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Chemistry & Industry Issue 6 Cover Date 18 March 2002 - Functional Foods Special
NEWS Bayer reshuffles management (p4) Bayer`s plans to reassign top management responsibilities, as it prepares to re-invent itself as a strategic holding, have led to a second casualty. Thought-controlled devices possible, reveal monkey tests (p5) Monkeys have been able to use thought to control a cursor, opening the possibility of... view more... (2002-03-13)
ADA releases updated position statement on functional foods
The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position on functional foods that says fortified, enriched or enhanced foods can benefit a person's health when consumed as part of a varied diet, encourages further research and urges continued efforts to educate the public on such foods. view more (2009-04-01)
Functional food task force meets on latest nutrition research
Consumers, health professionals and educators are bombarded with research about the health benefits of certain foods. To help sort through the information, dairy industry experts recently gathered at the Functional Food Task Force meeting in San Francisco. view more (2006-06-22)
Functional foods offer hope for fighting infections
Upset stomachs and gut diseases are a common problem amongst our increasingly elderly population, but now help may be on hand using friendly bacteria isolated from the intestines of healthy elderly individuals, according to scientists speaking today (Wednesday, 08 September 2004) at the Society for General Microbiology's 155th Meeting at Trinity... view more... (2004-08-23)
Functional Foods: Development and Marketing
These days our supermarket shelves are filled with more and more so-called "functional foods" foods with special health-promoting properties. These products often represent a "high-tech" product line, in the twilight zone between food and medicine. Agricultural researcher Cecilia Mark-Herbert from the Swedish University of... view more... (2002-02-11)
Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods'
A comfort food, a tasty treat, an indulgence - ice cream conjures feelings of happiness and satisfaction for millions. Ice cream researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered ways to make ice cream tastier and healthier and have contributed to ice cream development and manufacturing for more than a century. view more (2009-11-10)
Dietary fibre supplements may be harmful
Not all dietary fibre is as good for us as we have been led to believe, says an editorial in Gut. Instead of protecting us from colon cancer, writes Dr Robert Goodlad of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, some fibre and fibre supplements could actually increase our risk of developing the disease, according to recent research. We have become wedded... view more... (2001-04-10)
Virtual food components take the guesswork out of healthy eating
Nutritional information as provided on food labels tell us little about the effects various food components actually have on our body. But that could change, thanks to a novel concept described by New Zealand researcher Dr John Monro in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture this month - the use of virtual food components (VFCs) to... view more... (2005-02-02)
UIC researchers show how cancer-preventing foods work
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are unraveling the biochemical mechanism by which functional foods combat cancer. view more (2005-07-11)
GM Foods: The Splice of Life?
Many hundreds of millions of consumers around the globe have eaten, knowingly or unknowingly, foods that have been genetically modified (GM) or contained ingredients from genetically modified sources with no reports of illness resulting from such consumption. Nevertheless, from a European perspective, GM technology applied to food is not trusted... view more... (2000-02-08)
MEDIA INVITATION: Are GM foods safe to eat?
Are GM foods safe to eat or are the health risks greater than those associated with conventional foods? Could the use of antibiotic resistance genes in GM plants lead to widespread resistance to antibiotics within humans? Could genetic modification of foods lead consumers to develop new food allergies? These are some of the important questions... view more... (2003-01-21)
Pectin power
Scientists have found a new possible explanation for why people who eat more fruit and vegetables may gain protection against the spread of cancers. view more (2008-10-13)
New science review examines multiple health benefits of dairy foods
Food prices rose by 5.5 percent in the past year and are expected to increase up to an additional 4 percent in 2009. view more (2009-07-02)
EU Food Position Papers Published By SCI
A special issue of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) peer-reviewed Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (JSFA) is now available containing critical reviews produced within the European Union (EU) Concerted Action Nutritional Enhancement of Plant-based Food in European Trade (NEODIET) An international array of scientists have... view more... (2000-09-13)
Effect of prebiotic and probiotic foods on health
A group of researchers at the Public University of Navarre, led by Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Elena Urdaneta Artola, have studied both the mechanisms whereby foodstuffs known as functional act at a gastrointestinal level as well as their possible beneficial effects on the health of individuals. The study, which will continue until 2006, has... view more... (2004-08-19)
Food peptides activate bitter taste receptors
Researchers from the Monell Center and Tokyo University of Agriculture have used a novel molecular method to identify chemical compounds from common foods that activate human bitter taste receptors. view more (2008-01-23)
A novel approach to functional gastrointestinal disorders
Functional gastrointestinal disorders (irritable bowel syndrome, dyspepsia, etc.) are an exceendingly common problem of medical practice. Yet their assessment is at present unsatisfactory and results in excess health care use and therapeutic frustration. Clincians know that psychosocial aspects are of considerable importance in their development... view more... (2000-06-09)
New index offers first science-based definition of nutrient density
The Nutrient-Rich Foods (NRF) Index is a new, objective, science-based way to measure the total nutritional quality of foods and beverages. view more (2009-08-04)
Comfort food fallacy: Upheaval leads to less-familiar choices
You'd think in times of uncertainty, people would gravitate toward familiar favorites. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that stress and upheaval actually lead people to choose less-familiar foods over "comfort foods." view more (2009-09-22)
Is there a relationship between a mother prompting her child to eat and obesity?
The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased significantly since the 1980s. Many factors contribute to childhood obesity; however, parents are in a key position to help shape children's eating behaviors and eating environments. view more (2006-09-20)
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