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Compounds found in carrots reverse Alzheimer’s-like symptoms
Celebrate International Carrot Day with findings that suggest that components contained in carrots might offer protection against dementia in people.
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Gut microbiome study in India reveals regional and diet-specific differences
Large differences in the Indian gut microbiome compared with other populations are expected, due to the country’s unique lifestyle and eating habits.
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Canadian food and beverage companies get mixed grades on nutrition goals
Study is first to evaluate Canada’s biggest food and beverage companies based on their policies and commitments to sell healthier products.
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Bruker highlights new systems and applied market solutions at Pittcon
Bruker look to highlight new and innovative analytical systems and high-value applied market solutions for food analysis at Pittcon 2019.
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Coffee compound could inhibit prostate cancer
Compounds in coffee have been found to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells in mouse models and in cell culture.
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Recall roundup: Graze crunchers and malted barley flour
This week's recall roundup consists of contamination with salmonella, listeria and clostridium, and food ingredients labelled in different languages.
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Singapore to ban PHOs
Minister says ban should not have an adverse effect on Singaporeans’ food options and cost of food.
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Social media not good for children’s food intake
Social media has been shown to influence the food intake of children, with a recent study showing that it has a largely negative influence.
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Big data to analyse international food trade
Trade plays an important role in distributing food more equitably across the planet, and Big Data could help to build this network efficiently and effectively.
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Food Fraud 2019: NGS for food authenticity, traceability and safety
Mário Gadanho of SGS Molecular explains how next-generation sequencing could be a vital method of automatically detecting food fraud.
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FDA strategy to advance food safety and modernise the overseeing of imported food announced
The FDA has issued a statement outlining steps it looks to take in order to advance food safety and the implementation of the FSMA.
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Epigenetics: how the ‘dark matter of biology’ can fight plant diseases
Researchers have identified how DNA methylation controls heritable disease resistance in plants, which could prove beneficial in agriculture.
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Gut bacteria influences our health from birth onwards
How the microbiome develops during childhood has repercussions for the rest of our lives. It influences our risk of developing allergies, intestinal illnesses and becoming overweight. Nutrition plays an important role from the outset. Polysaccharides in breast milk – human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) – can promote a healthy intestinal flora.
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US citrus fruit could be genetically modified in future
A study has reported that the future of US citrus could be genetically modified, because of the threat of the Asian citrus psyllid bacterium.
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Are processed foods linked to an increased risk of mortality?
A team of researchers have investigated whether the consumption of ultraprocessed foods could potentially lead to a higher risk of mortality.
