Cranberry juice modulates atherosclerotic vascular dysfunction
... the specific mechanisms by which the nutrients we consume can protect against heart disease," Kruse-Elliott said. She said that the next steps are "to determine what specific components of cranberries are most important to the improvements in vascular function that we observed, exactly how they modify blood...ICPB locks in license to improve plastics with corn
...nd new jobs for rural economies. Isosorbide could consume another 30 to 40 million bushels of corn annually," said ICPB Director of Research and Regulatory Affairs, Rod Williamson. "We have made a commitment to developing cost-effective processes for obtaining high-value chemicals from biomass," said Werp...Iron exporter revealed that may explain common human disorder
...globin. When red blood cells die, macrophage cells consume them and recycle the iron they contain. Macrophages and liver cells also store any excess iron. Earlier work had identified a single protein that imports iron into cells. However, the evidence for ferroportin's role in exporting iron back out of cell...Hey, guys, they're not girlie-man portions, they're healthy portions
... portions that are usually served. "People tend to consume the amount of food that's placed before them," she said. Because packaged entrees are good-tasting and nutritionally balanced, they provide a good alternative to restaurant fast food when consumers don't have the time or the inclination to prepare a ...Individual differences in taste perception directly related to genetic variation in taste receptors
...uch knowledge may someday be used to help patients consume beneficial bitter-tasting compounds, such as pharmaceuticals and health-promoting bitter-tasting plants. The studies demonstrate that variations in a single bitter receptor gene can code for different taste receptors, each sensitive to distinct bitte...Coastal dead zones may lead to ecosystem-based fisheries management
...lants. As the marine algae grow and then die, they consume most available oxygen in bottom layers. Crowder described how fish and shrimp can evade death simply by relocating to the zone's edge. "Basically, it's the same as the way forest wildlife might aggregate on the edge of a forest fire," Crowder said in...Missing micronutrients - How best to nourish a child?
...ure that the billions of poor who do not currently consume adequate amounts can improve their access to these foods. To ignore this problem is to ignore the tremendous loss of human capital that results from the subsequent micronutrient deficiencies."...Experiments provide proof of how traveling in groups protects insects
..., locusts can cause widespread famine because they consume crops, and the people there sometimes have nothing else to eat."...JCI Table of Contents, March 1, 2005
... to genetic absence of leptin receptors. The rats consume increased amounts of food and have reduced satiety. Thus, leptin signaling appears to be required for normal responses to internal signals that tell the body to stop eating. To determine whether a specific area of the brain called the hypothalamic ...'Man the Hunter' theory is debunked in new book
...ey hunt?" It was not possible for early humans to consume a large amount of meat until fire was controlled and cooking was possible. Sussman points out that the first tools didn't appear until two million years ago. And there wasn't good evidence of fire until after 800,000 years ago. "In fact, some archaeo...Marsh-dwelling mole gives new meaning to the term 'fast food'
...kes substantially more time and energy to kill and consume the rabbits. Ecologists have formalized this relationship with a factor called prey profitability. By reducing its handling time to a fraction of a second, the star-nosed mole may be able to achieve a net energy "profit" with a diet of insect larvae ...Beer-drinking rats count calories better than many people, UF researchers say
...tion. Furthermore, a CDC analysis shows Americans consume more calories than they did 30 years ago. On avera...s happening. Some folks stand by the chip bowl and consume a lot of food with their alcohol, when they need to think about drinks in general as components of t...National survey shows Americans are in the dark regarding genetically modified foods
...nd fewer than a third (31%) realize they regularly consume GM foods. Even those who say they are aware of GM foods are confused as to which foods are out there; the majority (79%) incorrectly believed that GM tomatoes are available, possibly due to Calgene's highly publicized (but now defunct) GM tomato mark...Highlights of the February Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...ecommendations are that adults and children should consume 14 grams of fiber per every 1,000 calories. However the Pennsylvania State University researchers found few American preschoolers are consuming the recommended amounts of fiber. The fiber that children are eating comes from sources such as low-fiber...UCLA/VA researchers discover fat gene
...ople are more prone to weight gain than others who consume the same calories," said principal investigator Karen Reue, Ph.D., a professor of medicine and human genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a researcher at the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. In 2001, Re...Reduced calorie and carbohydrate diet slows progression of Alzheimer's disease in mouse model
... There is epidemiological evidence that humans who consume reduced calorie diets have a lower incidence of AD. Our investigation provides a possible rational for this observation and possible mechanisms through which caloric reduction may provide protection in Alzheimer's disease." Ongoing studies are inve...Enjoy naturally nutrient-rich foods for better health
...elines Advisory Committee indicated most Americans consume too many foods that are high in calories but low in nutrients. To address this concern, the new Guidelines reinforce a long-standing and widely accepted cornerstone of nutrition nutrient density, or enjoying more foods that are naturally rich in nu...Development of portable infectious disease detector
...ure the concentrations of the chemicals that cells consume and excrete in extremely small volumes and the use...the concentrations of the key chemicals that cells consume and excrete--oxygen, glucose and lactic acid--with enough sensitivity to monitor the health of a few...Scientists decipher genome of bacterium that helps clean up major groundwater pollutants
...ium may have developed the metabolic capability to consume chlorinated solvents fairly recently possibly by ...obe may have developed the metabolic capability to consume chlorinated solvents fairly recently possibly by acquiring genes in an adaptation related to the in...Ocean colour satellites guide research ship through South Pacific's watery desert
... surface nitrates, the phytoplankton having yet to consume this stock....