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Vegetarian Diets Can Help Prevent Chronic Diseases, American Dietetic Association Says
The American Dietetic
Association has released an
updated position paper on
vegetarian diets that
concludes such diets, if
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Making A Bigger Splash In The Gene Pool, And How Delaying Reproduction Can Help
We humans have a strong urge
to reproduce, but if the
environment steers us into
putting off having children,
we may be rewarded with both
... > full story
Little-known Marine Decomposers Attract The Attention Of Genome Sequencers
Scientists will sequence the
genomes of four species of
labyrinthulomycetes. These
little-known marine species
were selected for sequencing
... > full story
How High Carbohydrate Foods Can Raise Risk For Heart Problems
Doctors have known for
decades that too much
carbohydrate-laden foods
like white bread and corn
flakes can be detrimental to
cardiac health. In a
... > full story
- Vegetarian Diets Can Help Prevent Chronic Diseases, American Dietetic Association Says
- Making A Bigger Splash In The Gene Pool, And How Delaying Reproduction Can Help
- Little-known Marine Decomposers Attract The Attention Of Genome Sequencers
- How High Carbohydrate Foods Can Raise Risk For Heart Problems
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Key To Evolutionary Fitness: Cut The Calories
July 2, 2009 — Charles Darwin postulated that animals eat as much as possible while food is plentiful, and produce as many offspring as this would allow. However, new research shows that, even when food is ... > full story -
Environmental Cues Control Reproductive Timing And Longevity
July 2, 2009 — When humans and animals delay reproduction because food or other resources are scarce, they may live longer to increase the impact of reproduction, according to a new ... > full story -
Purple Sweet Potato Means Increased Amount Of Anti-cancer Components
June 30, 2009 — Purple sweet potatoes have high contents of anthocyanin, and anthocyanins have been epidemiologically associated with a reduced cancer ... > full story -
Ozone Depletes Oil Seed Rape Productivity
June 29, 2009 — With rising ozone levels scientists have found that high ozone conditions cause a 30 percent decrease in yield and an increase in the concentration of a group of compounds with toxic effects to ... > full story -
Dietary Fat Linked To Pancreatic Cancer
June 27, 2009 — High intake of dietary fats from red meat and dairy products was associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a new ... > full story -
Anti-Malarial Drug: Tryptophan Deficiency May Underlie Quinine Side Effects
June 26, 2009 — Researchers have found that the anti-malarial drug quinine can block a cell's ability to take up the essential amino acid tryptophan, a discovery that may explain many of the adverse side effects ... > full story -
Longer Life Linked To Specific Foods In Mediterranean Diet
June 24, 2009 — Some food groups in the Mediterranean diet are more important than others in promoting health and longer life according to new ... > full story -
Researchers Shed Light On Trading Behavior In Animals -- And Humans
June 22, 2009 — Scientists conducted a study to see if chimpanzees spontaneously bartered foods among each other, using tokens which represented those foods. While results indicated that the animals were cognitively ... > full story -
Farmed Fish May Pose Risk For Mad Cow Disease
June 17, 2009 — Neurologists questions the safety of eating farmed fish, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation’s food supply. They suggest farmed fish could transmit Creutzfeldt Jakob disease -- ... > full story -
Sands Of Gobi Desert Yield New Species Of Nut-cracking Dinosaur
June 17, 2009 — Plants or meat: that's about all that fossils ever tell paleontologists about a dinosaur's diet. But the skull characteristics of a new species of parrot-beaked dinosaur and its associated gizzard ... > full story
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