Scientists Develop Tool To Trace Metabolism Of Cancer-Fighting Tomato Compounds
The University of Illinois scientists who linked eating tomatoes with a reduced risk of prostate cancer have developed a tool that will help them trace the metabolism of tomato carotenoids in the human body. And they’ve secured funding from the National Institutes of Health to do it…
December 1, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: health, human, illinois, linked-eating, national, national-institutes, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, reduced-risk, secured-funding, the-human, the-metabolism, university, will-help
Scientists Promote Soy By Currying Favor With Indian Taste Buds
University of Illinois scientists think they have solved an interesting problem: how to get protein-deficient Indian schoolchildren to consume soy, an inexpensive and complete vegetable protein. What’s more, they’ve joined forces with an Indian foundation that can get the high-protein soy snack they’ve developed into the hands of 1.2 million hungry kids who need it…
October 22, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, get-protein-deficient, illinois, indian, nutrition, nutrition / diet, soy-snack, the-hands, the-high-protein
