Published: Sep 21, 2012 By: Stephen Daniells

The success of sorghum grain products could be dependent on emphasizing health benefits, local sourcing, and the sensory profiles, suggests new data from Kansas State University.

Published: Sep 20, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Increased intakes of cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and kale may reduce the risk of breast cancer by about 15%, suggests a new meta-analysis from China.

Published: Sep 20, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

Texture-modified foods for the elderly are likely to become an important area for R&D in the coming years as the population ages – but there are many challenges to producing foods that provide all the nutrition elderly people need that are still palatable

Published: Sep 20, 2012 By: RJ Whitehead

New research suggests that securing a sustainable supply of nutritious food to feed the world’s fast-growing population is as big an issue as fighting wars, preventing disease and saving the environment.

Published: Sep 20, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

A new research project by an Australian university is investigating whether the global increase in popularity of omega-3 can be delinked from damage to fish stocks.

Published: Sep 19, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Counts for fiber and also workable carbohydrates in certain high-fiber low carb food items.

Published: Sep 19, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

What foods supply fiber?

Published: Sep 19, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Supplementation with vitamin E could help to prevent cancer in patients with an under-recognized genetic disorder, according to new research.

Published: Sep 18, 2012 By: Jimmy Downs

Eating too much processed meat, particularly SPAM, but not unprocessed red meat may increase risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Published: Sep 17, 2012 By: Dilip Doshi

It's well known that poor diet and lifestyle choices result in a number of ailments. Coronary problems, cancer, diabetes, stroke, obesity, etc. are the red flag health issues. Out of the risk factors for these non-communicable diseases, unhealthy eating i

Published: Sep 17, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

In the West, Kroger stores go by the circus-like name of King Soopers in the cities and City Markets in the mountain towns of the Rockies. The "Soopers" closest to me was recently expanded into a massive superstore. And it now has a huge USDA Organic depa

Published: Sep 15, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

As a follow-up to our July 11, 2012 communication on the cancer bladder treatment ImmuCyst, Health Canada has cleared for release one lot of the product that was being held due to problems in the facility where it was produced. The lot contains 1,500 dose

Published: Sep 14, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Enriching breads with wheat bran, resistant starch and locust bean gum results in favourable tasting products but can reduce volumes and lengthen mixing times, study finds.

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: Elaine WATSON

Scientists studying pectins that inhibit a protein called galectin-3 - elevated levels of which are associated with a higher risk of heart failure - say their work could create a completely new category of cardiovascular health foods and supplements.

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: Nathan Gray+

Low levels of the dietary antioxidants vitamin C and beta-carotene could be linked to the onset of mild dementia, according to new research.

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

A massive new online metabolite database could soon be helping to transform the field of metabolomics research, say its creators.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Don’t try crash diets or excessive gymming. Here are tips on losing weight in a healthy manner.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Results of a new study published in the journal Diabetes Care suggests consuming high levels of fructose can affect hepatic insulin sensitivity, and moderate consumption of fructose and sucrose can significantly alter lipid profiles in healthy men.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Men who consume high amounts of choline-rich foods, such as meat, milk and eggs, have a 70% increased risk of lethal prostate cancer compared to men who consume the lowest amounts.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Exhibition space for the Nordic natural and organic products industry’s first-ever dedicated trade show – Natural Products Scandinavia – will be held on October 13 and 14, 2012, in Malmö, Sweden.