How eating mushrooms may improve blood sugar control

A common mushroom can alter gut bacteria and the production of blood sugar, a new study shows. How does this happen, and what are the wider implications?

Licorice may lower sex hormone production, reduce fertility

A preliminary study found that a compound in licorice called isoliquiritigenin reduced the production of sex hormones in ovarian follicles of mice.

‘Feeling full’ hormone increase in seniors may explain ‘anorexia of aging’

Elderly adults have higher production of the hormone PYY, which suppresses appetite, study finds. This may explain unintentional weight loss in seniors.

Mediterranean diet best for a healthy gut, study finds

A new study of the eating habits of 153 Italians shows that a Mediterranean diet may be best for the production of healthy short-chain fatty acids.

New molecular tools for controlling production of compounds important for flavors, human health, and biofuels

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a new way to regulate the production of phenols, a class of plant products with a wide range of applications for humans.

New molecular tools for controlling production of compounds important for flavors, human health, and biofuels

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a new way to regulate the production of phenols, a class of plant products with a wide range of applications for humans.

Production Of Toxic Shock Toxin Suppressed By Certain Bacteria

Certain Streptococci increase their production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, sometimes to potentially dangerous levels, when aerobic bacteria are present in the vagina…

For Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Resistant Starch Should Be On The Menu

As the name suggests, you can’t digest resistant starch so it ends up in the bowel in pretty much the same form it entered your mouth.

Doubts Raised Over "Longevity Gene", Other Factors Now Thought To Be Responsible

Researchers who re-tested findings of previous studies suggesting the so-called “longevity gene” prolonged lifespan through the production of sirtuin proteins, say the effect is most likely not due to that gene but to other confounding genetic factors in the modified organisms used in the experiments…

Environmentally Friendly Process Developed To Improve Storage Stability Of Probiotics

Probiotic bacteria are rapidly gaining ground as healthy food supplements. However, the production of this “functional food” has its pitfalls: only few probiotic bacterial strains are robust enough to survive conventional production processes. Researchers from Technische Universitaet Muenchen have now developed a particularly gentle method that allows the use of thus far unutilized probiotics…