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Communicating Nutrition at the Point of Purchase -

Communicating Nutrition at the Point of Purchase - | FoodieDoc says: | Scoop.it
From www.ift.org - November 16, 2012 5:09 PM

 

The average American consumer spends 44 minutes on a typical grocery trip (Hamrick et al. 2011). This includes the time to find all the items they need, compare brands, price, flavors, and nutrition, consider any in-store specials, check out, pay, and pack their groceries. Anything that speeds up these activities is beneficial to the consumer.

 

The addition of nutrition data and scorecards to the front of packaging and at the grocery shelf helps shoppers choose healthier foods and spurs product developers to reexamine their formulations.

 

Read this story by Annette Maggi for the Institute of Food Technologists: IFT.Org

 

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Nutraceutical & Functional Foods: March 26, 2012 - IFT.org

From www.ift.org - March 26, 2012 7:03 PM

Ginger may improve cognitive function in women.

 

A study published in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine shows that ginger may help enhance memory and improve key indicators of cognitive function.

 

60 healthy, middle-aged women were given a daily dose of ginger extract (either 400 mg or 800 mg) or a placebo for two months. The researchers put the women through a computerized battery of tests to measure different aspects of memory and brain function, or cognition. They found that daily ginger intake, especially at the higher amount, led to improvements in working memory—a key finding given the increasing rates of memory decline common in middle-aged women. There were significant improvements in four key brain functions: power of attention, accuracy of attention, speed of memory, and quality of memory.

 

Although more research is needed to fully understand the mechanism behind this effect, the researchers suggest ginger could be a "potential brain tonic to enhance cognitive function."

 

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