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How rapeseed could be used as a protein source for human nutrition
Rapeseed doesn't just contain oil but high-quality protein, too. However, protein extracts from rapeseed have an intense, bitter off-taste. Researchers have now identified the...
Consumers view nutrition and health claims differently than regulators
Consumers may not consciously differentiate nutrition and health claims on foods in the way that regulatory experts do, new research reports.
Touting flavor before nutrition encourages healthy eating
Most people want to eat healthier, but efforts to encourage healthy eating by providing nutrition information have not drastically changed habits. A new study...
More than 1 in 3 low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of malnutrition
Being undernourished or overweight are no longer separate public health issues. A new article details how more than one in three low- and middle-income...
Despite growing burden of diet-related disease, medical education does not equip students to provide...
Worldwide, nutrition is insufficiently incorporated into medical education, meaning that medical students lack the confidence, skills and knowledge to provide nutritional care to patients,...
Form of severe malnutrition linked to DNA modification
Researchers identified significant differences at the epigenetic level -- the chemical tags in DNA that help regulate gene expression -- between two clinically distinct...
Horse nutrition: Prebiotics may do more harm than good
Prebiotics are only able to help stabilize the intestinal flora of horses to a limited degree. Before they can reach the intestines, commercially available...
Pizza For Breakfast Is Healthier Than Sugary Cereal, Nutritionists Say
In 2018 a nutritionist created a stir with the claim that pizza would make a better breakfast—healthier breakfast—than cereal.Chelsey Amer is the expert who...
Microparticles could help fight malnutrition
Researchers have now developed a new way to fortify staple foods with these micronutrients by encapsulating them in a biocompatible polymer that prevents the...
Seven Signs Your Nutrition Plan Actually Works for You
Everyone agrees that a healthy diet includes plenty of vegetables, is low in added sugar, and cuts out artificial trans fats. Beyond that, it’s...