http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Good news for chocolate lovers. New research from Swinburne University of Technology has found that the polyphenols in dark chocolate increase calmness and contentedness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-dark-chocolate-calmness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 03 May 2013 07:20:02 EST news286783851 Today, more than 500 million people are suffering from a lack of adequate protein in their diet. Each year, the number of human beings increases by 80 million, a figure which is equivalent to the present population of Germany. Thus, providing enough food, particularly sufficient protein for the increasing populace is a challenging task for societies all over the world. On a prospective basis, a progressively smaller proportion of human protein requirement can be provided by animal proteins such as meat, eggs, and milk. "However, by feeding valuable plant protein to animals, almost two third of it is wasted as it is transformed into animal protein," Professor Dr Gerhard Jahreis, nutritionist at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany), says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-soya-protein-rapeseed-nutritionists.html Health Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:11:51 EST news278583047 An animal study conducted by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center raises questions about the consequences of diet—specifically glucose, the plant-based sugar that fuels cell life—on increased activity of an oncogene that drives tumor growth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dietary-glucose-affects-powerful-oncogene.html Cancer Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:30:02 EST news272129756 Next time your digestive system malfunctions in some embarrassing way, you can always blame man's best friend - not the dog, but the bacterial cells that live in your intestines. Not everyone has a dog but we all have enormous communities of bacteria that help us digest food. They don't always do a perfect job, but without them we'd have a tough time surviving. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-bacteria-people.html Medical research Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:40:02 EST news258719980 Chocolate, considered by some to be the "food of the gods," has been part of the human diet for at least 4,000 years; its origin thought to be in the region surrounding the Amazon basin. Introduced to the Western world by Christopher Columbus after his fourth voyage to the New World in 1502, chocolate is now enjoyed worldwide. Researchers estimate that the typical American consumes over 10 pounds of chocolate annually, with those living on the west coast eating the most. Wouldn't it be great if only chocolate were considered healthy? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-apples-day-dark-chocolate-doctor.html Health Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:18:00 EST news254506596 Lowering phosphate intake in humans can reduce heart disease, according to research by experts at the University of Sheffield. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-experts-link-phosphate-intake-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:00:02 EST news226662395