While a balanced diet as recommended by the USDA Food Guide Pyramid
may help in the prevention of cancer, whey protein is being proven
in clinical studies to be a powerful assistant in cancer prevention
and treatment.
The "World O-Cha Festival 2001" will be held in Shizuoka City of
Shizuoka Prefecture, the centre of o-cha (Japanese green tea)
production in Japan, from October 5 to 10.
At the Fi Europe 2001, DSM Food Specialties will introduce a new
application of its FirmFruit® enzyme system designed to enhance the
appearance and consistency of processed tomato pieces in
end-product applications.
According to Victor Manuel Villalobos Arambula, Under Secretary for
Agriculture at the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food, Mexico's government will promote the production of GM
foodstuff.
Kikkoman Corp. and six other food makers have teamed up to sequence
the genome of koji, a fermenting agent used to make soy sauce and
soybean paste, by 2003.
Exelixis Plant Sciences has received a National Science Foundation
award to develop technologies to identify novel genes in rice, with
the aim of improving its production.
In a new book, scientists at the University of California,
Berkeley, reinforce their claim that daily intakes of antioxidant
vitamin supplements help fight against chronic diseases.
