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Almost all you need to know about Dietary Fibre and Health

Aug 6

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British Nutrition Foundation has made a special issue of the Nutrition Bulletin on dietary fibre and health. It’s available for free.  You can therefore access the following 6 articles without using your creditcard:

Dietary fibre: an evolving definition?
Victoria Betteridge

Review: Dietary fibre and health: an overview
Judy Buttriss, Caroline Stokes

Carbohydrates and dietary fibre
Joanne Lunn, JL Buttriss

Review: Dietary fibre and the gut microbiota
Karen Scott, Sylvia Duncan, Harry Flint

Dietary fibre and satiety
Joanne Slavin, Hilary Green

Health properties of resistant starch
Anne Nugent

Whole grains and health: perspective for Asian Indians

Aug 4

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Grains are the most important food source of Indian population, due to this carbohydrate consumption constitute approx. 60-70% of total food intake. Grains have shown to have a role in prevention and reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, cancer and obesity.

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Questionnaire for estimating whole-grain cereal intake

Aug 4

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To estimate WG cereal intake, researchers developed a forty-three-item FFQ focused on cereal product intake over the past month. It was then validated. The new questionnaire appears to give a rapid and adequate estimate of WG cereal intake in free-living subjects.

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Influence of Whole Grains on Short-term Satiety and Energy Intake

Aug 4

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This study compared the effect of whole grain high-fiber barley, whole grain wheat and refined rice based foods on energy intake and satiety. Forty-seven healthy subjects consumed a breakfast of hot cereal and a snack mix containing either barley, wheat, or refined rice, followed by an ad libitum smorgasbord lunch using a crossover design. Energy intake was measured at the lunch using plate waste. Hunger, fullness, desire to eat, amount of food consumed, and thirst were assessed using a modified visual analog scale (VAS) before and after the breakfast, snack and lunch. Energy intake at lunch did not differ among products.

In conclusion, intake of a whole grain high-fiber barley, whole grain wheat, or refined rice breakfast and snack did not decrease energy intake acutely, but consumption of whole grain high-fiber barley foods significantly decreased hunger whereas whole wheat and refined rice foods did not.

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Children’s acceptance, nutritional, and instrumental evaluations of whole grain (WG) and soluble fiber (SF) enriched foods

Aug 4

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The objectives of this study were to examine the consumption of WG- and SF-enriched burritos and cookies among elementary school-aged children and to perform a quality evaluation of all products. Children in grades K to 6 from a local elementary school consumed control (CTR) products made with refined flour along with the test products (TRT) over a 13-wk period. TRT burritos and cookies contained 51% and 100% WG. Children’s consumption was determined via plate waste. No significant differences in consumption between CTR and TRT burritos and cookies were found.

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Young Kids’ Screen Time May Raise Blood Pressure

Aug 4

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Young children who spend too much time in front of the television, the computer and video games might be at increased risk for high blood pressure, a new study suggests.

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97 % in the UK unaware of the link between weight and cancer

Aug 4

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After smoking, being overweight or obese is one of the biggest cancer risks. But in a survey of nearly 4,000 people, only three per cent mentioned keeping a healthy bodyweight as something people could do to reduce their risk of cancer. This is according to a Cancer Research UK survey out today.

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Heavy drinking linked to increased cancer risk

Aug 4

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Canadian scientists have provided more evidence of a link between alcohol consumption and an increased risk of cancer.

Those who drank the most had a sevenfold increased risk of oesophageal (food pipe) cancer; an 80 per cent higher risk of bowel cancer; and a 50 per cent heightened risk of lung cancer.

Dr Benedetti described the findings, which appear in the journal Cancer Detection and Prevention, as “astounding”.

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Potential impact of a Dutch food labelling scheme calculated

Aug 4

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choicesThe Dutch Choices Programme (a checkmark food labelling scheme) can if all consumers replace normally consumed foods with foods that carry the Choices health stamp potentially lead to substantial improvements in nutrient intakes. Including a 15% reduction in energy intake.

See abstract.

And visit www.choicesinternational.org

The role of fruit juice in the diet

Aug 4

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Fruit juice is one beverage that has seen a dramatic increase in consumer purchasing since the 1970s. While the beneficial effects of consuming diets rich in fruit and vegetables are well documented, the specific health effects of consuming fruit juice are less so. Further, the role of fruit juice in conditions such as obesity has also recently come under scrutiny, due to questions over how liquid calories affect subsequent energy intake. Limitations in the literature in this area include a lack of studies looking at different types of fruit juices and their effects on health, as well as studies that differentiate fruit juice from fruit and vegetable intake.

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