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Sweet corn releases antioxidants on cooking

...ave always been beneficial to our body. When sweet corn is heated, its antioxidant content is released fro...niversity in the US have experimented with cooking corn on the cob for increasing lengths of time (10, 35 and 50 minutes). The longer the corn was cooked, t...

New heart-healthy corn due in stores by 2007

A new breed of corn that mixes the conventional seed with a bright-blo...s popcorn and yellow sweet corn. Scientists bred corn with Eastern gama grass, a purple or orange-bloomed plant, and came up with a corn high in oleic fat...

More About The Coffee Bean Than Just A Heavenly Taste and Smell

... such as tea, milk, chocolate, bananas, dry beans, corn and cranberries has been outranked by this wonder bean. While the findings would seem to encourage people to go out and drink more coffee, moderation is necessary. In addition, fruits and vegetables are on the hit list because they are better fro...

Omega 3 Fatty acids (fishy oil) Inhibits Breast Cancer Growth

...s rich in either fish oil (omega-3 fatty acids) or corn oil (omega-6 fatty acids). Researchers found that... mice on the fish oil diet compared to that on the corn oil diet. Results from in vitro experiments indicated DHA and EPA inhibited the growth of cultured ...

High-Vegetable & Fruit Diet Reduce The Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer

...vegetables (such as carrots, yams, sweet potatoes, corn and yellow squash), dark leafy vegetables and cruciferous vegetables. Light-green vegetables, tomatoes and tomato products showed weaker protective benefits. Fruits were found to be protective but significantly less so than vegetables, with citrus f...

Carotenoid Absorption Explained In A Better Manner

...e color, while lutein is a major yellow pigment of corn and leafy green vegetables. Carotenoids act as biological antioxidants, protecting cells and tissues from damage caused by naturally occurring oxygen free radicals in the body. Beta-carotene is a potentially important means of lessening vitamin A de...

Another Benefit For Human Health Attributed To Omega-3-Fats

...th of cancer, omega-6 fatty acid-rich food such as corn was excluded in D.H.’s diet as these fatty acids increase cancer growth. “We have good evidence for employing nutritional interventions to improve cancer treatment and patient well-being,” the story quoted Dr. Pardini as saying. Source Nutrition a...

Fungal toxins infected corn the reason for congenital defects

Fungal toxins in corn may be the reason for neural tube defects outbreak...al Environmental Health Perspectives suggests that corn and its products //that have been infected by fungal toxins might give rise to neural tube defects (...

Vitamin E: good, bad or ugly???

...parison of the two most common forms of Vitamin E, corn and soybeans and olive oil, almonds, sunflower see...ratory experiments, the kind of vitamin E found in corn and soybean oil, gamma-tocopherol, ultimately destroyed animal cells. But the other form of vitamin ...

Biological Clock Could Be Re-Set: Study

...ical clock, a region in the brain of the size of a corn kernel, which dictates our sleep-wake cycles. A research conducted by Kent State professor David Glass has shown that this clock can be re-set, reported science portal EurekAlert. The body clock is an internal mechanism in organisms that controls t...

Exiled Tibetans In India To Adopt Organic Farming

...d by the Indian government, including wheat, rice, corn and linseed. The first wave of Tibetan refugees fled Tibet in 1959 along with their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, after a failed uprising against Chinese occupation. Besides farming, Tibetans are also engaged as traders and shopkeepers in s...

Polyunsaturated Fat, Vitamin E Lowers Risk Of Motor Neurone Disease

...a-6 fat found abundantly in vegetable oils such as corn oil and omega 3 fat found in fish and nuts, reports foodconsumer.org. The motor neurone diseases (MND) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity such as speaking, ...

Doctors Suggest Tax on High Calorie Diet to Deter Intake

...o conference are pointing out to the high fructose corn syrup which is the sweetener added to everything from ketchup to cola. Due to these taxes about ￡500million a year funds have been gathered says Michael Jacobsen, director of the Centre for Science and the Public Interest, an independent health watch...

Cancer Survivor Gives Birth To Baby Girl

...one or two small children and watch them eat their corn on the cob just the way my husband does,” added Beverley, cancer survivor and Fertile Hope financial assistance recipient. Prior to attempting pregnancy, Lindsay and Jordan worked closely with her oncology team to ensure her health and to determine...

Crusade Against Malnutrition

...ir health and weight on the standard diet of rice, corn and beans. "If we dig the children out of the deep immunologic and nutritional hole they are in, they are not very likely to fall back in," Wolff said. "We can't treat all of the congenital diseases they have, but we can treat malnutrition, which m...

Soda and Sugary Drinks make Americans Obese

...ommon sweetener used in soft drinks, high fructose corn syrup, contains more calories than regular refined sugar. Studies also suggest that it reduces the body's ability to process calories, according to the review published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Hu said that an extra can of sod...

Yellow and green vegetables for better eyesight

...h, yellow and green vegetables like peas// , sweet corn and brocolli have chemicals that may be good for the eyesight. The diets of 1,700 American women of the age group 50 to 79 were studied by researchers at the University of Wisconsin to observe the affect of diet on their chances of developing eye pr...

Processed foods – "the" cause of obesity!

...d processors discovered a technique for converting corn – which is grown abundantly and cheaply – into a processed sugar. That new product, high-fructose corn syrup, is a sweetener that affects metabolism in a very negative way," says Lustig. Fructose is pr...

Alternative therapies for ADHD

...D medications."Specifically, getting high fructose corn syrup out of the diet, caffeine out of the diet, and if you want to go a little further, taking flour and sugar out," said Fisher, who, while a proponent of drug therapy, worries about side effects. "We're not talking a huge sample, but I've gotten p...

Sugary Beverages Fuel the Obesity Epidemic

...and obese. Added sweeteners, such as high-fructose corn syrup, may be one of the major reasons, says the October 2006 issue of the Harvard Health Letter. Sweeteners added to sports beverages and juice drinks are particularly troubling because many people think those drinks are healthful. But studies hav...

Schools ban cupcakes

...ke sweetheart candies on Valentine's Day and candy corn on Halloween in the classroom. The legislation was backed by Rep. Jim Dunnam after a school in his district booted a father bringing in pizzas on birthdays."There are a lot of reasons our kids are getting fat. Cupcakes aren't one of them," he said...

The interplay of genes, diet and heart disease

...6s are found in grains, meats, vegetable oils like corn and soy, and also processed foods made with these oils. Both omega-3s and omega-6s, known as essential fatty acids, must be consumed in the diet because they are not made by the body. "We know that some people are genetically predisposed to risk fa...

Evolution of Plant Life Cycle

...e group called hornworts, often found in abandoned corn fields, represents the progenitors of the vascular plants. "Basically we captured a few major events that happened in the first few tens of millions of years of land plant evolution," Qiu said. The results make sense in light of the plants' life cyc...

Low Folate Diet increases Colorectal Cancer risk

...ortification of food like breads, cereals, flours, corn meals, pastas and rice with folic acid is mandatory in both US and Canada. GYT...

Experts reject duct tape therapy for warts

...uct tape only works slightly better than a regular corn pad which itself is considered to be a placebo by ... and rashes on skin. None of the children who used corn pads complained of any allergic manifestations. Warts crop up due to viral infection and are observe...

Whet your appetite with “Mindless Eating”: A gourmet's deligh!

...). Packages make a difference, too. A large bag of corn chips in front of us means we will consume more; so why don't we try smaller bags" We may not eat much of the fried chicken in an ordinary restaurant, he suggests, but make it a place with reservations, a tablecloth, background music and a menu title...

Gene-Altered Foods ? Still Not Sure

...lmost all of soybean, cotton and more than half of corn grown are genetically modified. Since most processed foods contain tiny amounts of soy lecithin and corn syrup people are actually eating gene altered food without realizing it. At times some attention i...

Gene-Altered Foods -Still Not Sure

...lmost all of soybean, cotton and more than half of corn grown are genetically modified. Since most processed foods contain tiny amounts of soy lecithin and corn syrup people are actually eating gene altered food without realizing it. At times some attention i...

Pregnant Women Can Minimize Risk Of Rodent-Based Virus

...g state like Iowa, mice can hide in places such as corn cribs in the fall." To minimize LCMV risk, pregnant women can take these steps: -- Have their home "winterized" to ensure that mice are not entering through cracks or crevices, especially in the foundation. -- If a home is infested with one or ...

High-Tech Microbes Bolsters Natural Sweetener Production

...ally engineered bacteria that eat hemicellulose in corn fiber// and other sources could set the stage for ... inside special biofermentors and fed a "broth" of corn fibers or other hemicellulose sources. The xylitol they excreted was later purified from the broth a...

Do Children Of Low Income Families Eat Fresh Fruits?

...on produce such as potatoes, green beans, lettuce, corn and orange juice for their vitamins and minerals. Highly priced produce such as pears, squash and whole grapefruit were found only in few low-income homes. "There is a perception that the cost of fruits and vegetables is a barrier to their consumpt...

Xylitol To Be Produced By Genetically Engineered E. Coli

...on costs and enable its manufacture in the US from corn fibers and other crops. Xylitol is used as a sug...side special biofermentors and fed on a "broth" of corn fibers and other hemi cellulose sources. The bacteria excreted xylitol that was later separated from...

Plum School Students Set the Trend in Healthy Eating

...lls of oats, soybeans, peas and rice, or bran from corn or wheat has been used in school meals to cut down calories while preserving a favorable ‘mouth feel’. Scientists of U.S Department of Agriculture have designed the additive and the product is claimed to maintain the pleasing texture of food while ...

Oleic-acid-rich Sunflowers Give Trans-fat Alternative - Study

...c acid, 71.6 per cent linoleic acid), soybean oil, corn oil and peanut oil. Writing in the Elsevier jour...flavours, and thermal stability. In general, the corn oil was most stable for these measures, they note. "Genetically modified high oleic sunflower oil ...

Cancer Research May Help Biofuels

...techniques for increasing crop yields with canola, corn and other crops. In their natural state, these cro...y modified foods," he said. "Eighty percent of the corn and soy sold worldwide has biotech inside of it. You ate a transgene at breakfast this morning if yo...

Wet Distiller's Grains Could Play a Role in Cattle Diets

...um distiller's grains can be fed in a steam-flaked corn ration without affecting efficiencies, said two re...et distiller's grains for some of the steam-flaked corn and cottonseed meal," Brown said. "Also, there hadn't been any studies previously to assess the valu...

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo - Announce They Are To Introduce Healthy Drink

...tion group that a product containing high-fructose corn syrup should not be considered natural -- and 7Up Plus floundered. Source-IANS...

GMO Corn Causes Liver, Kidney Problems in Rats: Study

...maize genetically modified to make it resistant to corn rootworm. It has been authorized by the European Union for use in animal feed since 2005 and for human consumption since January 2006. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Ethanol Could Be Damaging for Human Health, New Study Says

...hanol is produced from renewable resources such as corn or sorghum and can be blended with gasoline as a 1... disruption to the land - unlike ethanol made from corn or switchgrass, which will require millions of acres of farmland to mass-produce,' he said. This f...

Pramlintide-A Boon to Restrain Fast Food Consumption

...uded deep-dish pizzas, ice cream and high fructose corn syrup-sweetened soft drinks. These three meals were the fast-food challenge. The participants 24-hour food intake was measured on the first day of the experiment, when all were given a placebo, the first treatment day, (day 3) and on day 43. The pa...

Beware, America's Fast Food Consumers!

...icans ; high-fat food combined with high fructose corn syrup and a sedentary lifestyle. The finding bei...f a diet that had 40 percent fat and high fructose corn syrup, the most common sweetener in soda and some fruit juices. "We wanted to mirror the kind of d...

Study Finds Glycerin to Be a Good Source for Cattle Feed

...e procured for about four cents per pound; whereas corn costs around eight cents a pound....

High-fat and Sugary Diet Severely Damage Liver and Other Vital Organs

...t food combined with sugar-sweetened high fructose corn syrup diet and a sedentary lifestyle, on liver and... was 40 percent fat and replete with high fructose corn syrup, a sweetener common in soda and some fruit juices. The mice were not forced to eat, rather, ...

Consume Less, Experts Advise as Malthusian Nightmare Returns to Haunt West

...icy. Then there is corn. While relatively little corn is eaten directly it is of pivotal importance to t...oghurt in the average fridge is all produced using corn and the price of every one of these is influenced by the price of corn. In the past 12 months the...

Another Sexual Attraction is Possible ...

... to the formation of a new species. The European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, is a model species that...te a powerful mating barrier. Why, then, don't the corn borer Capulets and Montagues mate more often" So far, the researchers can only dream of their next f...

Chinese Eco-tourism Causing Infanticide Among Tibetan Monkeys

... to a restricted range and regularly competing for corn thrown by excited spectators. The study claims that this scenario has triggered adult aggression toward each other and toward their young, and as a result, less than half of the infants survive into adulthood. "I think a lot more work needs to ...

Cane Sugar,corn Syrup Have Similar Effects on Hunger

Cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup have similar effects on hunger, fullness, an...se molecules, such as are present in high-fructose corn syrup. The results suggest that while appetite and food intake are influenced by the number of ca...