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High salt could lead to broken bones.
Isobel Hoskins
18 June 2013
[Subjects] Nutrition physiology / Nutrition & health
A high-salt diet raises a woman’s risk of breaking a bone after menopause, no matter what her bone density is, according to a study presented on Saturday at The Endocrine Society’s 95th Annual Meeting...
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Nutrition gets on the development agenda
I. Hoskins
06 June 2013
[Subjects] Nutrition & health
Next weekend nutrition tops the development agenda. Ahead of the G8 summit on Sunday, the UK and Brazil and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), are hosting a “Nutrition for Growth” summit...
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Link between poultry contamination on farm and at processing plant
03 June 2013
[Subjects] Food safety
Researchers at the University of Georgia, Athens, have identified a strong link between the prevalence and load of certain food-borne pathogens on poultry farms, and later downstream at the processing...
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Organic Milk Potentially Low in Iodine Level but High in Several Essential Nutrients
M Djuric, DVM
22 May 2013
[Subjects] Food science
“There are scientifically proven health and sustainability benefits of organic milk which are valuable as part of a balanced and healthy diet. Studies show that organic whole and semi-skimmed milk has more beneficial omega-3 fatty acid,...
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Parental contact improves student diet
I. Hoskins
17 May 2013
[Subjects] Nutrition & health
Students at a US college ate more healthily on days on which they communicated with their parents for 30 minutes or more finds a study in Journal of Adolescent Health.
Students are not a group that eats particularly healthily....
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Restaurant meals - bad for the waistline
I. Hoskins
15 May 2013
[Subjects] Nutrition & health
A study in JAMA Internal Medicine this week highlights the oversized portions...
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European Commission proposes new rules for safer food
R. Wood
08 May 2013
[Subjects] Food safety
The European Commission has adopted a package of measures to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain.
The Commission says the...
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Obesity: Is carbohydrate the problem?
I. Hoskins
17 April 2013
[Subjects] Nutrition physiology / Nutrition & health
Despite all the advice and campaigns to lose weight the obesity epidemic continues unabated. In the BMJ, Gary Taubes argues that we need to reconsider our approach. He advocates taking another look at the theory that obesity is an endocrinological...
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Phenylbutazone in horse meat: risk assessment
17 April 2013
[Subjects] Food safety
A joint assessment from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) concludes that the illegal...
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Carnitine could it be linked to heart disease?
Isobel Hoskins
10 April 2013
[Subjects] Nutrition & disease
Carnitine, found in abundance in red meat, and a popular food supplement, may be implicated in heart disease according to a recent study in Nature Medicine. In the study, researchers led by Robert Koeth of the Cleveland Clinic report that... |