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		<title>Researchers create potential food source from non-food plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A team of Virginia Tech researchers has succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch, a process that has the potential to provide a previously untapped nutrient source from plants not traditionally though of as food crops. Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Following a Western Style Diet May Lead to Greater Risk of Premature Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Data from a new study of British adults suggest that adherence to a “Western-style” diet (fried and sweet food, processed and red meat, refined grains, and high-fat dairy products) reduces a person’s likelihood of achieving older ages in good health and with higher functionality. Study results appear in the May issue of The American Journal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can plant-based diets remedy chronic diseases?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bioactive compounds in plant foods control genetic and other biological factors that lead to chronic diseases, an American study says, reinforcing the idea that people who consume vegetarian diets rarely fall victim to such ailments. Sixty-three percent of the deaths in 2008 were due to cardiovascular diseases, cancers, type 2 diabetes, obesity and other chornic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six coffee cups a day cuts womb, prostate cancer risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women who drink four to six cups of coffee a day are less likely to suffer from womb cancer, while men who drink the same amount are less likely to suffer from prostate cancer, says a study by Harvard University. The researchers studied 117,000 volunteers &#8212; 67,000 women and 50,000 men over a 20-year period. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faba beans can beat cancers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faba beans have potent antioxidant properties that could beat cancer and hypertension besides helping you stay in shape, according to an Australian research which yielded an insight into the mechanism that inhibited the cancer cell multiplication. Doctoral student Siem Siah from Charles Sturt University (CSU) applied phenolic compounds from Nura and Rossa faba beans to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating fish can prevent heart disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lives of thousands of people suffering from heart disease could be saved every year if people ate more fish, a study by a British university has found. The Omega-3 fish oils are far more powerful than previously thought at warding off heart disease, the Daily Express cited the study by the University of Reading as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food choices governed by sensitivity of mouth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wonder why wine accords so well with a meal &#8212; the secret lies in the sensitivity of our mouths, say researchers. A nice glass of wine goes well with a hearty steak. The astringent wine and fatty meat are like the yin and yang of the food world, sitting on opposite ends of a sensory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating tomatoes lowers stroke risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eating tomatoes and tomato-based foods lowers stroke risks, thanks to lycopene, an antioxidant, suggests a study from Finland. The study found that people with the highest amounts of lycopene in their blood were 55 percent less likely to have a stroke than people with the lowest amounts of lycopene in their blood. The research involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers debunk super food benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Superfoods may have been the mainstay of the health industry for a long time, but now researchers are questioning their much touted health promoting properties. Foods such as broccoli, blueberries and whole grains do contain polyphenols, compounds that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, but their health-giving properties seldom make it past the gut, contend experts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vitamin pill a day helps boost memory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A daily multivitamin tablet may boost the memory and slow mental decline, the Daily Mail reported Sunday. According to new studies, taking supplements has a beneficial effect on memory and may work by increasing the efficiency of brain cells. One study showed that after just four weeks there were measurable changes in electrical activity in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding snacks after meals key to prevent excessive weight gain</title>
		<link>http://news.bioscholar.com/2012/09/avoiding-snacks-meals-key-prevent-excessive-weight-gain.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overweight and obese children eat 34 percent more calories from snacks as compared to their normal-weight siblings, even after eating a meal, a new study has found. That can be enough calories, if sustained over time, to continue excess weight gain. In a study of 47 same-sex sibling pairs, the research by University of Pennsylvania [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists salvage humble bread&#8217;s reputation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have rubbished decades of bad publicity directed at the humble bread for allegedly causing a host of complaints such as fatigue, stomach ache, bloating and headaches. In recent years, bread has suffered from a serious image crisis. Now nutrition scientists believe that most of the health alerts about consuming bread are mere myths. Researchers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating junk food could also give you dementia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gorging on junk food may not just make you fat but it could also give you dementia, a new study has claimed. Bad diets are already linked to dementia, through high blood pressure and cholesterol interrupting blood supply to the brain, but the latest theory points to high levels of fatty and sugary food damaging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starving one day and binge eating the next `touted as perfect diet`</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The regime of chomping away to your heart’s content one day, and virtually starving yourself the next is the latest diet craze known as “intermittent fasting” or “alternate-day dieting”, and devotees insist the pounds just drop off. The diet soared in popularity after featuring in a BBC2 Horizon documentary a few weeks ago by health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>`Six sugars` diet offers hope for people who can’t digest fructose</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People with fructose malabsorption – a food intolerance that is as complicated as it is common – are turning to low FODMAP diet, which stands for six sugars, to tackle the condition. The diet restricts most fruits, many vegetables, wheat, some dairy and other everyday foods such as honey. Usually described as ‘‘fructose intolerance’’, but [...]]]></description>
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