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‘Coffee waste’ could lead to new nutritious foods

77617 The antioxidant effects of coffee by-products are 500 times greater than those found in vitamin C and could be employed to create functional foods with significant health benefits, a new research has found.   Coffee silverskin (the epidermis of the coffee bean) is usually removed during processing, after the beans have been dried, while… Seguir Leyendo ‘Coffee waste’ could lead to new nutritious foods

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Skinny complex

Thin women find ‘healthy’ peers a threatThin women who are not comfortable with their bodies, consider peers with a ‘healthy’ weight as a threat, says a Spanish study. Similarly, males prefer thin females more than women themselves and also find overweight females more unpleasant than reed thin women. Researchers from the University of Granada’s department… Seguir Leyendo Skinny complex

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Skinny complex

Thin women find ‘healthy’ peers a threatThin women who are not comfortable with their bodies, consider peers with a ‘healthy’ weight as a threat, says a Spanish study. Similarly, males prefer thin females more than women themselves and also find overweight females more unpleasant than reed thin women. Researchers from the University of Granada’s department… Seguir Leyendo Skinny complex

Khaleej Times (Emiratos Árabes Unidos)

Skinny complex

Thin women find ‘healthy’ peers a threatThin women who are not comfortable with their bodies, consider peers with a ‘healthy’ weight as a threat, says a Spanish study. Similarly, males prefer thin females more than women themselves and also find overweight females more unpleasant than reed thin women. Researchers from the University of Granada’s department… Seguir Leyendo Skinny complex

Khaleej Times (Emiratos Árabes Unidos)

Better off people have better health

People who are doing well financially and socially have better health than others. Higher education and a good job also protect against chronic diseases.These are some of the conclusions drawn by Kristina Karlsdotter, economist at the University of Granada, Spain supervised by Jose Jesús Martin Martin and Maria del Puerto Lopez del Amo González, both… Seguir Leyendo Better off people have better health

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Fish diet in pregnancy bolsters child’s intelligence

Babies born to women who ate more fish during pregnancy scored higher in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill tests and also fared better socially. The study, which presented these findings, was conducted under the auspices of the NUTRIMENTHE project (Effect of diet on offspring’s cognitive development), coordinated by Cristina Campoy Folgoso, paediatrics professor at… Seguir Leyendo Fish diet in pregnancy bolsters child’s intelligence

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UAE gives top priority to indigenous heritage

An European expert on Islamic Andalucian history has commended the UAE diligent efforts to preserve, maintain and develop its indigenous heritage and its generous support for international tangible and intangible human cultural heritage organisations. ‘The UAE lends its national heritage special care and priority as an integral ingredient of its past and future inspired by… Seguir Leyendo UAE gives top priority to indigenous heritage

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Loud thinking helps solve maths problems

Loud thinking helps solve maths problems Those students who think aloud while solving such problems can so faster and have more possibilities of finding the right solution that those who do not do it. Likewise, drawing or making a pictorial representation relating to the subject also contributed to its solution, according to the study by… Seguir Leyendo Loud thinking helps solve maths problems

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Spanish researchers to analyse purported remains of Columbus

Spanish researchers to analyse purported remains of Columbus(AFP) 23 January 2005 BARCELONA, Spain – Scientists from the University of Granada, deep in southern Spain, announced this weekend that they will head to the Dominican Republic next month to analyse human remains in Santo Domingo believed to be those of Christopher Columbus. “Essentially, what we will… Seguir Leyendo Spanish researchers to analyse purported remains of Columbus