Health
Resistant starch looms as a key in battle against stunting
The addition of a prebiotic called resistant starch to the diets of infants in low-income countries is showing the potential to reduce stunting and malnutrition.
Feb 20, 2018
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Health
Foods rich in resistant starch may benefit health
A new comprehensive review examines the potential health benefits of resistant starch, a form of starch that is not digested in the small intestine and is therefore considered a type of dietary fibre. Some forms of resistant ...
Jan 5, 2017
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Medical research
Resistant starch may benefit people with metabolic syndrome
The secret ingredient is in the flour, but its impact lies within the gut.
Jul 5, 2016
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Health
Nutritionists report low-cost way to reduce global infant mortality
Eating a biscuit fortified with resistant starch every day could prove a low-cost way to reduce infant mortality rates from malnutrition and common diseases around the world.
Mar 28, 2016
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Immunology
A healthy gut could help prevent deadly side effect of bone marrow transplant
A healthy gut could help prevent deadly side effect of bone marrow transplant
Mar 21, 2016
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Health
General Mills to label products with GMOs ahead of Vt. law
General Mills said Friday it will start labeling products across the country that contain genetically modified ingredients to comply with a law set to go into effect in Vermont.
Mar 18, 2016
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Why foods that make you fart are a good thing
Although renowned for creating delight in children, farts are not considered the best way to make friends and influence people.
Nov 19, 2015
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Why most food labels are wrong about calories
Food labels seem to provide all the information a thoughtful consumer needs, so counting calories should be simple. But things get tricky because food labels tell only half the story.
Jan 6, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Antidepressants may be no better than a placebo, so why take them?
Seventeenth-century Oxford scholar Robert Burton's lifework, The Anatomy of Melancholy, weighs in at a door-stopping 1,400 pages. But his cure for the "Black Choler" of depression came down to just six words: "Be not solitary, ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Health
Fibre-based satiety ingredient shown to make you eat less
Scientists from the University of Liverpool have demonstrated the effectiveness of a fibre-based dietary ingredient that makes people feel less hungry and consume less food.
Aug 26, 2014
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