Nutrition/Nutrients

Less focus on plate size and more on reducing quantity and variety of food key to getting children to snack lessCredit: MCRI A new study has found that offering children a wide variety and large quantities of snack food…

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Health System A young scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has received a prestigious grant to determine how best to grow gut microbes to fight disease and improve human…

Protein, iron, zinc to be 19.5%, 14.4%, and 14.6% lower, respectively, than without climate change July 17, 2019 - One of the biggest challenges to reducing hunger and undernutrition around the world is to produce foods that provide not…

Nutraceuticals that preserve muscle in reduced gravity will support long-term space missions Mars is about 9 months from Earth with today's tech, NASA reckons. As the new space race hurtles forward, Harvard researchers are asking: how do…

The aggressiveness of ants in arid environments with scarce food supply helps protect plants against herbivorous arthropodsCredit: Laura Leal Biologists Laura Carolina Leal and Felipe Passos performed a series of experiments in…

Credit: Mark Holmes Products we commonly buy at the supermarket, such as tortillas and corn chips, are made from food grade corn. The corn is grown, harvested, bought by a food company, turned into masa (dough from ground…

Study finds that 74% of London's house sparrows carry avian malaria -- more than any other bird population in Northern Europe -- and links the intensity of individuals' infections to sparrow declineCredit: ZSL, BTO London's house sparrows…

Credit: University of Guelph Are cats getting fatter? Until now, pet owners and veterinarians didn't know for sure. Now University of Guelph researchers have become the first to access data on more than 19 million cats to get a picture…

Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of new subscription-based journal, Current Nutraceuticals. The first issue of the journal will be available online by the start of the year, 2020. Dr. Claus Jacob is the Editor-in-Chief…

BfR Opinion No 015/2019 of April 24, 2019 Carbofuran is a plant protection product which can be used against certain insects, mites, ticks and nematodes. On the basis of the amount of the carbofuran residues and estimated dietary intake of…