Food Health: Cooking oil that can be used 80 times ♦ Southern-style eating increases heart disease risk ♦ Five reasons why sugar is added to food

Researcher creates AFDHAL cooking oil that can be used 80 times Using palm oil and Rutaceae herb, researchers have developed cooking oil that can be used 80 times. This cooking oil was scientifically defined using the main ingredients which are not only capable of reducing oil absorption in fried cooking up to 85 per cent but also minimize the risks of getting cardiovascular and cancer.

Southern-style eating strikes again: Study finds diet pattern increases heart disease risk Southern favorites like fried chicken and bacon may taste great when consumed, but they can have negative effects on heart health.

How clean is your spinach? Ever wonder what that the words triple-washed or pre-washed on a bag of baby spinach mean? Not much according to engineers. They discovered that small peaks and valleys in baby spinach leaves could be a key reason why there have been numerous bacterial outbreaks involving leafy green vegetables.

New research backs belief that tomatoes can be a gout trigger People who maintain that eating tomatoes can cause their gout to flare up are likely to welcome new research that has, for the first time, found a biological basis for this belief.

Five reasons why sugar is added to food From a food science and technology perspective, sugar (sucrose) plays several roles when it comes to the functional properties in food. Experts explain the functional properties of sugars and why they are often added to foods.

Health Research:Designer drug 'N-bomb’ linked to 17 deaths ♦ Gut microbes help produce serotonin ♦ Tissue made of high-tech fibers

When health risks go down, worker productivity goes up Changes in employee health risk factors have a significant impact on work productivity, reports a new study. The productivity benefits of improved health are "cumulative over time," highlighting the need for companies to make "continuous investments in the culture of health," according to the study

Poison center warns against designer drug 'N-bomb’ The relatively new synthetic drug 25I-NBOMe, or “N bomb,” has been associated with the deaths of at least 17 people in the United States since 2010, when it became available over the Internet,

Microbes help produce serotonin in gut Although serotonin is well known as a brain neurotransmitter, it is estimated that 90 percent of the body's serotonin is made in the digestive tract. In fact, altered levels of this peripheral serotonin has been linked to diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis.

Drug regulations tied to fewer prescriptions of effective gout drug Well intentioned, but costly and potentially problematic. That's how researchers describe the end result of a decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate colchicine, a drug used to treat gout, among other ailments. Fewer patients are actually now taking it, and it has come at a cost to their wallets. Colchicine had been sold at low cost for many years in the US. It is widely used to treat gout,

Novel tissue substitute made of high-tech fibers Regenerative medicine uses cells harvested from the patient’s own body to heal damaged tissue. Researchers have developed a cell-free substrate containing proteins to which autologous cells bind and grow only after implantation