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Study demonstrates significant reduction in severity of exercise-induced asthma following B-GOS consumption

Clasado Biosciences Limited, the producers and suppliers of Bimuno(R) (B-GOS), a unique patented trans-galactooligosaccharide complex, today announces the publication of results for the latest clinical study using B-GOS.

5 Aug 2016

Customizing weight management program for individual personalities may increase success rates

Adapting a weight management program to the client's personality may help improve success rates, according to South Dakota State University health and nutritional sciences researcher Lacey McCormack.

5 Aug 2016

Genome-wide study sheds light on evolution of pollen allergens

A joint University of Adelaide-Shanghai Jiao Tong University study has provided the first broad picture of the evolution and possible functions in the plant of pollen allergens.

5 Aug 2016

ISU researchers discover protein that appears to predict memory loss, brain atrophy in Alzheimer's patients

Iowa State University researchers have identified a protein essential for building memories that appears to predict the progression of memory loss and brain atrophy in Alzheimer's patients.

4 Aug 2016

UAdeC scientists develop jelly-based shell granada to help lower blood sugar levels

The development reduces the excess blood glucose and cheap to produce and easy. To innovate in natural treatments easy access to the Mexican population to combat diabetes, scientists from the Autonomous University of Coahuila developed a jelly-based shell Granada that meets as a functional food to lower blood sugar levels, it say, excess blood sugar.

4 Aug 2016

Study confirms virtual dental homes as safe, effective way to provide care

Bringing "virtual dental homes" to schools, nursing homes and long-term care facilities can keep people healthy - reducing school absenteeism, lessening the need for parents to leave work to care for an ailing child, and helping to prevent suffering for millions of people who have no access to a dentist, a six-year study by University of the Pacific demonstrates.

2 Aug 2016

School-based program helps parents and children from low-income families eat healthier food

Brighter Bites, a school-based program that combines the distribution of donated produce with nutritional education and a fun food experience for low-income families in food desert areas, was successful in improving the intake of fruits and vegetables in first-grade children and their parents, according to a new study by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

2 Aug 2016

Paternal over-nutrition may lead to generational obesity and metabolic dysfunction

Paternal intake of a high-fat diet (HFD) can cause genetic changes that lead to generational obesity and metabolic dysfunction—including body weight and fat mass increases and changes in blood pressure, triglyceride levels and fat metabolism—in mice, according to Japanese researchers at Okayama University.

2 Aug 2016

Meat protein in modern diet makes significant contribution to obesity

Should we be warning consumers about over-consumption of meat as well as sugar? That's the question being raised by a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, who say meat in the modern diet offers surplus energy, and is contributing to the prevalence of global obesity.

1 Aug 2016

New framework may help health professionals better understand, manage complexities of obesity

Existing models for measuring health impacts of the human diet are limiting our capacity to solve obesity and its related health problems, claim two of the world's leading nutritional scientists in their newest research.

1 Aug 2016

Merced County Food Bank and consortium partners collaborate to launch PEACH Program

The PEACH (People Eating and Cooking Healthy) Program, is a collaboration between the Merced County Food Bank, Merced County Public Health, Human Services Agency, UC Merced Food Panty, Merced College and Mercy Medical Center Merced staff.

30 Jul 2016

New liquid mineral complex from Mineral Biosciences can protect muscles against sugar damage

The human body has more than 600 muscles, which enable it to breathe, pump blood, move freely, lift things, and lead an active lifestyle.

30 Jul 2016

PolyU researchers discover inadequate intakes of micronutrients among Hong Kong lactating women

While breastfeeding has become more common across the globe in recent years, lactating women may not be aware of the nutrient adequacy of their breast milk and how their daily diet affects their nutrition intakes.

29 Jul 2016

Scientists identify novel way to target lung cancer through KRAS gene

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a new way to target lung cancer through the KRAS gene, one of the most commonly mutated genes in human cancer and one researchers have so far had difficulty targeting successfully.

29 Jul 2016

Changes in the brain's pleasure center may decrease physical activity in postmenopausal women

As women enter menopause, their levels of physical activity decrease; for years scientists were unable to determine why.

28 Jul 2016

Few people aware of health benefits of mushrooms, reveals national survey

Relatively few people are aware of the health benefits of mushrooms, according to a new national survey by University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers.

28 Jul 2016

CATCH program identified as excellent example of evidence-based physical activity intervention

In a paper published today in a special physical activity series of The Lancet, the Coordinated Approach to Child Health program developed by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston was identified as an excellent example of an evidence-based physical activity intervention that has been successfully scaled up to affect population health.

28 Jul 2016

Higher nut intake linked to lower levels of inflammatory biomarkers

In a cross-sectional analysis published online today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers looked at the association between habitual nut consumption and inflammatory biomarkers among 5,013 men and women participating in two ongoing prospective cohort studies: the Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study.

28 Jul 2016

Maternal HIV infection could alter gut microbiome of HIV-exposed, uninfected infants

A study led by researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles suggests that maternal HIV infection influences the microbiome of their HIV-uninfected infants.

28 Jul 2016

Groundbreaking research opens door for prevention of cardiac fibrosis

Groundbreaking research from the University of Alberta and McGill University has opened the door towards the future prevention of cardiac fibrosis—a condition leading to heart failure for which there is currently no treatment.

27 Jul 2016

Nutrition News and Research

Study demonstrates significant reduction in severity of exercise-induced asthma following B-GOS consumption

Customizing weight management program for individual personalities may increase success rates

Genome-wide study sheds light on evolution of pollen allergens

ISU researchers discover protein that appears to predict memory loss, brain atrophy in Alzheimer's patients

UAdeC scientists develop jelly-based shell granada to help lower blood sugar levels

Study confirms virtual dental homes as safe, effective way to provide care

School-based program helps parents and children from low-income families eat healthier food

Paternal over-nutrition may lead to generational obesity and metabolic dysfunction

Meat protein in modern diet makes significant contribution to obesity

New framework may help health professionals better understand, manage complexities of obesity

Merced County Food Bank and consortium partners collaborate to launch PEACH Program

New liquid mineral complex from Mineral Biosciences can protect muscles against sugar damage

PolyU researchers discover inadequate intakes of micronutrients among Hong Kong lactating women

Scientists identify novel way to target lung cancer through KRAS gene

Changes in the brain's pleasure center may decrease physical activity in postmenopausal women

Few people aware of health benefits of mushrooms, reveals national survey

CATCH program identified as excellent example of evidence-based physical activity intervention

Higher nut intake linked to lower levels of inflammatory biomarkers

Maternal HIV infection could alter gut microbiome of HIV-exposed, uninfected infants

Groundbreaking research opens door for prevention of cardiac fibrosis

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Exploring the G:Box and for high-quality imaging

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