An Australian nutritionist has shared a helpful guide to portion control and revealed the ingredients you need to make a well-balanced salad and school lunchbox. Mother Rebecca Gawthorne, 31, uploaded a photo of her salmon with rice and assorted vegetable dinner to social media and said vegetables should make up half the plate, followed by … Read more
Protein from POTATOES help women maintain strong muscles despite its reputation for having a lower quality of strength-building nutrients than meat It was previously believed potatoes had lower-quality protein compared to meat Research says women who eat more potatoes produce more protein in muscles Demand has increased for plant-based alternatives to animal-derived sources By Daily … Read more
Scientists discover high levels of protein in the blood could predict which coronavirus patients will need to be put on ventilators The protein, known as suPAR, is a marker of disease severity and aggressiveness as well as activating of the immune system Patients without the virus typically had suPAR levels of five ng/mL or less, … Read more
MIT researchers use AI to translate the coronavirus’s core protein structure into a calming musical arrangement that conveys the virus’s deceptive nature as it invades human cells A team of MIT scientists have translated the COVID-19 virus into a musical score The team trained a machine learning tool to translate the virus’s amino acids The … Read more
Build-up of a harmful protein in the brain can predict atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease patients at least one year in advance. Previous studies have shown that two tell-tale plaques, amyloid beta and tau, form clumps that smother and destroy neurons. But researchers found that only accumulation of the tau protein was indicative of where damage … Read more
Could a supplement one day REPLACE exercise? Boosting levels of a protein released during a workout ‘can increase muscle gain, fat burning and lung capacity’ Flies forced to produce an post-exercise protein got fit even without working out If they were stopped from making the protein exercise had no benefits at all Scientists suggested it … Read more
Tammy Hembrow cashes in on coronavirus fears by promoting vegan protein shakes on Instagram – telling fans it’s ‘more important than ever to be taking your health seriously’ By Alisha Buaya and Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:21 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 12 March 2020 Instagram influencer Tammy Hembrow … Read more
First extraterrestrial PROTEIN discovered inside a meteorite found 30 years ago in Algeria suggests the building blocks of life could already exist in space The meteorite — named Acfer 086 — was collected from Algeria back in 1990 Experts found it contains a protein called hemolithin made of iron and lithium The ends of the protein are … Read more