Energy Drink Consumption Linked With Negative Behaviors

According to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior weekly consumption of sports drinks and energy drinks among adolescents is significantly associated with higher consumption of other sugar-sweetened beverages, cigarette smoking, and screen media use.


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Loving Tofu For Its Healthy Qualities

Researchers from Cornell University in their study showed that tofu lovers saw it as a great source of light, inexpensive, energizing protein.


Tofu has long been a favorite among vegetarians and families with eastern ancestry.  But now Tofu is becoming a bigger part of western diets, ...
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New Foods Should Be Designed With Human Health In Mind

New foods should be designed with a focus particularly on healthy gastro-intestinal tract says Professor Vincenzo Fogliano.


New foods should be designed – more than has been the case up to now – with human health in mind, and especially the health of the gastro-intestinal tract. There is a nee...
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Controlling Fish Farms From The Air

Drones and “flying eyes” (cameras attached to remote-controlled helium balloons) are making a major advance into the aquaculture industry, opening the way for new opportunities linked to the documentation and inspection.
 
In this experiment, researchers used the...
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Wine Barrique Character Decoded

Neither the sense of taste nor the sense of smell is responsible for barrique appreciation. RUB researchers decode mechanism for appreciation of the barrique character.


If wine leaves a bitter, cotton-like coating on the tongue, neither the sense of taste nor the sense of smell is responsible....
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EFSA Analyses Difference Between Risk Assessment And Risk Management

The decision to separate the tasks of risk assessment and risk management just over a decade ago has transformed the safety of Europe’s food. And while there is wide recognition that this change has strengthened the safety of the food chain, uncertainty can still exist over the difference in r...
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Economic Option For Winter Production Of Lettuce, Spinach

Researchers have examined economics of high tunnels in southwestern United States as less expensive versions of greenhouses.


Used throughout the world in horticulture and agriculture production, high tunnels are less complex and less expensive versions of greenhouses. The structures’...
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Soy Sauce May Help In Drug Therapy for HIV Patients

MU researcher finds that soy sauce molecule may unlock drug therapy for HIV patients. Compounds can be 70 times more potent than Tenofovir, a first-line HIV regimen.


For HIV patients being treated with anti-AIDS medications, resistance to drug therapy regimens is commonplace. Often, patients...
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Benign Bug Can Help Combat Salmonella From Colonizing Raw Tomatoes

A new research shows that benign bacterium can help in blocking Salmonella from colonizing raw tomatoes. When applied to Salmonella-contaminated tomato plants, the benign bacterium significantly reduced the concentration of the pathogen compared to controls.


Scientists from the U.S. Food and...
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A New Multimedia Report Solar Energy

The 20th CNRS/sagascience report focuses on the current state of solar energy in France and around the world. The authors describe the technologies that will drive solar energy development, the obstacles involved and the latest scientific breakthroughs in this field.


The 20th report in the...
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New Agricultural Production Model May Increase Food Security

Scientists have begun developing a sophisticated new agricultural production modeling tool. It is possible to optimize production across a much bigger area than one crop or one land.


Farmers are used to optimizing crop production on their own lands. They do soil tests to choose the right...
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Cereal Fiber Can Extend Your Life After Survived Heart Attack

A new study finds that heart attack survivors who eat lots of fiber have a greater chance of living longer. Researchers particularly pointed that cereal fiber is especially beneficial.


People who survive heart attacks have a greater chance of living longer if they increase their dietary intake...
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There Is Something Fishy With Classical Evidence For Dietary Fish Recommendations

Researchers have found that there is insufficient evidence to back study from Bang and Dyerberg that connected the low incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) among the Inuit of Greenland to their diet.


Oily fish are currently recommended as part of a heart healthy diet. This guideline is...
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A Cup Of Coffee A Day Can Help In Prevention Of Possible Blindness

Researchers discover another health benefit from coffee. They say that a cup of coffee can help in prevention of deteriorating eyesight and possible blindness from retinal degeneration due to glaucoma, aging and diabetes.


Coffee drinkers, rejoice! Aside from java’s energy jolt, food...
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Supermarket Access Key Factor In Successful Obesity Programs

Study shows children in an obesity intervention who lived closer to a supermarket ate more fruits and vegetables.


Living close to a supermarket appears to be a key factor in the success of interventions to help obese children eat better and improve their weight, according to a study to be...
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Severe Impacts On Biodiversity Due To Climate Change

Researchers analysed multiple dimensions of climate change and found that different regions emerge as threatened by different aspects of climate change.


Shrinking ice sheets and melting ice caps are well known consequences of climate change. But a new study reveals that impacts on biodiversity...
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Bottles And Plastic Bags In The Deepest Ocean Depths

Experts say that human litter such as bottles, plastic bags and fishing nets can be found in the deepest ocean depths.


A new paper published on the journal PLOS ONE alerts that even in the deepest ocean depths you can find bottles, plastic bags, fishing nets and other types of human litter....
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RASFF Food Alerts, Week 18

Here is the summary of food alerts issued by Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) last week
On 02/05/2014, too high content of sulphite (120; 164 mg/kg – ppm) was detected in sauce from Thailand. The product was distributed to Denmark. RASFF reference No.: 2014.0598.
On 28/04/2014,...
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Slimfast Meal Bars Recalled

IRELAND – Unilever has withdrawn three varieties of Slimfast Meal Bars because some bars have been packed into incorrect boxes and therefore the allergen information on the boxes regarding peanut, wheat, oats and gluten may not match the product in the box.
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Vieux Lille au Lait Cru Entier Recalled

FRANCE – Gaec Chateau Courbet is recalling Chateau Courbet at Auchan Vieux Lille au Lait Cru Entier (Lille Raw Milk Whole) because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recalled product is Vieux Lille au Lait Cru Entier (Lille Raw Milk Whole) branded Chateau...
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