When to eat and digest a food it is necessary to invest more calories than that food contributes, it is often said that it has "negative calories". This is the case of oranges, celery, tomato, asparagus and cucumber.
According to a Catalan research group, those who suffer from eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and obesity may share certain neurobiological correlations related to reward pathways and neural circuits linked to food. This study shows that the treatment of these patients should focus on self-control problems.
Scientists from Stanford University (USA) have studied whether organic food is safer or healthier than traditional alternatives. Based on their findings, released this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the answer appears to be negative.
Scientists from the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) have published a report in which they warn that most of the inhabitants of the planet could have to become vegetarian in 2050 if we do not find another way to solve the lack of water to which we we will face. According to the researchers, in the next 40 years the population will increase by another 2,000 million that will be added to the current 7,000. The arable land available to feed 9 billion people will not be enough and therefore its size will have to increase.
This is the question that scientists from the Institute for Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA) hope to answer by combining physiological and behavioral analyzes of the animal. The Animal Markers and Emotion or (ANEMOMA) project will study the relationship between the emotional state of pigs and the quality of the pork that reaches the final consumer, both on the farm and in the slaughterhouse, considering the behavior and the physiological biomarkers of the pig and those of the meat.
Scientists at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture in Indonesia have developed a substitute for rice, dubbed "artificial rice," that looks and tastes like rice but is made using carbohydrates obtained from local plants such as corn. , cassava and yam. The mixture cooks and turns into grains.
According to a French study published in the journal Nature, the Japanese have large amounts of enzymes in their digestive system, porphyrases, which digest a special type of carbohydrate called porphyrans, present in red algae that are used to prepare food. sushi. These algae, of the genus Porphyra, are what the Japanese call nori.
In theory, 100 calorie snack packs have been designed to help us fight overweight. But a study published in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests they have the opposite effect. What's more, consuming potato chips in small packages can make us eat exactly twice as much as if we opted for large packages.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
