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Read moreUnless ratio measurements are reported with the underlying risks , readers of nutrition and clinical reports cannot cannot judge the significance of the effect.Nutrition is not renowned for giving such data and this is a real deficiency as strong claims are made for the adverse or positive benefit of the nutrient or food being studied…
Read moreSevere acute malnutrition is defined as a weight for height measurement which is 70% less than the median, bilateral nutritional oedema, mid upper arm circumfrence of less than 110 mm in children aged 1 to 5 years old (possibly the best and easiest measure) .Chronic malnutrtion is defined by a height for age ration ie…
Read morelove of all things antioxidant.While it is difficult to be against antioxidants, I have to say I am not impressed. Oxidation is a normal end-product of metabolism and is required to kill bacteria and, probably tumor cells, within white blood cells. So if you’re not worried about infections or cancer, antioxidants are pretty good. I…
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Read moreDubcovsky et al Science 2006, 314, 1298-1301 have identified a gene in wild wheat which controls the distribution of nutrients to the grains when the leaves die off. Wild strains of wheat have an intact version of this gene NAM-B1 which can be crosed into domesticated wheat and increase yields.
Read moreVariability and memory of protein levels in human cells Sigal et al Nature 2006- 444-643-646This paper looks at an important element of cell biology and hence metabolism and hence the influence of nutrition on metabolism and cell biology , that is the timescale over which protein concentrations mix in individual cells. Mixing meaning the time…
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