Science Based Nutrition

Seaweed Extract May Hold Promise For Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Treatment

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Seaweed extract may eventually emerge as a lymphoma treatment, according to laboratory research presented at the second AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research: From the Laboratory to the Clinic, held here March 7-10, 2010...

Morinaga Receives No Objection Letter From FDA Regarding GRAS Status Of Proprietary Probiotic Strain, Bifidobacterium Longum BB536

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:2264), the second-largest dairy company in Japan, today announced it has received a no objection letter from FDA in response to its GRAS notification for the proprietary probiotic strain Bifidobacterium longum BB536. The official FDA affirmation that the ingredient is GRAS paves the way for the highly researched probiotic to be included in functional foods…

National Jewish Health Receives Grant To Learn How Families Cope With Food Allergy

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Families with food-allergic children face a life of constant vigilance and the looming fear of life-threatening allergic reactions. This fear can have a huge impact on an entire family’s life, from heightened anxiety to severe limits on their daily activities. Some families cope well with this situation, while others find it extremely stressful and difficult to manage…

Discovery of ‘fat’ taste could hold the key to reducing obesity

ScienceDaily: Dietary Supplement News — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:00 +0000

A newly discovered ability for people to taste fat could hold the key to reducing obesity, researchers believe. They also found that people with a high sensitivity to the taste of fat tended to eat less fatty foods and were less likely to be overweight

Papaya extract thwarts growth of cancer cells in lab tests

ScienceDaily: Dietary Supplement News — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Papaya extract seems to have a toxic effect on cancer cells in culture, suggesting a potential treatment. Scientists documented for the first time that papaya leaf extract boosts the production of key signaling molecules called Th1-type cytokines. This regulation of the immune system, in addition to papaya's direct anti-tumor effect on various cancers, suggests possible therapeutic strategies that use the immune system to fight cancers.

Meat And Colorectal Cancer Risk: Scientists Suggest Potential Mechanisms

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Scientists in the US who undertook a large study to investigate what biological mechanisms might be behind the already established link between colorectal cancer and consumption of red and processed meat, confirmed that such a link exists and suggested the main players are three compounds: heme iron, nitrate/nitrite, and heterocyclic amines...

Low-Income Women Living In Small Cities Have Higher Chance Of Obesity

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

A recent Kansas State University study found that the availability of supermarkets -- rather than the lack of them -- increased the risk of obesity for low-income women living in small cities. This suggests that policies to increase healthful eating behaviors might need to be tailored based on geographic location...

University Of Florida Researchers Find Cancer-fighting Properties In Papaya Tea

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000

The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generations. University of Florida researcher Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in Japan have documented papaya’s dramatic anticancer effect against a broad range of lab-grown tumors, including cancers of the cervix, breast, liver, lung and pancreas…

First Time Research On Long-term Consequences Of Intravenous Nutrition On Children’s Health

Nutrition / Diet News From Medical News Today — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000

No work is known in the literature to date which provides a long-term and generalised evaluation of the health of children fed intravenously in their own home…

Seaweed extract may hold promise for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma treatment

ScienceDaily: Dietary Supplement News — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Seaweed extract may eventually emerge as a lymphoma treatment, according to laboratory research. Seaweeds containing fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide similar to heparin in chemical structure, have been reported to have anti-tumor activity in mice and some cell lines.