Fried Food linked to alzheimer’s
A new study has revealed that eating a meat-rich diet, which has been fried, barbecued or grilled, can trigger Alzheimer’s disease and accelerate ageing. Scientists have discovered that harmful ‘Ages’ compounds in the “Western diet” cause a build-up of a dangerous protein that forms toxic deposits which ravage the brain, the Daily Express reported. Researchers found that the high levels of these compounds suppress a protective enzyme concerned in conditions related to brain and aeging. The study has also found that fatty and sugary foods, like cheese, eggs, white bread, pasta and sugary pastries, cakes and biscuits could also play a part in Alzheimer’s.
Scientist finds test for cancer
In a breakthrough, an Indian-American scientist has developed a simple, cheap, paper test that could improve cancer diagnosis rates and help people get treated earlier. The diagnostic, which works much like a pregnancy test, could reveal within minutes, based on a urine sample, whether a person has cancer, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced. This approach has helped detect infectious diseases, and allows non-communicable diseases to be detected using the same strategy, it said. The technology, developed by MIT professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Sangeeta Bhatia, relies on nanoparticles that interact with tumour proteins called proteases, each of which can trigger release of hundreds of biomarkers that are then easily detectable in a patient’s urine.
Bad mood and hunger for junk food
Why someone in a bad mood chooses to eat junk food and someone in a good mood goes for healthier food choicesIJ “Conceptually, when people feel uncomfortable or are in a bad mood, they know something is wrong and focus on what is near. We demonstrated that this kind of thinking gets us to focus on the sensory qualities of our foods — not things that are more abstract like how nutritious the food is,” said researcher Gardner M Wansink. Analogously, they demonstrated that when people are in a good mood, things seem okay and they can take a big picture perspective. This kind of thinking allows people to focus on the more abstract aspects of food, including how healthy it is. In the first study, the researchers investigated the effect of a positive mood on evaluations of indulgent and health foods.