Mercury Exposure And Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease: Study Results

Although research has shown that eating fish, which is rich in beneficial omega-3 fatty acids, is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, mixed evidence from prior studies has suggested that mercury exposure from fish consumption may be linked to higher risk of cardiovascular diseases…

Mercury Exposure And Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease: Study Results

Although research has shown that eating fish, which is rich in beneficial omega-3 fatty acids, is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, mixed evidence from prior studies has suggested that mercury exposure from fish consumption may be linked to higher risk of cardiovascular diseases…

Salt’s Effect On Blood Pressure Decreased By Physical Activity

The more physically active you are, the less your blood pressure rises in response to a high-salt diet, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism/Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 2011 Scientific Sessions. “Patients should be advised to increase their physical activity and eat less sodium,” said Casey M. Rebholz, M.P.H…

Queen’s University Leads 3 Million Euro Food Safety Project

A 3 million euro research project to improve the safety of animal feeds and the entire European animal-based food chain, has been launched at Queen’s University Belfast (Wednesday 23 March). The global QSAFFE project (Quality and Safety of Feeds and Food for Europe) will deliver better ways to ensure the quality and safety of animal feeds in Europe…

Queen’s University Leads 3 Million Euro Food Safety Project

A 3 million euro research project to improve the safety of animal feeds and the entire European animal-based food chain, has been launched at Queen’s University Belfast (Wednesday 23 March). The global QSAFFE project (Quality and Safety of Feeds and Food for Europe) will deliver better ways to ensure the quality and safety of animal feeds in Europe…

TOPS Helps Decipher Food Marketing Gimmicks

Supermarket shelves abound with “value-added” foods, offering innovative twists on traditional products. Cereals that make you lose weight, yogurt that eases digestion, and chocolate calcium chews that replace milk – the options can seem endless and overwhelming

TOPS Helps Decipher Food Marketing Gimmicks

Supermarket shelves abound with “value-added” foods, offering innovative twists on traditional products. Cereals that make you lose weight, yogurt that eases digestion, and chocolate calcium chews that replace milk – the options can seem endless and overwhelming

‘Junk food’ moms have ‘junk food’ babies

Pregnant mothers who eat high sugar and high fat diets have babies who are likely to become junk food junkies themselves. According to the report, which used rats, this happens because the high fat and high sugar diet leads to changes in the fetal brain’s reward pathway, altering food preferences.

‘Junk food’ moms have ‘junk food’ babies

Pregnant mothers who eat high sugar and high fat diets have babies who are likely to become junk food junkies themselves. According to the report, which used rats, this happens because the high fat and high sugar diet leads to changes in the fetal brain’s reward pathway, altering food preferences.

UK-Vietnam Collaboration To Improve World’s Most Important Staple Food

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on rice genomics research with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in Vietnam…

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