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Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridioides difficile, Candida auris, Drug-resistant Shigella. These bacteria not only have difficult names to pronounce, but they are also difficult to fight off. These bacteria may infect humans and animals, and the infections they cause are harder to treat than those caused by non-resistant bacteria. Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global public health threat.

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New study suggests that limiting carbohydrates is associated with high prevalence of cardiometabolic disease, especially when dietary fat intake is high.

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Las setas comestibles se pueden encontrar en muchos platos, desde omelets hasta salteados, en los que suelen pasar desapercibidas. Las setas comestibles no solo son versátiles, sino que también aportan muchos beneficios a la salud, que van desde la salud del cerebro hasta la prevención del cáncer. Son naturalmente bajas en sodio y grasa, dos elementos que pueden afectar la salud cardíaca cuando se eleva la presión arterial.

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Os cogumelos podem ser encontrados em muitos pratos, de omeletes e refogados, no entanto, eles passam despercebidos com certa frequência. Além de serem versáteis, os cogumelos também oferecem uma série de benefícios à saúde, de saúde ao cérebro a prevenção contra o câncer. Além disso, eles apresentam naturalmente baixo teor de gordura e sódio, dois elementos que podem afetar a saúde cardíaca pelo aumento da pressão arterial.

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Consuming a diet rich in vitamin A or its analogs may help prevent children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) reduce their risk of developing painful pancreas inflammation during chemotherapy treatment.

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Shoppers join food industry and health experts in backing UK plans to ban high fat, salt and sugar products from checkouts, store entrances and aisle ends

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A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, published by Elsevier, has determined that 60% of foods purchased by Americans contain technical food additives including coloring or flavoring agents, preservatives, and sweeteners.

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An analysis of data from hundreds of bariatric surgery patients in central Ohio showed an association between close proximity to food stores and better weight loss two years after the surgery.

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New research from the University of South Australia shows that men who stick to a predominantly Mediterranean diet are less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer. This diet also improves their chances of recovery if they have prostate cancer and are undergoing radiation treatment.

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The faba bean genome, which at 13 billion bases is more than four times the size of the human genome, has been sequenced for the first time and is published today (08 March 2023), in Nature.

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Americans likely are receiving smaller tax refunds than they have in recent years, and most people will not be going out to spend this money, according to the February 2023 Consumer Food Insights Report.

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People who eat diets rich in green leafy vegetables as well as other vegetables, fruits, whole grains, olive oil, beans, nuts and fish may have fewer amyloid plaques and tau tangles in their brain—signs of Alzheimer’s disease—than people who do not consume such diets, according to a study published in the March 8, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.