Americas: Study shows key chocolate ingredients could help prevent obesity, diabetes
Scientists are researching on the ingredients in chocolate that might help prevent obesity, type-2 diabetes and potential health benefits such as improved thinking, decreased...
Asia Pacific: Biofortified lentils would provide adequate dietary selenium, find researchers
A PhD student has made a significant breakthrough in preventing a global deficiency of the essential mineral and micronutrient in humans called selenium, which...
Asia Pacific: Nestlé joins international researchers on studying infant growth
Nestlé is to intensify its research in the field of epigenetics, the science of how eating behaviors and other environmental factors can affect one's...
Americas: Researchers found 30 types of heat-resistant beans for cultivation
Amidst fears that global warming could zap a vital source of protein that has sustained humans for centuries, bean breeders from global partnership organization...
Americas: Competition affects one’s sense of taste, say researchers
Research by Cornell food scientists reveals how a person’s emotional state – particularly in the competitive, wide world of sports – affects the perception...
Asia Pacific: Turmeric extract mitigates depression symptoms, finds research
India's Arjuna Natural Extracts is targeting the European market with BCM-95 Curcumin, an all-natural patented formulation of turmeric extract.
The ingredient can help mitigate symptoms...
Americas: High-protein weight loss diet can help adults sleep better
Overweight and obese adults who are losing weight with a high-protein diet are more likely to sleep better, according to new research from Purdue...
Americas: Eating more whole grains found to prolong life
Eating more whole grains may reduce the risk of premature death, according to a new meta-analysis by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of...
Americas: Vanilla needs to be natural, report
Food scientists are scrambling for new ways to produce vanillin — the main vanilla flavor molecule — without losing the natural label, according to...
Americas: Meat-less, protein-rich meal are filling, study
Protein-rich meals based on beans and peas were found to increase satiety more in the study participants than protein-rich veal and pork based meals,...