Having dark chocolate could help minimise the risk of heart disease in people with metabolic syndrome. Researchers examined the long-term value and cost effectiveness of daily dark chocolate in a population where metabolic syndrome with cardiovascular disease is at a high risk. Led by Professor Christopher Reid, from Monash University, in Australia, mathematical models were used to predict the long-term...
NASA clarifies about claims ‘space drink’ AS10 may prevent wrinkles, skin damage
NASA has clarified that it had nothing to do with ‘space drink’ AS10 after claims that it repairs skin damage. Several stories printed in many papers wrote about the research done by the non-existent University of Utah about the NASA beverage saying it showed ‘miraculous’ results in reversing UV spots and wrinkles. Only two shots of the drink each day...
Nestlé invest £4m in Spanish condensed milk plant to meet export demands
Food giant Nestlé has completed a £4m investment at its Spanish condensed milk plant in order to enlarge its product and packaging formats portfolio to meet export demands. Increasing the production at the plant by fifty per cent, the investment includes the construction of a new 9,000 square metre facility, housing new packaging machines, purchasing new equipment to help making...
Globe’s Shakespeare Festival: Palestine boycott Israeli cultural institutions
Many protest groups are running an active campaign against the Habima Theatre Company performance as part of the Globe’s Shakespeare Festival. The boycott is the answer to the Palestinian call to boycott all Israeli cultural institutions which “continue to serve the purposes of the Israeli colonial and apartheid regime”. The campaign has the support of many leading figures in the...
Flavanol-lemon and black chokeberry drinks help prevent Alzheimer’s diseases
Flavanol-lemon and black chokeberry juice could potentially help in treating neurodegenerative diseases as a nutritive and health-promoting product. According to Spanish researchers, the most important neurotransmitter system for regulating cognitive functions such as memory and learning. The research team said that cholinergic neuronal loss in the brain was a major feature of Alzheimer’s disease, senile dementia, ataxia, neuromuscular disease myasthenia...
Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak critically ill after hunger strike
A Palestinian national footballer is critically ill in hospital after a prolonged hunger strike. Mahmoud Sarsak, 25, has been refusing food ever since 24 March; protesting at his detention without being charged by Israel. Sarah Colborne, the Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: “All that the prisoners on hunger strike are demanding are that their basic rights are respected, and...
2-D Ultrasonic Analysis System to improve performance
A novel two-dimensional ultrasonic analysis system is being used in order to produce high performance pistons that enable another further substantial step in diesel engine downsizing. In its first application, the hugely improved cooling capacity of Federal-Mogul’s “raised gallery” piston allows a customer to introduce a series of measures that achieves a CO2 reduction of up to a third compared...
Kuraray purchasing factory
A manufacturing company which specialises in the development of dissolvable pouches for food packaging has been attained by a Japanese firm. Kuraray, a Japanese company that produces polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), acquired US-based MonoSol for an undisclosed amount and the deal is subject to approval by regulatory authorities. The firm will continue working as an independent company under Kuraray Holdings USA...
Mediterranean Diet improve health
Having a Mediterranean style diet supposedly helps improve mental and physical health and a better quality of life. New research investigated the effects on the quality of life of having a Mediterranean diet – by consuming fruit, vegetables, pulses, fish, olive oil and nuts – through 11,000 students and over four years. Spanish researchers noticed that as well as the...
Dairy Industry faces milk crisis
The dairy sector continues to dominate the “high priority” list as the industry struggles with the current ‘milk crisis’. Reports from the European Commission (EC) say that national competition authorities (NCAs) across the 27 EU member states have been giving special attention to raw milk sales after raw milk prices continue to increase since 2007. Rocketing sales and instability has...