Food Additive News

Posted May 17, 2010:

• Eating Processed Meats, but Not Unprocessed Red Meats, May Raise Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes, Study Finds

Posted April 20, 2010:

• Experts Call for Accelerated National Sodium Reduction Initiatives

Posted April 15, 2010:

• Solid-State Illuminator Reduces Nitrates in Leafy Green Vegetables
• It's Elemental: Potato After-Cooking Darkening May Be Affected by Nutrients
• Using Neutrons to Peer Inside a Battery Designed for Hybrid Locomotives

Posted March 21, 2010:

• New Bacteria Strain Points the Way Toward 'Super Sourdough' Bread

Posted March 8, 2010:

• Heat Therapy Shown Effective in Treating Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Among US Soldiers in Iraq

Posted January 26, 2010:

• Venus Flytrap for Nuclear Waste: New Material Finds 'Needle in a Haystack,' Shows Promise for Clean-Up

Posted January 25, 2010:

• Sodium Contents of Processed Foods Decoded

Posted January 21, 2010:

• Even Small Dietary Reductions in Salt Could Mean Fewer Heart Attacks, Strokes and Deaths

Posted January 11, 2010:

• Diabetic Eye Disease More Severe in African-Americans Who Consume More Calories, Sodium

Posted January 8, 2010:

• A Role for Calcium in Taste Perception

Posted December 28, 2009:

• Common Mechanism Underlies Many Diseases of Excitability

Posted December 9, 2009:

• New Research May Lead to New Ways to Control Honeybee Parasite

Posted November 18, 2009:

• Protection of Organic Products Taken to Next Level

Posted November 17, 2009:

• Family Partnership, Education Interventions Lower Heart Failure Patients' Salt Consumption
• Canadians Finding It Tough to Shake the Salt Habit

Posted November 1, 2009:

• Diets High In Sodium And Artificially Sweetened Soda Linked To Kidney Function Decline

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Western Diet Fuels Spike In Blood Pressure Of Canada's Inuit

Posted October 14, 2009:

• China's Acid Rain Control Strategy Offset By Increased Nitrogen Oxide Air Pollution

Posted October 9, 2009:

• Receptor Activated Exclusively By Glutamate Discovered On Tongue

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Seaweed 'Super-Food' Flavoring Ingredients In Development By Irish Company

Posted September 18, 2009:

• Chandrayaan-1 X-Ray Spectrometer Success To Provide New Understanding Of Lunar Surface

Posted September 16, 2009:

• Early Life On Earth: Could Salt Crusts Be Key Ingredient In Cooking Up Prebiotic Molecules?

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Cutting Sodium Consumption: A Major Public Health Priority

Posted September 10, 2009:

• Researchers Seek Safer Cystic Fibrosis Test

Posted September 9, 2009:

• High In Sodium: Highly Charged Tungsten Ions May Diagnose Fusion Energy Reactors

Posted September 8, 2009:

• Cutting 'Hidden' Salt Could Lower Nation’s Blood Pressure
• Coconut Oil Extract May Be A Weapon Against Food Bacteria

Posted August 27, 2009:

• The Anti-Diabetic Effects Of Sodium Tungstate Revealed

Posted August 12, 2009:

• Spot Urine Test: To Monitor Dietary Sodium Compliance In Liver Disease Patients?

Posted August 3, 2009:

• Epilepsy Halted In Mice

Posted July 23, 2009:

• Fresh Meats Often Contain Additives Harmful To Kidney Disease Patients

Posted July 21, 2009:

• Daily Potassium Citrate Wards Off Kidney Stones In Seizure Patients On High-Fat Diet
• Anti-Epilepsy Drug Risk On Cognitive Function For Unborn Children

Posted July 16, 2009:

• Baking Soda: For Cooking, Cleaning, And Kidney Health?

Posted July 1, 2009:

• Clocking Salt Levels In The Blood: Link Between The Circadian Rhythm And Salt Balance

Posted June 24, 2009:

• Salt Finding From NASA's Cassini Hints At Ocean Within Saturn Moon
• Jets On Saturn's Moon Enceladus Not Geysers From Underground Ocean, One Group Of Researchers Say

Posted June 17, 2009:

• Artificial Sweeteners May Contaminate Water Downstream Of Sewage Treatment Plants And Even Drinking Water

Posted June 2, 2009:

• NASA Scientists Find Evidence For Liquid Water On A Frozen Early Mars

Posted May 22, 2009:

• Waxy Plant Substance Key For Absorption Of Water, Nutrients

Posted May 12, 2009:

• Sodium Bicarbonate Reduces Incidence Of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Posted May 8, 2009:

• System That Regulates Blood Pressure Is Amiss In Some Healthy, Young African-Americans

Posted May 4, 2009:

• New Light Shed On Enigma Of Salt Intake And Hypertension

Posted April 16, 2009:

• Early Oxygen Rich Atmosphere? Origins Of Sulfur In Rocks Tells Early Oxygen Story

Posted April 15, 2009:

• Red Pandas Reveal An Unexpected (Artificial) Sweet Tooth

Posted April 1, 2009:

• Hot Solution To Bean Sprout Safety

Posted March 24, 2009:

• Diabetics On High-Fiber Diets Might Need Extra Calcium

Posted March 12, 2009:

• Metal Discovered To Become Transparent Under High Pressure

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