Author: admin

Chef Michael Symon shares culinary insights, such as adding blue cheese to tomato soup.Favorite pantry staples include Contadina tomatoes, dried Sicilian oregano and “always” anchovies.His cookbook, “Simply Symon Suppers,” features 52 weeks of suppers with complete meal plans. From Iron Chef America to Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out, if you’re an avid watcher of the Food Network, you definitely know Michael Symon. With more than 30 years in the industry, Symon has made a name for himself as a James Beard award-winning chef and a Daytime Emmy–winning host. In partnership with Contadina, we talked to Symon about some of the culinary…

Credit: gorodenkoff/Getty Images Antibiotic resistance remains one of the most pressing threats to global health, yet identifying resistance genes in the environment is difficult. Traditional sequencing can catalog DNA, but it cannot reliably predict function for the vast majority of unknown genes. Functional metagenomic libraries offer a solution by testing gene activity directly, but until now they required relatively large amounts of DNA, limiting their use in settings where microbes are scarce. A powerful tool for scarce samples Reporting in mSystems, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, led by Terence Crofts, PhD, developed METa assembly, a method that builds…

Using a weighted vest to increase your load while walking may benefit your heart, muscle, and bone health.However, it’s not necessarily advantageous for everyone. Wearing a weighted vest may exacerbate certain health conditions, such as arthritis, joint pain, or balance issues, says Kristen M. Beavers, PhD, MPH, an associate professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.So, get cleared by your healthcare provider before you try walking with a weighted vest if you have one of these conditions. In addition, ask your doctor first if you have heart disease, uncontrolled blood pressure, diabetes, chest…

In this study,1 researchers used waste plastics like soda bottles, candy boxes, and takeout containers to create nanoplastics in a lab setting. They then exposed these particles to heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, zinc, cobalt, and manganese, to see what would happen. 

Novo Nordisk (NASDAQ Copenhagen: NOVO-B) inflicted much pain—and much-needed pain—on the company when president and CEO Maziar (Mike) Doustdar announced plans to lay off about 9,000 of its 78,400 employees, a spot check of analyst comments by StockWatch found this past week. The Danish biotech shook the biopharma industry on Wednesday when it revealed a restructuring that will not only eliminate about 11.5% of its global workforce but also slice layers of management with the aim of strengthening commercial execution and shifting resources toward the company’s growth areas in diabetes and obesity. Treating both through its glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) franchise…

Start your day with a meal that’s loaded with veggies with these tasty dishes! Each of these satisfying breakfast recipes contains a whole serving of vegetables, so you’ll be on the right track early in the day. With options like savory casseroles, flavorful quiches and hearty grain bowls, you have plenty of choices to suit your tastes. Whip up dishes like our Black Bean & Pepper Jack Quiche and our Pesto Breakfast Sandwich to kick off your morning on a veggie-packed note. Love any of these recipes? Tap “Save” to add them to MyRecipes, your new, free recipe box for…

Analysis of 12 magic mushroom edibles reveals they do not contain psilocybin, the psychedelic compound produced by these mushrooms. Instead, many products contained undisclosed active ingredients. The researchers studied gummies and chocolates sold in Oregon, US. Some of these products contained syndelics — synthetic psychedelics. The researchers caution that the toxicology and pharmacology of these compounds are unknown. Undisclosed ingredients also included caffeine and botanical extracts from hemp and kava. “Syndelics represent a rapidly growing area of drug design, where medicinal chemists create novel compounds inspired by known psychedelic agents like psilocybin and LSD,” says Richard van Breemen, professor of pharmaceutical…

This 30-day plan is set at 1,800 calories, with modifications for 1,500 and 2,000 calories.Each day provides at least 74 grams of protein and 40 grams of fiber to support satiety, though most days come in higher than that.This plan follows the principles of the nutrient-rich Mediterranean diet while skipping added sugars. Reap the benefits of the nourishing Mediterranean diet while skipping added sugar in this delicious and flavor-packed 30-day plan. To make this plan work for most people, you’ll find three different calorie levels to choose from, plus meal-prep tips at the beginning of each week to make for…

Gut bacteria, microbiome. Bacteria inside the large intestine, concept, representation. 3D illustration. Gut bacteria, microbiome. Bacteria inside the large intestine, concept, representation. 3D illustration. [ChrisChrisW / Getty Images] Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia have discovered that certain genes influence the health of the gut microbiome to protect against obesity and diabetes by coding for specific proteins called alpha-defensins. These findings open up new avenues for personalized treatments, because they show that the gut microbiome is shaped by more than just diet.  Researchers worldwide have been studying the human microbiome and its link to health and diseases for…

To make a safe and effective drug, pharmaceutical scientists must also analyze and manage impurities and stability. “This is a fundamental set of problems that has existed for as long as drug development itself,” says Jeff Patrick, PhD, who is the global functional lead of CMC analytical development at BioAgilytix Labs in Durham, NC. It’s also a set of problems that never goes away. So, scientists keep coming up with new methods to test and address impurity and stability. “Impurities are entities that should not be present in the drug and may have come from the process, equipment, or contaminants…