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  Vegetable Oil Is Good for You, Experts Say

  June 7, 2013 — Since the 1970s, researchers have known that lineolic acid (LA) helps reduce blood cholesterol levels, and for decades, scientists have known that consuming LA can help lower the risk of heart ... > full story
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  Bees and Other Pollinating Insects Are Just One Factor in Food Production

  June 5, 2013 — No food for the human race without bees? It is not quite as straightforward as that. A case study by ecologists in a coffee-growing area in India reveals that pollinating insects are just one ... > full story
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  Genome Hints at Markers for Higher-Producing, Better-Tasting Chocolate

  June 2, 2013 — The freshly sequenced genome of the most commonly cultivated cacao plant in the world is revealed in a new study. Researchers have utilized high quality DNA sequences to demonstrate the usefulness ... > full story
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  Dairy's Carbon Footprint: Flatulence Tops the List

  May 31, 2013 — Researchers have conducted a life-cycle analysis of fluid milk that will provide guidance for producers, processors and others throughout the dairy supply chain. The largest contributors were feed ... > full story
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  Improving 'Crop Per Drop' Could Boost Global Food Security and Water Sustainability

  May 29, 2013 — Improvements in crop water productivity -- the amount of food produced per unit of water consumed -- have the potential to improve both food security and water sustainability in many parts of the ... > full story
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  People Lie About Their Health Related Behaviors: Truth in Barcodes

  May 29, 2013 — People lie about their health related behaviors. It’s a problem that has long bedeviled health research on issues ranging from diet to exercise to smoking. And it’s not just that we have ... > full story
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  Nordic Diet Lowers Cholesterol, Study Finds

  May 29, 2013 — A healthy Nordic diet lowers cholesterol levels, and therefore the risk of cardiovascular disease, a pan-Nordic study has found. There was also decreased inflammation associated with pre-diabetes. ... > full story
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  Saturated Fats Do Not Yield Better Bacon

  May 28, 2013 — Researchers have found that adding saturated fats to a pig's diet does not change pork firmness. Many pork producers have added saturated fats to counteract the effects of feeding distiller's dried ... > full story
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  Researchers Search for Best Feed for the 'King' of the Rivers

  May 24, 2013 — The red mahseer is highly sought after by anglers and high end restaurants. Breeding them may be a bit easier now that researchers in Malaysia have found the best feed ... > full story
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  Tomatoes: The World's Favorite Fruit, Only Better-Tasting and Longer-Lasting

  May 23, 2013 — Research with GM purple tomatoes could lead to improved varieties of tomatoes with consumer and commercial benefits through conventional breeding or GM. The findings could also be applied to other ... > full story

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