Category: Health & Nutrition

UF/IFAS eminent scholar elected to National Academy of Sciences

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 2, 2012

Click here for high resolution file. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Crop genetics expert Harry Klee, an eminent scholar and professor in the University of Florida horticultural sciences department, was elected to the National Academy ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Harry Klee, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jack Payne, National Academy Of Sciences, Tomato, University Of Florida

UF/IFAS scientists’ findings shed light on body’s iron-absorption process

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 28, 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Iron is a key mineral for human health. Too much of it in your body — or too little — can lead to major health problems. University of Florida researchers have discovered that an iron-absorption process thought to ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Collins, Greg Anderson, Health, Iron, James Collins, Perungavur Ranganathan, Yan Lu

UF research: Blueberry wine has more antioxidants than many grape-based wines

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 1, 2012

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Blueberry wine can provide more potentially healthy compounds than white wines and many red wines, according to a new University of Florida study. Researchers ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Blueberries, Blueberry, Instittue Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jeff Williamson, University Of Florida, Wade Yang, Wine

UF researchers develop first method to accurately measure zinc in humans

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 15, 2011

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Zinc is an essential nutrient, but until now, there has not been an effective way to measure it in our bodies, say University of Florida researchers. The researchers ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Bob Cousins, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Micronutrient, Moon-Suhn Ryu, Nutrient, Roger Sunde, Supplement, University Of Florida, Zinc

Children’s gut bacteria linked to type 1 diabetes

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 12, 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have found that the variety of bacteria in a child’s digestive tract is strongly linked to whether that child develops type 1 diabetes. The connection could eventually give doctors an ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research

UF researchers: folate helps repair damage linked to aging and disease

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 12, 2010

Caption at end of story. Click image for full resolution. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For more than half a century, scientists have known the importance of folate for good health, especially for expectant mothers. But now, researchers at the University ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Crecy-Lagard, Folate, Hanson

UF releases first citrus cultivar; Sugar Belle packs a tasty punch

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 27, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Sugar Belle — a bold mandarin orange hybrid that ripens in time for the winter holiday market — will be the first University of Florida-created citrus variety intended for commercial production. The mandarin ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Fred Gmitter, John Beuttenmuller, Mark McLellan, Peter Chaires, Sugar Belle

UF researchers find mechanism behind zinc’s immune-boosting power

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 31, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Just in time for what federal authorities warn could be an extremely severe flu season, University of Florida research has revealed a fundamental mechanism behind zinc's immune-boosting power-it ramps up one of the body's ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Bob Cousins, Flu, Zinc

Native holly can provide caffeinated, antioxidant-rich beverage, UF experts say

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 25, 2009

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Coffee and tea drinkers, take note -- a University of Florida study says a beverage made from a native holly tree might be just the thing to give you a caffeinated ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition
Tags: Antioxidants, Caffeine, Green Tea, Holly, Jack Putz, Matt Palumbo, Yaupon

UF Researchers Obtain $4 Million Federal Contract to Improve Military Food Distribution

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 23, 2008

By: Tom Nordlie - (352) 392-3567 Sources: Jeffrey Brecht - jkbrecht@ufl.edu, (352) 392-1928 x213 Jean-Pierre Emond - jpemond@ufl.edu, (352) 392-1864 x229 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have obtained ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS
Tags: Jean-Pierre Emond, Jeffrey Brecht

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