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  Bittersweet: Bait-Averse Cockroaches Shudder at Sugar

  May 23, 2013 — Sugar isn't always sweet to German cockroaches. In a new study, researchers show that glucose sets off bitter receptors in roach taste buds, causing roaches to avoid foods that bring on this ... > full story
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  Addiction to Unhealthy Foods Could Help Explain the Global Obesity Epidemic, Research Suggests

  May 22, 2013 — New research shows that high-fructose corn syrup can cause behavioral reactions in rats similar to those produced by drugs of abuse such as cocaine. These results suggest food addiction could ... > full story
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  Dietary Advice on Added Sugar Is Damaging Our Health, Warns Heart Expert

  May 21, 2013 — Dietary advice on added sugar is damaging our health, warns a cardiologist. He believes that "not only has this advice been manipulated by the food industry for profit but it is actually a risk ... > full story
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  Making Ice-Cream More Nutritious With Meat Left-Overs

  May 20, 2013 — Most of the animal proteins found in the meat industry waste have, until now, been underutilized. The challenge is to transform such waste into food of higher functionality and added ... > full story
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  New Era of Fisheries Policy Needed to Secure Nutrition for Millions

  May 17, 2013 — A new study argues that for fisheries policies to be effective they must take in to account not just fish stock conservation and environmental issues, but also research data on the patterns and ... > full story
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  Agriculture in China Predates Domesticated Rice: Discovery of Ancient Diet Shatters Conventional Ideas of How Agriculture Emerged

  May 17, 2013 — Archaeologists have made a discovery in southern subtropical China which could revolutionize thinking about how ancient humans lived in the region. They have uncovered evidence for the first time ... > full story

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  Fish Oil May Stall Effects of Junk Food on Brain

  May 14, 2013 — Data from more than 180 research papers suggests fish oils could minimize the effects that junk food can have on the brain, a review has ... > full story
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  Salt Levels in Food Still Dangerously High

  May 13, 2013 — The dangerously high salt levels in processed food and fast food remain unchanged, despite numerous calls from health agencies for the food industry to voluntarily reduce sodium. Excess sodium in the ... > full story
• Agriculture and Food
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  New Non-GM Technology Platform for Genetic Improvement of Sunflower Oilseed Crop

  May 13, 2013 — Scientists have developed techniques for the genetic improvement of sunflowers using a non-GMO based approach. The new technology platform can harness the plant’s own genes to improve ... > full story
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  Soy and Tomato May Be Effective in Preventing Prostate Cancer

  May 8, 2013 — Tomatoes and soy foods may be more effective in preventing prostate cancer when they are eaten together than when either is eaten alone, said a new ... > full story

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