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Need For Awareness Of Allergenic Foods

... // eight foods i.e. cow’s milk, egg, peanut, tree nut (walnut, cashew, etc.), fish, shellfish, legumes (peanut and soy), cereals (wheat, barley and rye) are responsible for the majority of food-allergic reactions. A recent article in the September issue of Biotechnology Advances highlights the need of ...

Cholesterol; Can Be Reduced By Sunflower Seeds, and Pistachios

...ic Institute and State University analysed some 27 nut and seed products in what is believed to be the most comprehensive analysis to date, science portal EurekAlert reported. They found that pistachios and sunflower kernels had the highest levels of phytosterols among nuts and seeds most commonly consu...

A breather for nuts in health

... up with bags of nuts sitting around."So crack the nut and have it too is the buzzword…so cut the nut and have it to!! Happy Nut(ting) ...

Poverty Claims Valuable Lives Of Children In Orissa

...tter has to be brought down because it's an easier nut to crack." About 22 percent of children born in the state have low birth weight, and 53 percent below three years suffer from moderate to severe malnutrition. Pneumonia, malaria and diarrhea are common diseases affecting infants in rural areas. ...

Allergies can be fatal if not attended properly

...d after eating a single sweet as she suffered from nut allergy. She assumed that it was a strawberry cr...at the number of children developing some level of nut allergy is on the rise and about one in fifty suffers from this condition. Mrs. Norman urged other...

Cancer Risks for Betel Nut Chewers

... the National Health Research Institute when betel nut chewing was combined with smoking and drinking the...educated females being more likely to become betel nut chewers. The study among Southeast Asian immigrants in Europe has revealed that infants of betel-...

Obesity Passed Onto Children By Ancestors' Smoking And Chewing Betel Nuts

...Science Festival. 'Dr Boucher has found that betel nut chewing of the father leads to earlier onset of th... All participants were or had been smokers. 'Betel nut and tobacco are similar,' he said. 'This is replication of our findings with smoking.'...

Food Allergies In UK being Grossly Over Estimated

...n of adrenaline injection kits for conditions like nut allergies had saved lives. Writing in the British Medical Journal, he said that overstating the dangers 'leads to unnecessary alarm for many families.' He explained that that severe food allergy is extremely rare. He stated that for example in Engl...

Mizoram Women Under the Grip of Tobacco

... Apart from 'Tuibur', tobacco chewing with betel nut and consumption of 'zarda' (a form of tobacco) are also prevalent among women in the state. According to D. Baruah, additional director at the hospital and medical education department, community elders, especially in the remote areas of the state,...

New Findings on Toxoplasmosis

...etabolism and biochemistry, which makes it a tough nut to crack," White said. The recently published studies show that molecular interactions between the parasite and host directly regulate the disease's severity, White said. Genes from the parasite also disrupt signals in the host's immune system and ...

Findings on Dangerous Parasite, Toxoplasma Gondii Published

...etabolism and biochemistry, which makes it a tough nut to crack," White said. The recently-published studies show that molecular interactions between the parasite and host directly regulate the disease's severity, White said. Genes from the parasite also disrupt signals in the host's immune system and ...

Be True to Your Heart With a Handful of Almonds

...r at bay. Research on almonds is showing that this nut may be one of those satiating foods. In a recent study, researchers worked with 20 overweight women having them eat two handfuls of almonds or about 300 calories worth. The researchers found that despite including this amount of almonds, the subje...

Dining Out is Risky for Food-allergic Consumers

...cidental exposures in persons with peanut and tree nut allergies, and 15 of 32 percent of fatal reactions to foods began from food obtained in a restaurant or food establishment. Dr. Sicherer emphasizes that the discrepancy between high comfort in preparation of a safe meal and deficits in knowledge ab...

Soy Nuts may Improve Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Levels in Women

... or higher) and 48 had normal blood pressure. "Soy nut supplementation significantly reduced systolic [top number] and diastolic [bottom number] blood pressure in all 12 hypertensive women and in 40 of the 48 normotensive women," the authors write. "Compared with the TLC diet alone, the TLC diet plus soy...

Indian Introduces Paan-flavoured Condoms

...condom flavoured with the popular mixture of betel nut and tobacco known as paan is to go on sale in India, newspapers said Tuesday . State-owned company Hindustan Latex has already tested the pungent and bitter mixture on their main market, sex workers, who preferred it to other flavours such as banan...

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