New study suggests Concord grape juice may provide protection against breast cancer
...inst breast cancer is a glass of 100 percent grape juice made from deep purple Concord grapes. According to...edicinal Foods, natural compounds in Concord grape juice protected healthy human breast cells from DNA damage. Healthy human breast cells were exposed in a t...When the villain becomes your friend: The strange tale of muscle lactate
... 19th century, fermentation chemists realized that juice left to ferment without adequate oxygen resulted in acid products. Then, in the early 20th century, when physiologists stimulated isolated frog muscles to contract until exhaustion, they found that the tissues had accumulated high amounts of lactic a...100 percent juice not associated with overweight in children
...rates, researchers have concluded that 100 percent juice is not associated with young children being overwe...We did not find a relationship between 100 percent juice consumption and overweight among children. She adds, Even among the children who consumed the most j...A cherry on top: Tart cherries may alter heart/diabetes factors
...levels of phytochemicals in whole cherries, cherry juice and dry cherries. Meanwhile, U-M Integrative Medicine co-director Sara Warber. M.D., an assistant professor of family medicine at the U-M Medical School, will lead a pilot clinical trial of whole tart cherries in humans. The study will enroll heal...Researcher focuses on pros, cons of antioxidants from fruits and vegetables
... ( http://phytochemicals.info/ ). Pomegranate juice and extract have been the focus of much of her studies. Because these are used in different food products, they are found as ingredients in many different items in supermarkets, Talcott said. She has also done research on the properties of muscadi...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March 21, 2007
...e that the bugs accidentally become mixed into the juice during processing and fermentation, resulting in inferior wine. The researchers used instrumentation and a panel of human sniffers to characterize and identify the odors emitted by live ladybugs. They detected 28 different odors, including four co...Ladybugs may be cute, but watch out when they get near wine
...e that the bugs accidentally become mixed into the juice during processing and fermentation, resulting in inferior wine. Led by Jacek Koziel, Ph.D., an agricultural engineer at the university, the Iowa researchers used a highly-sensitive multidimensional gas chromatograph and a panel of human sniffers t...Unique tomatoes tops in disease-fighting antioxidants
...ties were immediately processed into canned tomato juice and concentrated. Italian seasoning was added for taste. The 12 adults participating in the study ate two spaghetti test meals one included sauce made from tangerine tomatoes, while the other featured sauce made from the tomatoes high in beta caro...ACS News Service weekly PressPac -- Feb. 7, 2007
...ite past studies showing that green tea, cranberry juice and certain other natural foods inhibit the growth of H. pylori (which infects the stomach lining), leading researchers to recommend consumption of those foods. None of the numerous studies on olive oil, however, has tested its effects on H. pylori, ...Lead with a poisonous electron shield
... to have been caused by the concentration of grape juice in lead containers. Though the introduction of lead-free gasoline has reduced damage to the environment, the annual production of lead continues to increase worldwide because lead is still used in batteries, glass, and electronic components. However,...Cloudy apple juice four times healthier than clear
Cloudy apple juice is four times healthier than the clear variety, re...dy varieties of apple juice, and found that cloudy juice contains four times the concentration of polyphenols. Polyophenols are also found in dark chocolate,...On the golf tee or pitcher's mound, brain dooms motion to inconsistency
.... When shown a green spot, they were rewarded with juice if they reached slowly to touch the spot. For a red spot, they were trained to reach fast. During the trials the researchers would monitor the activity of individual neurons in the premotor cortex, a part of the brain responsible for movement plannin...Pediatrics study shows no link between juice and children's weight
...27, 2006) -- Drinking a glass of 100 percent fruit juice has long been thought of as a healthy habit for bo...Recently, however, people have been confused about juice -- how much to drink, how much to serve their children -- partly because of the natural sweet taste ...Learning global solutions to local problems
... the sugar, corn, beans, dairy products and orange juice crops would cease. Some had questions about how the demand for biofuels and the resulting competition might create a food shortage in the future." As an economist, one solution Neelakantan looked at was the possibility to shift beans to a more vers...Orange juice beverage fortified with plant sterols lowers indicators of heart disease risk
...t twice-daily servings of a reduced-calorie orange juice beverage fortified with plant sterols also reduces...y people who drink a plant sterol-fortified orange juice beverage can reduce C-reactive protein levels," said Sridevi Devaraj, lead author of the study. Deva...Consuming cola may up osteoporosis risk for older women
...nsity," says Tucker. Although adjustment for fruit juice intake did not change results, women in the study ...ola not only consumed less calcium, but less fruit juice as well. Previous studies have also shown that low fruit and vegetable intake may affect bone minera...Vegetables, like people, urged to live up to potential
... kitchen knife and the tapered tuber kicks in the juice and pumps up its phytochemicals. That's the find... he said. "Now imagine using that carrot to make a juice or making an extract of it that could be added to bread or some other product. You end up with an ar...Fruit juice intake among preschool children not associated with weight
...002) finds no connection between 100 percent fruit juice consumption and weight status among preschool chil...ssociation between preschoolers' 100 percent fruit juice consumption and body mass index (BMI), even among those children who consume the most juice (greater...Ghengis Khan wonder berry could conquer heart disease
...gh speed centrifugation (spinning) to separate the juice and the solid sludge....Compounds in cranberry juice show promise as alternatives to antibiotics
..., Mass. September 8, 2006 Compounds in cranberry juice have the ability to change E. coli bacteria, a cla...a number of beneficial health effects of cranberry juice that have been reported in other studies over the years. Many of those studies have focused on the ...