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Intake of Potatoes Boosts the Immune System

...here they fed growing pigs large quantities of raw potato starch (RPS) for over 14 weeks and found that they... Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona: "The use of raw potato starch in this experiment is designed to simulate the effects of a diet high in resistant starch." ...

Japanese are Weighed Down by Deviating from Their Traditional Diet

...home after juku classes can often be seen snacking potato chips on commuter trains or chowing down fast food. "As more and more mothers took up jobs, many of them had no time for cooking," Kaneda lamented. Adding up the calories are Japanese versions of western food such as Tonkatsu, a breaded, deep-fri...

Zeta-Jones is 'obsessed' With Smoked Salmon Sandwiches With Crushed Potato Chips

...sessed' with smoked salmon sandwiches with crushed potato chips . Speaking, at a press conference for her ...with smoked salmon sandwiches on ground bread with potato chips in the middle, crushed down," People magazine quoted the actress, as saying. "I had it with ...

Male Wallflowers-Watch Your Heart

...anti-social men might be prone to unhealthy, couch potato behavior and so more likely to die. The researchers now opine that either shy men get more stressed out by new situations, or there is a link between their introvert personality and that section of the brain that keeps the heart operating smoothl...

Contamination of the Environment by Antibiotics Fed to Livestock

...ent in the manure increased. It also diffused into potato tubers, which suggests that root crops, such as potatoes, carrots, and radishes, that directly come in contact with soil may be particularly vulnerable to antibiotic contamination. The ability of plants to absorb antibiotics raises the potential f...

Global Warming: Lessons of History Help the Future

...ses, the agro-ecosystems were fragile. Ireland's potato growers each had tiny strips of land in vast, open fields, making it easy for a blight to rampage through their single crop. In India, forests which could have preserved moisture when water was scarce were massively cut down by the British to make wa...

Canadian Children Prefer to Eat More Snacks

...sizes of french fries, meat, cooked vegetables and potato chips and asked them to indicate their usual portion sizes. More than 63 percent of the children chose french fry portions that were larger than American and Canadian dietary recommendations, with boys more than twice as likely as girls to select ...

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