Chips

Eating Fried Chips Increases The Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer

Very young children’s who eat cooked fried chips frequently during their childhood had a much higher risk of developing cancer when they are adults. Breast cancer is linked to // high fat diet taken by the women. Research group led by Dr. Karin Michels, of Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School has found that diet in the early life could play a role in the d...

Biosensor Chips to detect Urinary Tract Infections

Professor Joseph C. Liao from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has produced a new biosensor diagnostics which helps in early detection of Urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infection is caused by gram // negative bacteria which colonizes the urinary tract and causes bacterial infection. Bacterial culture which is used for identification of bacteria takes about 2-3 days to find...

South Asians in Canada being wooed by chips now!

As a strategic step taken by the Canadian snacks company Frito Lay Canada has launched a new range of potato chips which are targeting the South Asians. 40 chip flavours created and tested include seaweed, cucumber //and green tea before choosing spicy curry and wasabi for test marketing. Stores were stocking these chops from February on. In the Greater Toronto Area alone, So...

Digital ID Chips Implanted in Dogs to Prevent Rabies

Digital ID chips have been implanted in 65,000 dogs in Shanghai to improve canine management and prevent the spread of rabies after dog slaughters aimed at curbing// rabies in provinces of Yunnan and Shandong drew massive criticism. The chips contain the dog's individual ID number. To access information about the dog - photo, species, sex, colour, inoculation time, owner's address - y...

Healthy Potato Chips: A Trans Fat Oil With Health Benefits

For plenty of good reasons, the term “trans fat” leaves a bad taste in the mouths of health-conscious consumers. Typically, trans fatty acids are bad for health, but// scientists at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture have coaxed out significant health benefits by juggling the molecular structure of soy oil. Andrew Proctor, professor of food science, and graduate studen...

McCain Chips in With a ‘healthy’ Variety of Chis

There is a healthy crackle in the air! We have just been chipped in with this hearty piece of news about an all time favorite – chips! Wipe away that guilt// and let yourself have a go at this entrant- McCain’s frozen oven chips. The complete range of McCain’s frozen chips has received the ‘green-signal’ from the Food Standards Agency, after portraying low levels of sugar, salt, fat a...

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

Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has revealed that she has weak moments when it comes to food, for she is 'obsessed' with smoked salmon sandwiches with crushed potato chips . Speaking, at a press conference for her new film 'No Reservations', the actress said that it is one of her 'comfort foods'. "This sounds so crazy but I'm obsessed with smoked salmon sandwiches on grou...