Nutrition/Nutrients

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2020--The anti-inflammatory and other beneficial effects of meditation and yoga practices make them potential adjunctive treatments of COVID-19, according to the…

Credit: Monell Chemical Senses Center PHILADELPHIA (July 1, 2020) - Amber Alhadeff, PhD, the newest faculty member at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, has been awarded a 2020 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neurosciences,…

Scholars program will offer research opportunities and paid summer internships to undergrads The University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Food Science has been awarded a five-year, $482,549 grant to fund an experiential learning…

Researchers find genetic variation shapes individual perception of fatty foodsCredit: Monell Chemical Senses Center Most people would agree that the pleasure of some foods stems in part from its fat content. New research, led…

Researchers from Sechenov University in collaboration with colleagues from Germany, Greece and Russia reviewed scientific articles on the role of zinc in the prevention and treatment of viral infections and pneumonia, with projections on…

How a jelly ingredient factors inCredit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Food additives get a bad rap, but a natural ingredient from orange peels and apple skins, pectin, is a thickener safely added to many food…

Researchers at the Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina lead health disparity research studiesCredit: MUSC HCC Leading health disparities experts hope health institutions will take advantage of a new…

Credit: Matthew Potthoff, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine New research has identified the specific brain cells that control how much sugar you eat and how much you crave sweet tasting food. Most people enjoy a sweet…

Credit: James Betts, the University of Bath Consuming protein at night increases blood sugar level in the morning for healthy people, according to new research presented this week at The Physiological Society's virtual early career…

The process of pumping, storing and bottle-feeding breast milk may reduce the transfer of bacteria from mom to babyCredit: Kevin Liang/Unsplash A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the…

New simplified protocol could reach more children and save lives during COVID-related food crises The study was led by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and Action…

Study may help explain how genes and other factors influence an individual's response to restricting caloriesCredit: Alice C. Gray Changes in a few small molecules involved in a cell's metabolism seem to indicate whether a…

How flavor flows over taste buds affects the way humans perceive taste, study finds COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new study might explain why humans register some tastes more quickly than others, potentially due to each flavor's molecular size. The…

New paper from American University and global working group ponders four likely scenarios Aquaculture, the relatively young but fast-growing industry of farming of fish and other marine life, now produces around half of all seafood…

Wits researchers find that aardvarks feeding in the daytime during droughts might be starvingCredit: Nora Weyer/Wits University Aardvarks occur across most of sub-Saharan Africa, but very few people have seen one, because…

Credit: Sukhbir Singh In the semi-arid Texas High Plains, growers and producers are concerned about the sustainability of beef and dairy industries, which rely heavily on irrigated corn for feed-grain and silage. A main source of…

Researchers identify a protein responsible for bacteria's beneficial behavior COLUMBUS, Ohio - Scientists have discovered that one of the good bacteria found in the human gut has a benefit that has remained unrecognized until now: the…

PortionSize promises an affordable method to measure how much users eatCredit: John Apolzan, Corby Martin A new smartphone app promises to make it easier for consumers to stick to their weight-management plans by automatically…

Stay-at-home parents, cleaners, blue-collar workers more likely to develop osteoarthritisCredit: Institute of Bone and Joint Research, University of Sydney Knee replacements are a huge burden on society and individuals from all…

So far there are no approved drugs for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease AURORA, Colo. (July 8, 2020) - In an effort to combat a growing worldwide epidemic of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), scientists have discovered a new…