New technologies reuse old marketing tactics to undermine breastfeeding
New products that claim to replicate mother's milk have entered the lucrative market for infant formula.
Jun 15, 2021
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New products that claim to replicate mother's milk have entered the lucrative market for infant formula.
Jun 15, 2021
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From faux-chicken satay to imitation beef rendang, a high-tech Singapore laboratory is replicating popular Asian dishes with plant-based meat alternatives to feed the region's growing appetite for sustainable food.
May 7, 2021
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Probiotics—those bacteria that are good for your digestive tract—are short-lived, rarely taking residence or colonizing the gut. But a new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis, finds that in breast ...
Mar 24, 2021
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National University of Singapore food virologists have found that fucoidan, a naturally occurring carbohydrate could be a potential anti-viral candidate for the human norovirus.
Mar 17, 2021
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A healthy system of gut bacteria, or microbiota, is crucial to health: Gut bacteria not only aid with digestion, but also play an important role in the body's immune response. Infants, however, are not born with full-fledged ...
Mar 3, 2021
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The cocktail of beneficial bacteria passed from mother to infant through breast milk changes significantly over time and could act like a daily booster shot for infant immunity and metabolism. The research, conducted by scientists ...
Feb 23, 2021
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A new peer-reviewed study reveals that the vast majority of U.S. infants may be suffering from a substantial deficiency in an important bacterium key to breast milk digestion and immune system development, as well as protection ...
Jan 22, 2021
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The Dietary Guidelines for Americans have been updated to include, for the first time, recommendations across the lifespan.
Jan 12, 2021
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Health psychology professor Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook and incoming grad student Jessica Marino have a new study suggesting that the breastmilk of mothers who have recovered from COVID-19 contains strong antibodies to the virus.
Dec 22, 2020
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Research has shown that human milk is the optimal nutrition source for neonates and infants. It confers protection against both immediately life-threatening infant diseases such as necrotizing enterocolitis, as well as later ...
Dec 16, 2020
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