Insulin

... require more insulin after drinking skimmed milk than they do after taking an equivalent amount ... other form. Their particular reaction to skimmed milk is different than other diabetics', but the same amount of whole milk is likely to cause a still different reaction ...

Fermentation

... , torshi , tursu Europe : sauerkraut , kephir and other sour milk products, filmjlk , fermented Baltic Herring , alcohol History ... also evidence of leavened bread in ancient Egypt circa 1500 BCE and of milk fermentation in Babylon circa 3000 BCE . The Chinese were probably the ...

Foot and mouth disease

... loss from which they do not recover for several months, and in cows, milk production can decline significantly. Though most animals eventually ... epidemic, when large numbers of animals are destroyed and revenues from milk and meat production go down. For further reading Levy, Jay A., ...

Louis Pasteur

... With this established, he invented a process in which liquids such as milk were heated to kill all bacteria and molds already present within them. He ... polio as threats. Pasteurization led to the elimination of contaminated milk and other drinks as sources of disease. In fact, Pasteur inaugurated the ...

Antibody

... in the blood although it is primarily secreted across the mucosal tract into the stomach and intestines . It is also found in maternal milk , tears and saliva . This immunoglobulin helps to fight against pathogens that contact the body surface, ingested, or inhaled. It does not ...

Biotechnology

... specific use. One section of biotechnology is the directed use of organisms for the manufacture of organic products (examples include beer , milk -products, and skin ). Naturally present bacteria are utilized by the mining industry in bioleaching . Biotechnology is also used to recycle, ...

Endosymbiont

... her offspring. In some cases, the bacteria are transmitted in the egg, as in Buchnera ; in others like Wigglesworthia , they are transmitted via milk to the developing insect embryo. The bacteria are thought to help the host by either synthesizing nutrients that the host cannot make itself, or ...

Endosymbiont

... her offspring. In some cases, the bacteria are transmitted in the egg, as in Buchnera ; in others like Wigglesworthia , they are transmitted via milk to the developing insect embryo. The bacteria are thought to help the host by either synthesizing nutrients that the host cannot make itself, or ...

Enzyme

... Chitinase : breaks down chitin Cholinesterase Chymosin : better known as rennet, contained in the stomachs of many animals and causes milk to curdle Chymotrypsin : can digest proteins Coenzyme Q - cytochrome c reductase : participates in the electron transfer chain by reducing ...

Homunculus

... resemble a human form to varying degrees. The root was to be picked before dawn on a Friday morning by a black dog, then washed and "fed" with milk and honey and, in some prescriptions, blood, whereupon it would fully develop into a miniature human which would guard and protect its owner. Yet a ...

Kwashiorkor

... a child is nursing, it receives certain amino acids vital to growth from its mother's milk. When the child is weaned, if the diet that replaces the milk is high in starches and carbohydrates , and deficient in protein (as is common in parts of the world where the bulk of the diet consists of ...

Nutrition

... the United States, babies started developing scurvy; there was a veritable plague. It turned out that the vast majority of sufferers were being fed milk that had been heat treated (as suggested by Pasteur) to control bacterial disease. Pasteurization was effective against bacteria, but it destroyed ...

Protein

... protein combining can be achieved over a longer period of time. Ovo-lacto vegetarians usually do not have this problem, since egg's white and cow's milk contain all essential amino acids. Peanuts , soy milk, nuts, seeds, green peas, Legumes , the alga spirulina and some grains are some of ...