FOOD
Our first sub-theme is FOOD
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Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
Background: Guidelines advocate changes in fatty acid consumption to promote cardiovascular health.
Purpose: To summarize evidence about associations between fatty acids and coronary disease.
Profiles of Organic Food Consumers in a Large Sample of French Adults: Results from the Nutrinet-Santé Cohort Study
Regular consumers of organic products, a sizeable group in our sample, exhibit specific socio-demographic characteristics, and an overall healthy profile which should be accounted for in further studies analyzing organic food intake and health markers.
Contribution of Organically Grown Crops to Human Health
An increasing interest in organic agriculture for food production is seen throughout the world and one key reason for this interest is the assumption that organic food consumption is beneficial to public health. The present paper focuses on the background of organic agriculture, important public health related compounds from crop food and variations in the amount of health related compounds in crops. In addition, influence of organic farming on health related compounds, on pesticide residues and heavy metals in crops, and relations between organic food and health biomarkers as well as in vitro studies are also the focus of the present paper
The Impact of Food and Nutrient-Based Standards on Primary School Children’s Lunch and Total Dietary Intake: A Natural Experimental Evaluation of Government Policy in England
Implementation of school food policy standards was associated with significant improvements in the nutritional content of school lunches; this was reflected in children’s total diet. School food- and nutrient-based standards can play an important role in promoting dietary health and may contribute to tackling childhood obesity.t
Cornell study: Chemical in coffee may prevent blindness
May 6, 2014
An antioxidant found in coffee may prevent deteriorating eyesight and blindness, according to food scientists at Cornell University.
A Cornell study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that chlorogenic acid, a strong antioxidant contained in coffee, prevents retinal degeneration in mice.
Too Little Sleep, Too Much Fat
May 19, 2014
One of the most comprehensive studies of the potential link between reduced sleep and childhood obesity finds compelling evidence that children who consistently received less than the recommended hours of sleep during infancy and early childhood had increases in both obesity and overall body fat at age 7.
Until There’s a Cure: 21 Ways Longhorns Fight Cancer
“We’re interested in trying to develop ways of understanding how cancer cells behave on extracellular matrix materials that are much more like what they would encounter in the body, instead of a petri dish,” says Laura Suggs, associate professor of biomedical engineering. Her work could help inform clinical trials or drug screenings for cancer treatments.
Faculty at The University of Texas at Austin are tackling the challenge from many fronts, spending years in the lab, exploring new treatments with patients and working for funding to give people access to more effective diagnostic tools, less toxic medicine, less expensive care and more emotional support.