Health
How restaurants are wooing 'flexitarians'
Restaurants are struggling to respond to consumers who are rapidly shifting away from animal protein.
Jan 11, 2019
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Health
Why vegan diets for babies come with significant risks
There are now more than 1m vegetarians and 500,000 vegans in the UK – and numbers are thought to be growing. While these people, identified through research commissioned by the Vegan Society, are over 15 years of age, the ...
Dec 14, 2018
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Health
US paves way to get 'lab meat' on plates
US authorities on Friday agreed on how to regulate food products cultured from animal cells—paving the way to get so-called "lab meat" on American plates.
Nov 17, 2018
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Why do vegans have such bad reputations?
More and more people are adopting plant-based diets in Australia and other western nations. But also seemingly on the rise is resentment towards vegans and vegetarians.
Nov 6, 2018
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Health
Taste is key in promoting insect-based food
A new study finds that promoting insect-based food as pleasurable, rather than healthy or environmentally friendly, could be the most effective marketing strategy for these currently taboo or unappealing foods. Published ...
Oct 2, 2018
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Neuroscience
Seeing isn't believing: Biologists show how to shut off hunger 'alarm system'
Imagine you're in a restaurant, hungry, anxious and a bit irritable awaiting your food order to arrive at the table. The server exits the kitchen with a tray full of steaming plates and a flood of relief washes over you. ...
Dec 5, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infectious diseases A-Z: Antibiotics in farm animals
The World Health Organization is urging countries to restrict the use of antibiotics in food animal production. Food producers in many countries feed low-dose antibiotics to farm animals to encourage the animals to grow bigger ...
Nov 23, 2017
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Medical research
Engineered protein treatment found to reduce obesity in mice, rats and primates
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with pharmaceutical company Amgen Inc. report that an engineered version of a protein naturally found in the body caused test mice, rats and cynomolgus monkeys to lose weight. In their ...
Neuroscience
Heparin stimulates food intake and body weight gain in mice
Heparin is a medication widely used to prevent blood clotting; it is named after and mimics the naturally occurring anticoagulant in the body. However, research published today in Cell Reports shows a novel role of heparin ...
Sep 5, 2017
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Immunology
Food allergies—animals and humans may have more in common than you think
People are not the only ones suffering from the symptoms and problems of food intolerance and allergies. Other mammals, such as cats, dogs and horses, are affected as well. The Messerli Research Institute, a cooperation between ...
Aug 23, 2017
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