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PORTLAND, ME--(Marketwire - February 9, 2010) - EnviroLogix Inc., a company that develops and manufactures rapid, on-site and lab-based agricultural diagnostics, and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, MO, the world's largest nonprofit research institute focused on plant science, announced that they will collaborate to support one of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand ...
Your article Can GM crops feed the hungry? highlights the role that genetically modified (GM) cassava could play in alleviating malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. But a cheaper — and possibly more effective — route lies in cultivating indigenous and wild varieties of the crop.
“We showed for the first time, to our knowledge, that flavonol intake was inversely associated with stroke incidence,” wrote the researchers, led by Dr Peter Hollman, an associate professor of Nutrition and health in the Division of Human Nutrition of Wageningen University.
03-Feb-2010 - As consumers look for ways to eat healthier, beans represent a significant opportunity for food manufacturers to create “better-for-you” products by boosting nutritional content.
The role of carotenoids, and beta-carotene in particular, in cancer is controversial, with several studies reporting that beta-carotene supplements may increase the risk of lung cancer in smokers.
The UK supplement market is worth around £400 million a year and is still growing despite concern among some experts that at best most are a waste of money, and at worst potentially harmful.
Store shelves are drowning is books and magazines dedicated to the care and maintenance of your body. Your abs, your thighs – even your heart – get special attention. But what about your mind?
Trying to suss out the stealth fat and calories in your diet? The editors of Fitness magazine have identified 10 diet staples -- from tricky turkey burgers to sneaky yogurts -- that may really be calorie culprits in disguise.
It is enough to make the modest tomato blush. But today sees the introduction onto supermarket shelves of a variety described as the first 'super superfood' for its abilities to reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
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