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New study indicates enriching apple snacks with probiotics

New study indicates enriching apple snacks with probiotics

Researchers from Spain and Brazil have completed a study that lays the foundation to obtain apple cubes enriched with probiotics, namely Lactobacillus casei.    According to the researchers, the enrichment of foodstuffs with probiotic strains

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Researchers look for useful genes in uncultivated rice varieties

Researchers look for useful genes in uncultivated rice varieties

A team of researchers at the Division of Crop Improvement, National Rice Research Institute at Cuttack have performed genetic analysis of wild or uncultivated rice found in Eastern India, to identify regions that give unique

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MSU scientists work on curing obesity

MSU scientists work on curing obesity

A team of scientists at Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), Baroda have claimed success with a potent anti-obesity agent in studies done in laboratory animals. Obesity has emerged as public health problem, resulting in significant burden

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Heart patients may benefit from beetroot supplementation

Heart patients may benefit from beetroot supplementation

A recent study reveals that beetroot juice supplements may help enhance exercise capacity in patients with heart failure.   The study examined the impact of dietary nitrate in the form of beetroot juice supplements on

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CCMB scientists study connection between nutrition and diabetes related genes

CCMB scientists study connection between nutrition and diabetes related genes

Vitamins B12 and folate plays an important role in DNA methylationScientists at Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), a laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have revealed that good

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Study reveals that carb-restricted diet can battle fatty liver disease

Study reveals that carb-restricted diet can battle fatty liver disease

New details about how a carbohydrate-restricted diet improves metabolism were revealed in a new study which could lead to improved treatments for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).     A research team in Sweden examined the

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Researchers use Sami’s manufactured extract for diabetes study

Researchers use Sami’s manufactured extract for diabetes study

In a recent published study in J Dietary Supplements, researchers found that Pterocarpus marsupium extracts manufactured by Sami Labs (the manufacturing arm of Sabinsa Corporation) lowered blood glucose and HbA1c levels, increasing the levels of

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Scientists design bioactive paper to protect food

Scientists design bioactive paper to protect food

A group of researchers from Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Conicet) have developed a bioactive paper with antioxidant and antimicrobialproperties to solve the storage and transport issues that cause food to decay and threaten human health.   According to

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IGKV, BARC researchers suggest anti-cancer properties in three rice varieties

IGKV, BARC researchers suggest anti-cancer properties in three rice varieties

According to a recent research conducted by the Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Raipur and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai, three medicinal varieties of rice found in Chhatisgarh - Gathwan, Maharaji and Laicha -

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Increased consumption of ultra-processed foods is linked to cancer, says a study

Increased consumption of ultra-processed foods is linked to cancer, says a study

According to a large and ground breaking study, ultra-processed foods made in factories with ingredients unknown to the domestic kitchen may be linked to cancer. A team led by researchers based at the Sorbonne in