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High-protein rice brings value, nutrition

High-protein rice brings value, nutrition

Crop breeders build yield, market for high-protein riceMore than 750 million people don’t get enough nutrients from their food. More than two-thirds of those people live in places that consume a lot of rice. Can

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Singapore researchers develop natural food stabiliser

Singapore researchers develop natural food stabiliser

The findings are the culmination of a three-year research project led by Professor William Chen, Director of NTU’s Food Science and Technology programme.Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed an all-natural food

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Rising carbon dioxide levels likely to boost crop yields

Rising carbon dioxide levels likely to boost crop yields

Hotter temperatures may offset the negative effects of higher carbon dioxide levels on seed qualityRecent research has shown that rising carbon dioxide levels will likely boost yields, but at the cost of nutrition. A new

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Practice of leaving 2-hour gap between dinner and sleep does not affect blood glucose, says a research

Practice of leaving 2-hour gap between dinner and sleep does not affect blood glucose, says a research

The traditional Japanese diet contains a lot of vegetables and soup, and the portion sizes are small. The findings might therefore not be applicable to other nations, add the researchers.Leaving a two-hour gap between the

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Boosting meal memories could help manage overeating, suggests a new research

Boosting meal memories could help manage overeating, suggests a new research

Preliminary research suggests a role for two areas of the hippocampus in regulating future eating.Researchers have identified cells in the brains of male rats that appear to control future food intake by preserving memories of

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New institute for food safety to open in Netherlands

New institute for food safety to open in Netherlands

This merger will benefit our knowledge in the area of food and feed safety, as well as our knowledge of food fraudDutch Public University, Wageningen University & Research and the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product

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NIH-funded study links gut microbiome to food allergy

NIH-funded study links gut microbiome to food allergy

Investigators then analyzed microbes in infant stool samples, finding many differences between the stool of infants who were allergic to milk and those who were notNew research suggests that the gut microbiome may help prevent

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Every second to third premature cardiovascular death could be prevented by better nutrition, finds a study

Every second to third premature cardiovascular death could be prevented by better nutrition, finds a study

For the study, the team evaluated representative data from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) which were collected between 1990 to 2016. Of the 4.3 million cardiovascular deaths in Europe in 2016, 2.1 million

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Egg metabolites to lower risk of diabetes

Egg metabolites to lower risk of diabetes

In the analyses, it was found that more samples of lipid compounds were present in blood samples from men who consumed more eggs.According to a new study by the University of Eastern Finland, the average

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Food additive may cause coeliac disease

Food additive may cause coeliac disease

A bacterial enzyme that is used to improve food texture and shelf-life has been linked in several studies to celiac disease -- but it is unlabeled and hidden from public knowledge. Myths about gluten are