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A cherry on top: Tart cherries may alter heart/diabetes factors

...levels of phytochemicals in whole cherries, cherry juice and dry cherries. Meanwhile, U-M Integrative Medicine co-director Sara Warber. M.D., an assistant professor of family medicine at the U-M Medical School, will lead a pilot clinical trial of whole tart cherries in humans. The study will enroll hea...

New bacteria test could improve quality of fruit and vegetable juice

... efficient technique to ensure fruit and vegetable juice products adhere to federal and international quali... orange and pear juices, tropical fruit juices and juice blends. The bacterium won't cause human sickness, but it affects flavor and results in spoilage. ...

Lead with a poisonous electron shield

... to have been caused by the concentration of grape juice in lead containers. Though the introduction of lead-free gasoline has reduced damage to the environment, the annual production of lead continues to increase worldwide because lead is still used in batteries, glass, and electronic components. However,...

100 percent juices found as beneficial to health as fruits and vegetables

...t also from antioxidants which are present in both juice and the whole fruit and vegetables. This 2006 ...eveloping Alzheimer’s disease than those who drank juice less than once per week....

Unique tomatoes tops in disease-fighting antioxidants

...ties were immediately processed into canned tomato juice and concentrated. Italian seasoning was added for taste. The 12 adults participating in the study ate two spaghetti test meals ?one included sauce made from tangerine tomatoes, while the other featured sauce made from the tomatoes high in beta car...

Ghengis Khan wonder berry could conquer heart disease

...gh speed centrifugation (spinning) to separate the juice and the solid sludge. ...

On the golf tee or pitcher's mound, brain dooms motion to inconsistency

.... When shown a green spot, they were rewarded with juice if they reached slowly to touch the spot. For a red spot, they were trained to reach fast. During the trials the researchers would monitor the activity of individual neurons in the premotor cortex, a part of the brain responsible for movement plannin...

Coffee makes us more likely to say 'yes'

...ng the arguments, the participants consumed orange juice with either caffeine (equivalent to two cups of coffee) or no caffeine (placebo). The level of 'systematic processing of the message' was found to be increased by caffeine as shown by increased agreement with the arguments, greater message-related t...

Orange, grapefruit juice for breakfast builds bones in rats

... real hero is citrus juice. Orange and grapefruit juice regularly given to lab rats prevented osteoporosis...has begun. Deyhim said fresh grapefruit or orange juice - mixed with sodium bicarbonate to neutralize acidity - was given to the rats each morning. "They d...

Study identifies substances in grapefruit juice that interact dangerously with some drugs

...tified and established the substance in grapefruit juice that causes potentially dangerous interactions wit... their doctors and pharmacists to avoid grapefruit juice if they are being treated with certain medications, including some drugs that control blood pressure...

Science captures the essence of fruit

...s ?the same process that helps bread rise or grape juice to become wine - this means that it should be possible for the natural tastes and aromas of fruit to be recreated. According to HortResearch Industrial Biotechnology scientist Dr Richard Newcomb, that's exciting news for the world's food, perfume a...

UCLA study of community health project shows how group dynamics affect fitness, eating habits

...magine break-room vending machines featuring fruit juice and vegetables instead of cookies and soda pop. Consider colleagues who insist on mid-morning group exercise breaks and applaud a lunchtime workout rather than criticizing the cut of the sweat suit. Ponder an organizational culture that encourages wa...

UC Davis researchers reveal apples' protective ways

...udy showed that the flavonoids in apples and apple juice can inhibit signals in this pathway that would otherwise damage or kill cells in the body," Gershwin explained. The method by which apple extract protects cells is different than that reported for other flavonoid-rich foods. Grape seed extracts, fo...

Himalayan forests disappearing

...ere asked to manipulate computer cursors for fruit juice rewards have revealed that the brain's "executive" center plans behaviors not by specifying movements required for given actions, but rather the events that will result from those actions. The distinction is significant, said the researchers, becaus...

The brain's executive is an 'event planner'

...ere asked to manipulate computer cursors for fruit juice rewards have revealed that the brain's "executive" center plans behaviors not by specifying movements required for given actions, but rather the events that will result from those actions. The distinction is significant, said the researchers, becaus...

Despite acidity, orange juice could still be a source of foodborne disease

Orange juice and other foods traditionally not associated with ... the public health arena would not think of orange juice as a vehicle for Salmonella. When epidemiologists would collect information on Salmonella outbreaks,...

Chocolate, wine, spicy foods may be OK for heartburn, Stanford study finds

...e. Enjoy coffee when you want it, have that orange juice with breakfast and, what the heck, eat a grapefruit, too. Gerson says that for most heartburn patients, there's insufficient evidence to support the notion that eating these foods will make heartburn worse - or that cutting them out will make it go a...

Attention shoppers: Researchers find neurons that encode the value of different goods

...pa had macaque monkeys choose between two types of juice offered in different amounts. In some trials, the monkey chose between one drop of grape juice (which monkeys prefer) and one drop of apple juice. In other trials, the monkey chose between one dr...

'Executive' monkeys influenced by other executives, not subordinates

... gaze of other monkeys and that they will forego a juice reward to look at high-status monkeys. Said Sheph... in the opposite direction. The monkeys were given juice rewards for their participation in each trial. After a large number of trials, the researchers stat...

Phenolic compounds may explain Mediterranean diet benefits

...in olive oil is more than fat because it is a real juice with other healthy micronutrients," said Francisco Pérez Jiménez, M.D., Ph.D., from the Reina Sofia University Hospital in Córdoba, Spain. The researchers, including lead author Juan Ruano, M.D., Ph.D., fed breakfasts including olive oil (that was e...

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