Food Integrity And Traceability Conference Puts Over 2,400 Food Scares Under The Microscope

As the increasing number food scares causes consumers to question the safety of everyday food items, researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have completed the first ever analysis of all the food recalls announced in the USA, UK and Ireland over the last decade…

Maternal Fructose Intake Impacts Female And Male Fetuses Differently

A recent study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a publication of The Endocrine Society, reports for the first time that maternal fructose intake during pregnancy results in sex-specific changes in fetal and neonatal endocrinology. Fructose is a simple sugar found naturally in honey, fruit and some vegetables…

Public Wheat Pre-Breeding Program Grant Announced Of 7M Pounds ($11.3M)

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council has announced a 7 million pound grant to a consortium of researchers to increase the diversity of traits available in wheat via a comprehensive pre-breeding programme – the first of its kind in the UK in over 20 years…

Biochemical Basis Discovered For Broccoli’s Cancer-Fighting Ability

Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential biochemical basis for the apparent cancer-fighting ability of broccoli and its veggie cousins. They found for the first time that certain substances in the vegetables appear to target and block a defective gene associated with cancer…

Vitamin D Absorption Is Diminished In Patients With Crohn’s Disease

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have for the first time shown that reduced vitamin D absorption in patients with quiescent Crohn’s disease (CD) may be the cause for their increased risk for vitamin D deficiency…

High Dietary Fat, Cholesterol Linked To Increase Risk Of Prostate Cancer

Elevated fat and cholesterol levels found in a typical American-style diet plays an important role in the growth and spread of prostate cancer, say researchers at Thomas Jefferson University’s Kimmel Cancer Center. Their study, the first to show such an association, is published in the December issue of The American Journal of Pathology…

Diet When Young Affects Future Food Responses

A high protein diet during development primes the body to react unhealthily to future food binges. A study on juvenile rats, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism, suggests that lasting changes result from altering the composition of the first solid food that is consumed throughout growth into early adulthood…

Lab Animal Study Indicates That Blueberries May Help Fight Artery Hardening

Blueberries may help fight atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries, according to results of a preliminary U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded study with laboratory mice

Lawmakers Make Move To Stop Genetically Modified Salmon Approval

US Senator, Mark Begich, along with ten other senators are spearheading a fight to stop the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) from approving the human consumption of genetically modified salmon (GM salmon). If approved, the GM salmon would be the first GM animal to be approved for the human food supply. The 11 senators, mostly from coastal states, have sent a letter to the FDA opposing the move…

First course of veggies may appeal to hungry preschoolers

Increasing the amount of vegetables in the first course of preschool lunch could be a smart way to get children to eat more vegetables, according to nutrition researchers.

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