INRA - Nutrition, Chemical Food Safety and Consumer Behaviour

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Nutrition, Chemical Food Safety and Consumer Behaviour
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milk. © adimas - Fotolia, adimas - Fotolia

Press release

12 Jun 2019

The natural lipids in buttermilk could contribute to reducing cardiovascular risk in vulnerable populations

Consuming certain lipids present naturally in dairy products (called “polar lipids”) could reduce the cardiovascular risk in overweight postmenopausal women by lowering their blood levels of LDL-cholesterol (“bad” cholesterol) and triglycerides. To reach this conclusion, the scientists included a cream cheese enriched in buttermilk polar lipids in the daily diet of volunteers for a period of one month. They were able to reveal certain mechanisms in the gut that might explain the effects observed. These natural dietary compounds could therefore form part of a new nutritional strategy designed to reduce the cardiovascular risk in vulnerable populations. This work was published on 12 June in Gut.

Fast food. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

Press release

05 Jun 2019

Consumption of ultra-processed food and risk of cardiovascular disease

In an article published May 30, 2019 in the British Medical Journal, researchers from Inserm, INRA, Université Paris 13 and Cnam in the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN) report an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in consumers of ultra-processed foods in the NutriNet-Santé cohort.

Red meat and vegetables. © Fotolia

Press release

17 Nov 2016

Nutritional prevention a possible method to limit risk of cancers linked to iron in meat products

Recent data suggests that the consumption of nutritional iron could be linked to a high risk of breast cancer, and a diet rich in antioxidants appears to be effective at limiting this risk. Such are the findings of a study led by INRA and INSERM¹ researchers, published in the journal Oncotarget.

Intestinal epithelium and flora. © INRA, ROCHET Violaine

Press release

09 Sep 2016

Excellence in intestinal microbiota research: Harry Sokol winner of a 2016 ERC Starting Grant

Harry Sokol, a researcher specialised in the study of inflammatory bowel diseases, has been awarded the prestigious Starting Grant for 2016 by the European Research Council (ERC).

White laboratory rat. © INRA, FLANZY Paul

Press release

22 Jul 2016

Omega 3 and managing stress - ever closer links

The work of a team of research scientists from INRA and INSERM reveals that endocannabinoid-mediated plasticity in the nucleus accumbens forms the neurobiological substrate for anxiety. It is the subject of an article published on 21 July in Cell Reports.

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