, noting that the chemicals in spic...New 'mighty mice' research brings muscle growth closer to reality
...n in animals could also create livestock with more meat and relatively less fat. "The agricultural applications are probably more straightforward, since conceivably, one could try to find ways to block myostatin activity early during development," says Lee. "For human applications, this research is just...NTP plans to look at common viruses, radiation, cooking by-products for new carcinogen report
...food during heating or cooking and found in cooked meat and fish. Cobalt Sulfate, which is used in electr... during heating and cooking and is found in cooked meat and fish. 4,4'-Thiodianiline, which is an intermediate in the manufacture of several dyes....... Health are nevertheless trying to work out if the meat was a health risk. The pigs had been genetically m...is unlikely the rhodopsin gene could have made the meat dangerous. If there was any concern, says Collis, it's that the pigs had been injected with barbit...Earlier weaning, high-energy diet produce higher quality beef
... expanding value-based marketing approach in which meat quality rather than average cattle weight drives t...ystem in which they can improve the quality of the meat and get a better economic return off the animals." Bergers team analyzed two groups of Angus-Simment...The true encroacher, human or alligator?
...s not only in tourism, but also in the leather and meat markets. "Some staunch environmentalists and anim... As hunting grew in popularity and as leather and meat market prices increased, many saw a potential business. The development of alligator farming was th...Hot pepper oil may prevent salmonella in poultry
...he research began with purchasing 1,530 commercial meat chicks, dividing them into three groups, and feeding each group a standard corn and soybean meal-based diet for 42 days. McElroy fed the plain feed to the first group, but added five parts per million of pure capsaicin to the feed of the second group...UC Davis' first cloned calf born, succumbs three days later
...riculture, ultimately for producing more healthful meat and milk products." The brown and white Hereford calf was delivered by Caesarean section Aug. 15 at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. It was part of a research project conducted by Anderson and doctoral candidate Cynthia Batchelder. ...Catnip repels mosquitoes more effectively than DEET
..., although some people use the leaves in tea, as a meat tenderizer and even as a folk treatment for fevers, colds, cramps and migraines. A patent application for the use of catnip compounds as insect repellents was submitted last year by the Iowa State University Research Foundation. Funding for the res...'Smart bandage' diagnoses danger before infection takes hold
...ay be able to change to a cautioning yellow if the meat is contaminated. Or, in Third World countries where pollution of drinking water is a constant threat, plastic cups or water jugs could be designed to turn a bright red if there are dangerous pollutants present. "We may even see this technology being...