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Weight Loss Weapon
UCLA researchers have found
an extract in white kidney
beans may help the body stop
carbs from breaking down
into sugars. A digestive
enzyme in the body normally
acts like scissors,
literally cutting starches
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Healthier Pizza
Food chemists have shown
that making a pizza crust
with whole wheat flour and
cooking it longer releases
more antioxidants. These
chronic disease-fighting
compounds increased by 82
percent when baked at a
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Are Your Dishes Clean?
Food scientists at The Ohio
State University wanted to
see if cooler water could
kill bacteria on dirty
dishes like E. coli and
salmonella. The study found
that even when dishes were
washed in cooler
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Keeping Food For Years
Some low-moisture foods such
as dried apples can be safe
to eat even years after
their expiration date, if
properly stored, food
chemists say. They verified
this in a tasting experiment
of 28-year-old rolled oats.
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Food Psychologist Explains The Mindless Way People Overeat
A food psychologist has found that people overeat unconsciously, due to numerous factors. Studies show that larger plates result in larger servings. Also, watching television while eating leads to ... > more -
Competitive Eaters May Have Ability to Suppress Satiety Hormones
Eating champions are able to keep gorging on food way past beyond the point where most people would be nauseated by food. While they practice to expand their stomach, much of their skills may come ... > more -
Physiologists And Microbiologists Find Link Between Sitting And Poor Health
Physiologists analyzing obesity, heart disease, and diabetes found that the act of sitting shuts down the circulation of a fat-absorbing enzyme called lipase. They found that standing up engages ... > more -
Psychobiologists Find Genetic Component in Children's Food Preference
In the first study to link taste genes to behavior in children, researchers looked at how natural variations in a recently discovered taste gene affected sensitivity to bitter tastes and food ... > more -
Cardiologists Treat Leg Pain with Balloon Angioplasty
Doctors now use cold angioplasty to restore blood flow to the legs and relieve chronic leg pain. The procedure, where cold nitrous oxide inflates a balloon inside arteries to unclog them, is similar ... > more -
Food Scientists Bubble Up Idea For A New Snack
Food scientists pump carbon dioxide gas into yogurt, which results in the creation of a new snack, carbonated yogurt. The main difference injected into the yogurt is texture, as the carbonation ... > more -
Vascular Surgeons Lower Blood Pressure with Implanted Device
A new cell phone-sized implant can keep blood pressure in check from within the chest, just like a pacemaker controls heartbeats. When the device detects a rise in pressure, it sends electrical ... > more -
Operations Researchers Predict Path Of Pandemics
Using math and computer science, engineers created a model to forecast the progression of a future pandemic. They looked at the way diseases spread to new people and over distances in order to ... > more -
Dermatologists Discover Sun Protection Under The Sea
Dermatologists recognize the benefits of a compound called astaxanthin. Found in red ocean plants and animals such as salmon, astaxanthin is the most effective and efficient free radical sponge in ... > more -
Epidemiologists Use Wireless Technology To Improve Blood Sugar Monitoring
Doctors provide Internet-enabled cell phones to diabetic patients in order to improve their health. Patients enter their blood sugar levels, food intake, physical activity information and more into ... > more
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