Lowering Phosphate Intake In Humans Can Reduce Heart Disease, According To Research By Experts At The University Of Sheffield.

This is the first time the connection between a high phosphate diet and atherosclerosis – the cause of heart disease – has been proven. The findings have been published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (2 June 2011)…

Study Of Mammary Gland Development In Blueberry-Fed Lab Animals

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded studies of mammary gland development in laboratory rats fed blueberries or other foods of interest may aid breast cancer research.

Anemia Risk Mapped In Preschool-Age Children In West Africa

In this week’s PLoS Medicine, Ricardo Soares Magalhaes and Archie Clements, from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, describe how they used national cross-sectional household-based demographic health surveys to map the distribution of anaemia risk in preschool-age children in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Mali…

New Report Equates Dried Fruits And Fresh Fruits

Internationally recognized health researchers presented their views at the 30th World Nut & Dried Fruit Congress on 21 May 2011, recommending that food policy makers consider dried fruits equivalent to fresh fruits in dietary recommendations around the world…

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