What Are Some High or Low FODMAPs Foods?
Discussion
FODMAPs is an acronym standing for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols. It is a diet strategy which has shown improvement for some adult patients with functional abdominal pain including some with irritable bowel syndrome. The evidence in pediatrics is murky and more well-designed studies are needed; however such studies are difficult to complete. In general, there are 3 phases to this dietary strategy:
Avoidance of all high FODMAP foods for 2-6 weeks. In some adult studies there has been improvement in 1 week. Especially in the pediatric age group, some people will only res...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - June 12, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Destruction of Ukrainian dam threatens nature reserves, rare species
As emergency managers in southern Ukraine evacuate people there from disastrous flooding caused by this week’s mysterious breach of a major dam, conservation scientists are pondering the effects on the region’s plants and animals. The collapse of a section of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam has released a torrent that is only beginning to subside, leaving downstream nature reserves underwater and vast mudflats emerging from an emptying reservoir.
The dam has been occupied by Russian troops since soon after President Vladimir Putin launched the Ukraine invasion last year. On 6 June, in the middle of the night, Ukra...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 9, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Crops grown without sunlight could help feed astronauts bound for Mars
Riverside, California—
For the first astronauts to visit Mars, what to eat on their 3-year mission will be one of the most critical questions. It’s not just a matter of taste. According to one recent estimate, a crew of six would require an estimated 10,000 kilograms of food for the trip. NASA—which plans to send people to Mars within 2 decades—could stuff a spacecraft with prepackaged meals and launch additional supplies to the Red Planet in advance for the voyage home. But even that wouldn’t completely solve the problem.
Micronutrients, including many vitamins, break down over months and will need to...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 8, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
EPA decision to tighten oversight of gene-edited crops draws mixed response
When the CRISPR gene editor landed in U.S. plant science labs a decade ago, allowing researchers to tweak a crop’s own DNA instead of pasting in foreign genes, hopes rose that it would pave the way for looser regulation of genetically modified crops. Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave plant scientists much of their wish, exempting certain gene-edited changes to plants. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a tougher stance.
In a final rule published last week, EPA said that like USDA,
it will exempt gene-edited plants from an in-depth review process
if the change c...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 2, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Climate Change Is Threatening Ketchup. AI Could Help Save It
Hold on to your Heinz. The latest looming food shortage is likely to include ketchup, coming hard on the heels of last year’s potato chip crisis and runs on mustard (in France, at least). Three summers’ worth of unprecedented high heat in the world’s key tomato-producing regions—Australia, Spain, and California’s central valley—have led to a precipitous decline in tomato paste stocks, the key ingredient for ketchup and other condiments. California, which produces a quarter of the world’s tomatoes, and 95% of the tomatoes used in U.S. canned goods, delivered nearly 5% less than the ...
Source: TIME: Science - May 31, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized climate climate change Climate Is Everything healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Can humans ever understand how animals think?
A flood of new research is overturning old assumptions about what animal minds are and aren ’t capable of – and changing how we think about our own speciesGiraffes will eat courgettes if they have to, but they really prefer carrots. A team ofresearchers from Spain and Germany recently took advantage of this preference to investigate whether the animals are capable of statistical reasoning. In the experiment, a giraffe was shown two transparent containers holding a mixture of carrot and courgette slices. One container held mostly carrots, the other mostly courgettes. A researcher then took one slice from each container ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 30, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Adam Kirsch Tags: Animals Philosophy Environment Science and nature books Science and scepticism Source Type: news
Why Adults Are Snapping Up a Stuffed Toy Originally for Babies
They’re fruits and vegetables, coffee cups, school supplies and sports gear—with grinning humanlike faces and, often, dangly limbs. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Broccoli ‘super soup’ may help keep type 2 diabetes at bay
Smarter Food ramps up production of its GRextra plant strain that helps lower elevated blood glucose levelsImagine eating a bowl of soup once a week that could help bring down your blood sugar levels and so reduce your risk of developing type 2diabetes.This may sound like wishful thinking or the latest fad, but Smarter Food says this is already a reality for its customers.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Joanna Partridge Tags: Food & drink industry Vegetables NHS Diabetes Health Society Business Source Type: news
What ’s the use of $800m, Bryan Johnson, if you dine on baby food? | Emma Brockes
There is nothing quite like the spectacle of a tech bro with vast financial resources failing to grapple with his own mortalityThere are a lot of details to enjoy in the story of Bryan Johnson, the middle-aged almost-billionaire spending $2m ( £1.6m) a year pursuing eternal youth. Asdescribedin the Times this week, Johnson hasreceived“plasma infusions” from his 17-year-old son, had “33,537 images of his bowels” taken, and tried experimental treatments previously only tested on mice. But the one I like best, I think, revolves around his meal plan. As a man who made $800m (£646m) from the sale of his company to eBa...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 25, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Emma Brockes Tags: US news Technology Health Ageing Science Society Source Type: news
American Health Care Is Broken. Major Hospitals Need to Be Part of the Solution
American health care is broken. And American health care systems must transform radically to lead the repair.
Let’s first look at the data: The U.S. now spends more than $4 trillion a year on health care. That’s nearly 20% of gross domestic product. Yet U.S. life expectancy lags literally dozens of other nations—including Portugal, Slovenia, and Turkey—by as much as seven years. If trends continue, we will drop to 64th in the world in life expectancy by 2040, though we will continue to spend significantly more per capita than nearly any other nation.
Diagnosing this failure is not difficult. Nearly ...
Source: TIME: Health - May 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald M. Berwick and Michelle A. Williams Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news
'Nutrition's Jekyll and Hyde': Could nitrates in vegetables pose cancer risk? Study asks
Nitrate has been previously linked to a higher cancer risk but a new study suggests that the source of the compound may matter. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cacti, wild coffee and false bananas: Scientists sketch out the menus of the future
Earlier this year, shoppers in the U.K. faced a shortage of fresh fruit and vegetables, with some of the country's grocery stores rationing produce like tomatoes, lettuce and peppers. The reasons behind the scarcity of ingredients crucial to a tasty salad were complicated and varied, ranging from…#unitednations #royalbotanicgardens #jamesborrell #rbgkew #southeastasia #africa #ethiopia #ethiopian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What will we eat in a post-1.5C world? – podcast
We now know that global temperatures are likely totemporarily rise by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in the next five years. Breaching this crucial threshold will give humanity an insight into what the next few decades could bring. It will undoubtedly have serious consequences in all aspects of our lives, including what we eat.In the second of our special series of episodes looking at what a future world might look like, science editor Ian Sample explores how our diets could change as the Earth heats up. Ian talks to Kew ’s kitchen gardener Helena Dove about climate-resilient vegetables, visits Tiziana di Cos...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 23, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Ian Sample , produced by Madeleine Finlay, sound designed by Joel Cox and executive produced by Ellie Bury Tags: Environment Climate crisis Agriculture Food Source Type: news
Tether, KriptonMarket to support USDT transactions at Argentina ’s Central Market
Argentinians can now purchase dairy produce with the USDT stablecoin at the Central Market of Buenos Aires — one of the largest movers of fruits and vegetables in Latin America. The move was enabled by a partnership between the stablecoin issuer Tether and on-/off-ramp platform KriptonMarket. The…#argentinians #usdt #latinamerica #buenosaires #argentina #latinamerican #argentine #paoloardoino #tether #danielfogg (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Veg box firm Riverford to be 100% staff-owned as founder sells stake for £10m
The organic vegetable box company Riverford is to become 100% owned by its staff after its founder, Guy Singh-Watson, agreed to sell his remaining 23% stake for almost £10m. Singh-Watson, who sold nearly three-quarters of the company to employees in 2018, will take a £9.8m payment over five years…#riverford #guysinghwatson #singhwatson #devon #johnlewispartnership #johnlewis #jamesdelevingne #robhaward #haward (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
