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...While these results aren't definitive, researchers in Saudi Arabia and along Europe's Mediterranean coast have found similar patterns, as customary low-fat foods are abandoned. "We blindly accepted that the Western way of life was better," says Dr. Xu Guangwei, head of the Beijing-based China Anti-Cancer Association...
...Every now and then nature throws up these sorts of things.' RUSSELL SNELL, New Zealand biotech researcher, whose company is breeding cows that give skimmed milk. The herd descends from a single Friesian cow named Marge, which scientists discovered had a rare gene mutation for low-fat, Omega 3-rich milk while testing New Zealand dairy cows...
...biggest opportunities for flavor makers is the recent push by food manufacturers to market healthier packaged foods. A team of five researchers at IFF spent more than three years coming up with a low-sodium flavoring that could reproduce the salty taste of canned soups, for instance. Givaudan is also developing low-sodium, low-sugar and low-fat flavors intended to replicate the taste and texture of their full-figured counterparts. "We know how ice cream needs to taste to please an Italian, American or a Swede," says Givaudan spokesman Peter Wullschleger. "Taste and smell are cultural...
...Overweight women on the Atkins plan lost more weight over a year than those on the low-carb Zone diet. And they had slightly better blood pressure and cholesterol readings than those on the Zone; the very low-fat, high-carb Ornish diet, and a low-fat, high-carb diet similar to U.S. government guidelines...
...difficulty conceiving? A recent study led by a research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health shows that consumption of ice cream and other high-fat dairy foods is associated with a decreased risk of one type of infertility. Fat-soluble foods are thought to improve ovarian functions, and the study’s authors say that fact could explain the decreased infertility rate in women who consume regular dairy foods. Inversely, low-fat dairy foods were associated with a higher risk of infertility. According to the study, the issue is especially pressing because the “Dietary...