Anti-nutrients naturally occur in food and can block the amount of other nutrients available for your body to use. But their effects aren't all bad, which is why they're undergoing an image makeover.
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The food we eat influences our bodies' immune responses to infection. So focusing on nutrition is one thing we can do to help protect ourselves in the face of the coronavirus threat.
Research shows that many immigrants are healthier than Canadians when they arrive in the country. The longer they stay, the more their health declines.
We asked an immunologist to assess the evidence for a popular cold and flu herbal remedy. She concluded there isn't enough evidence to support its use.
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A novel approach to detect bacterial infections in 10-15 minutes is expected to become commercially available next year.
Over two-thirds of Australians are thought to use complementary medicines ranging from vitamin and mineral supplements to herbal to aromatherapy and homeopathic products. Mental health concerns are one…
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be reducing the nutritional quality of food, new research shows. Researchers…
With symptoms including a runny nose, sore throat, sneezing, cough, headaches and fever, the common cold can leave you feeling rotten for up to two weeks. As the name suggests, they’re annoyingly common…
Zinc can “starve” one of the world’s most deadly bacteria by preventing its uptake of an essential metal. The bacteria, Streptococcus…
A zinc shortage in cells decreases protein stability, leading proteins to lose their shape, stop working and clump together…
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PhD Researcher, Australian National University
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Specialist General Practitioner, and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, UNSW
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Professor; NHMRC Clinical Research Fellow; NICM Health Research Institute Deputy Director, Western Sydney University
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Immunology researcher, Monash University
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Vice Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Health, University of Saskatchewan
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Assistant Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Oklahoma State University
