Nutrition
PUBLIC HEALTH
Big gains with small weight loss
Obese adolescents may find better balance by losing just 8% of body weight
natural resources
Luzeia: The Superguaraná
Researchers plan to increase productivity of the guaraná plant
GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
Vitamin Enriched Cassava
More nutritious tubers and beans are available to feed Brazilians
Reducing is not enough
It is not enough to reduce stomach size
Surgery alone doesn't solve excess weight
Sugar metabolism
The mystery behind diabetes
The link between diet and insulin resistance in the body
Ask the researchers
Ask the researchers
Does biofuel production affect food prices?
Mental diseases
Storms of body and soul
Depression and euphoria may damage cells and accelerate aging
Nutrition
The dangers of fasting
Staying a long time without eating cause serious imbalances in the organism
Nutrigenomics
Health at the table
Research about the relation between genes and nutrition take shape
Medicine
Long before the cancer
The excessive consumption of red meat may facilitate the emergence of tumors
Anatomy
The hunger toll
Diet lacking in zinc reduces size and number of neurons in the digestive system
Neurology
Less meat, more fish
Diets rich in omega 3 fatty acids may offer protection against epilepsy
Food Engineering
Selective nutrition
USP patents ice cream with beneficial additives
Food security
Sensor assesses milk
A sensor can detect if the milk has been adulterated with hydrogen peroxide
By Redação
Nutrition
Aids and being overweight
Study evaluate the association of overweight and the anti-retroviral therapy
By Redação
Nutrition
Fortified water
Iron and vitamin C in drinking water may help fight child anemia
By Redação
Agriculture
Protected land
A cultivation technique takes advantage of brushwood instead of burning it
Biotechnology
More productive crops
New varieties of transgenic soybeans for the north and northeast of Brazil
