Bowel Disease Model Reveals Low-Calorie Diet Linked To Higher Death Rate

In a surprising result, Michigan State University researchers looking at the effects of diet on bowel disease found that mice on a calorie-restricted diet were more likely to die after being infected with an inflammation-causing bacterial pathogen in the colon…

News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology: March 2012

High Pressure Kills Pathogens, Maintains Green Onions’ Taste and Color Green onions cause about five percent of outbreaks of food poisoning from produce, worldwide…

Consuming Salmon Twice A Week Is Healthy For Pregnant Women And Their Babies

University of Granada researchers have proven that eating two servings of salmon reared at a fish farm (enriched with omega-3 fatty acids and only slightly contaminated) a week during pregnancy is beneficial both for the mother and child…

Your Nose Impacts On Bite Size

The stronger the smell of a food, the smaller our bite size tends to be, Dutch researchers reported in the journal Flavour. This might mean your nose can have an impact on body weight control. According to the authors, the aromas of food may affect how much food we eat…

Supermarkets, Farmers Focus On Produce Safety

Shoppers will continue to see the Fresh Local Produce sign in supermarkets, but stores will increasingly require growers to show proof of good agricultural practices, according to Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences researchers…

Women’s Heart Failure Risk Unaffected By Vitamin E Supplementation

Taking vitamin E supplements does not increase or decrease heart failure risk among women, according to a study in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal. The study is the first to investigate the effectiveness of vitamin E to prevent the development of heart failure…

Aroma Could Be Used To Decrease Bite Size, Control Portion Size

Bite size depends on the familiarly and texture of food. Smaller bite sizes are taken for foods which need more chewing and smaller bite sizes are often linked to a sensation of feeling fuller sooner…

Comparing Disease Progression Of MS Between Consumption And Non-Consumption Of Alcohol, Wine, Coffee And Fish

Patients with relapsing onset Multiple Sclerosis (MS) who consumed alcohol, wine, coffee and fish on a regular basis took four to seven years longer to reach the point where they needed a walking aid than people who never consumed them. However the study, published in the April issue of the European Journal of Neurology, did not observe the same patterns in patients with progressive onset MS…

Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors Reduced By Soy-Based S-equol Supplement

A 12-week treatment of the fermented soy germ-based nutritional supplement containing S-equol significantly lowered hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), LDL cholesterol and improved vascular stiffness, all factors that occur as part of metabolic syndrome, according to a first-of-its-kind peer-reviewed study reported in a poster at the Women’s Health 2012 annual meeting…

Diagnosing Sensitivity, Allergy Or Intolerance To Food Via Blood Tests

Blood testing to determine a link between food and illness is increasingly common, but some tests are not considered diagnostic and can lead to confusion, according to a primer in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Both traditional physicians and holistic medicine practitioners may offer blood testing to diagnose adverse reactions to food…

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