Evidence Provides New Model System For Studying The Complex Interaction Between Diet, Gene Expression, Physiological Response And Human Disease
Sometimes you just can’t resist a tiny piece of chocolate cake. Even the most health-conscious eaters find themselves indulging in junk foods from time to time…
April 1, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: eaters-find, from-time, junk-foods, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, the-most, tiny-piece
DNA-Damaging Toxins Discovered In Common Plant-Based Foods – Liquid Smoke, Black And Green Teas And Coffee
In a laboratory study pairing food chemistry and cancer biology, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center tested the potentially harmful effect of foods and flavorings on the DNA of cells. They found that liquid smoke flavoring, black and green teas and coffee activated the highest levels of a well-known, cancer-linked gene called p53…
April 1, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, dna, green-teas, highest-levels, johns, kimmel, liquid-smoke, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, pairing-food, potentially
Caffeine-‘Addicted’ Bacteria Offer Applications In Medicine, The Environment And More
Some people may joke about living on caffeine, but scientists now have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to do that – literally. Their report in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology describes bacteria being “addicted” to caffeine in a way that promises practical uses ranging from decontamination of wastewater to bioproduction of medications for asthma
April 1, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: coli-bacteria, from-decontamination, genetically-engineered, journal, oncalldietitian.com, people-may, promises-practical, synthetic, synthetic-biology, the-journal, uses-ranging
