Science Based Nutrition

September 10, 2009

GLG Life Tech Corporation Announces Rebaudioside A Stevia Extract Is Approved In France

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GLG Life Tech Corporation (TSX:GLG) ("GLG" or the "Company"), the vertically integrated leader in the agricultural and industrial development of high quality stevia extracts, is pleased to announce the approval in France of Rebaudioside A stevia extract for use in food and beverages. The French Government's approval was made after a review of the safety of Rebaudioside A by the Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Aliment (AFFSA) was first published in June 2009.

July 9, 2009

Climate Change, Hunger, Economy G8 Summit Top Priorities; France’s First Lady Calls On G8 To Expand On Global Health ‘Achievements’

President Barack Obama joined world leaders in Italy on Wednesday for "three days of intense talks on threats to global security and stability" at a G8 summit "where climate change, the continuing global economy crisis and world hunger got top billing," AP/Google.com reports (Babington, 7/8).

June 1, 2009

Encouraging Heart Failure Patients To Enjoy Their Food — Even If It’s Not As Salty As Before

The individualised management programme of France's "Réseau Respecti-coeur" makes quality of life the first objective for heart failure patients, and one of the network's dieticians, Mme Hélène Guibert, explained that the heart-healthy eating recommended in the programme need not be a source of frustration or misery - even for a Frenchman.

May 29, 2009

Scientists Follow Live Infection By Food-poisoning Bacteria Listeria

Scientists in Portugal and France managed to follow the patterns of gene expression in food-poisoning bacteria Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) live during infection for the first time. The work about to be published in PLoS Pathogens shows how the bacterial genome shifts to better adapt to infection by activating genes involved in virulence and subversion of the host defences, as well as adaptation to the host conditions.

March 5, 2009

News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology, 3-Mar-2009

Normal Human Gut Bacteria May Inhibit Shiga Toxin Development Following Infection with E. coli O157:H7 A new study suggests that normal human intestinal bacteria may inhibit the development of Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2), the toxin responsible for causing the more severe symptoms associated with food-borne disease, following Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection. The researchers from France report their findings in the February 2009 issue of the journal Infection and Immunity.
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