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According to a new analysis led by Dr. Asaf Tzachor at Reichman University’s School of Sustainability, the future of food lies in Iceland, where a state-of-the-art facility cultivates Spirulina algae – a super provider of protein, iron and essential fatty acids. New Reichman University study: Want to eat healthily and save the planet? Replace beef …
Terrestrial agriculture provides the backbone of the world’s food production system. An opinion article published October 17 in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Charles H. Greene at the University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington, US and Celina M. Scott-Buechler at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, US makes the case for increased investment in …
Red seaweeds have been prevalent in the diets of Asian communities for thousands of years. In a new study, published in Marine Drugs, researchers have shown how these algae confer health benefits. “In the past, people have wondered why the number of colon cancer patients in Japan is the lowest in the world,” said Yong-Su …
Algae could be used in medicines, foods, and as a renewable source of fuel using a new high tech gene editing technique. This could be a cheap and environmentally sound way of making products for food, medicine, plastics, cosmetics, and the list goes on according to the scientists at the University of Edinburgh. Algae …
Supplementation with chlorella, a single-cell green algae cultivated for its bioactive substances, increases Natural Killer (NK) cell activity. Chlorella is a single-cell green algae that has been cultivated since the 1940s for its bioactive substances, including vitamins, minerals, proteins, amino acids, and more. Korean researchers enrolled 51 adults, who were randomly assigned to receive either …
Spirulina, a blue-green algae and ancient foodstuff, may exert neuroprotective effects, in a laboratory model of ALS. Previous studies have suggested certain nutritional approaches may have therapeutic potential for neurodegenerative diseases. Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis, from the University of South Florida (Florida, USA), and colleagues studied a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as …