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Caffeine to fight cancer?
21-Aug-2002 - A compound found in many foods and drinks could form the basis for new drugs to defeat cancer and heart disease, scientists at the University...
'Good cholesterol' in red wine drinkers sheds light
21-Aug-2002 - Scientists have moved one step closer to understanding the 'French Paradox'. A recent study carried out in France claims to have found differences in the...
All sweetness and 'fight'
20-Aug-2002 - In the news again - food to fight cholesterol. A new study released this week suggests that honey contains about the same level of antioxidants...
Almonds: the key to beating cholesterol
20-Aug-2002 - Further evidence to suggest that almonds could benefit our health hit the press this week as scientists in Canada report that almonds significantly lowered bad...
Food irradiation under the spotlight
20-Aug-2002 - A two-day symposium this week in the US, entitled "Food Irradiation and Packaging for Irradiated Food, " is tackling the issues currently facing this controversial...
Enzymes sweeten up
19-Aug-2002 - Enzyme company Novozymes has announced the development of a new enzyme for syrup production. According to the company Liquezyme X allows manufacturers to improve syrup...
New analyser from Stable
19-Aug-2002 - UK manufacturer of testing instrumentation Stable Micro Systems is to launch the powder flow analyser at Powtech/Technopharm this year. The company claims that the new instrument...
USDA updates nutrient database
19-Aug-2002 - The US Agricultural Research Service has launched an updated version of its flagship database that reports on the nutrients present in 6,220 food items. The...
Broccoli to combat breast cancer
19-Aug-2002 - Researchers have developed a new compound, designed from a known anti-cancer agent found in broccoli, that shows potential for preventing breast cancer. Apparently less toxic...
Heart disease, diet and women - new link
16-Aug-2002 - The belief that a fatty diet is potentially harmful to human health gained more credence this week when a sixteen-year study found one of the...
Genes the key to weight loss
15-Aug-2002 - New diagnostic methods for obesity may soon be developed, according to scientists working on a three-year international research project called Nugenob. The European funded project...
Brand power
14-Aug-2002 - Brand names have a unique impact on our brains and engage the "emotional", right-hand side of the brain more than other words, new experiments suggest....
Dioxin impact on Vitamin A absorption
13-Aug-2002 - Pregnant women are advised to avoid high doses of vitamin A, and to refrain from eating liver and liver products that are naturally high in...
Thumbs up for eggs
13-Aug-2002 - Eggs play a valuable role in helping consumers achieve a balanced, varied, and nutritious diet, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) concluded in...
Bacteria beats beer
13-Aug-2002 - A scientist from Russia has developed a recipe for bifidobeer - a beer that contains bifidobacteria. There is evidence to suggest that bifidobacteria contained in...
Zinc for the elderly
12-Aug-2002 - Zinc intake among the elderly in Europe is generally low - but European researchers are currently trying to discover the role of zinc in preventing...
Sugar analysis from the UK
12-Aug-2002 - UK chemical analysis company Burkard Scientific has developed a compact package for accurate and user-friendly sugar analysis, the company claims this week. Multi-channel, flow analysis...
Databases for pharma
12-Aug-2002 - FIZ Karlsruhe, the European Service Centre of STN International, a leading online provider of scientific and technical information, has announced the launch of the Pharmal...
Processing 'can' be good for you
12-Aug-2002 - The traditional argument is that fresh fruit and vegetables are better for the health than their processed equivalents, but new research from the US suggests...
Pecans promote VitE power
09-Aug-2002 - Suspicions that the levels of the antioxidant vitamin E contained in nuts could vary from state to state in the US were proven to be...
Organics extended at National Starch
09-Aug-2002 - UK starch ingredient company National Starch, a subsidiary of chemical giant ICI, this week announced the launch of Novation 9330 and Novation 9360 - a...
The obesity epidemic
09-Aug-2002 - In a seminar in this week's issue of science journal The Lancet, Cara B Ebbeling and colleagues, from the USA, discuss the public-health crisis -...
Antioxidants measured: biomarkers, methods, ROS
09-Aug-2002 - Dietary antioxidants are currently at the centre of a new collaboration between scientists and the industry with increasing evidence to suggest that these compounds could...
Tea symposium
08-Aug-2002 - The organisers of the third international scientific symposium on 'Tea & Human Health' are inviting the submission of abstracts that report recent scientific findings concerning...
The calcium-fat balance: impact on cancer
08-Aug-2002 - Men diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer should try to reduce the levels of fat and calcium in their diet in order to delay the...
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