Parrots Eat Nutritious Foods despite Toxins

Parrots Eat Nutritious Foods despite Toxins

BACKGROUND Generalist herbivores are challenged not only by the low nitrogen and high indigestibility of their plant foods, but also by physical and chemical defenses of plants. This study investigated the foods of wild parrots in the Peruvian Amazon and asked whether these foods contain dietary components that are limiting for generalist herbivores (protein, lipids, minerals) and in what quant...

The impact of a supermarket nutrition rating system on purchases of nutritious and less nutritious foods.

OBJECTIVE The current study examines the impact of a nutrition rating system on consumers' food purchases in supermarkets. DESIGN Aggregate sales data for 102 categories of food (over 60 000 brands) on a weekly basis for 2005-2007 from a supermarket chain of over 150 stores are analysed. Change in weekly sales of nutritious and less nutritious foods, after the introduction of a nutrition rati...

What carbohydrate foods should diabetics eat?

Microbiological Quality of Ready-to-eat Foods

The objective of this study was to investigate the microbiological quality of ready-toeat food in the Municipality of Khon Kaen, Thailand. Four categories of 186 food samples were collected: 1) high heat food; 2) low heat food; 3) no heat food; and, 4) on-site prepared fruit juices and beverages. Of the food samples, 145 (78%) failed to meet acceptable microbiological standards, including fruit...

Contaminants and Toxins in Foods and Feeds

In the intensive livestock production systems, with decrease in grazing land and intensification of agriculture, the animal feeds are most likely to be contaminated with pesticides, dioxins, radionuclide, heavy metals, bacterial, fungal / mycotoxin contaminants etc., which may , market, it is the need of the hour to produce the livestock products free from contaminants. The feeds and fodders ar...