Food is central to every aspect of our lives. It provides not only nourishment but also influences our social interactions, health and well-being. Today we are living longer than ever before, and the importance of healthy ageing is increasingly recognised.
The Protein for Life project is a collaboration between the…
The human large intestine is home to the largest and most diverse group of bacteria in the human body. These bacteria play an important role in maintaining human health, fermenting plant fibres and other non-digestible carbohydrates, and Rowett research has shown that compounds released by bacterial metabolism in the gut have direct…
The food we eat feeds our microbes, gives us energy and nutrition, and keeps us healthy. The choices we make about our food clearly affects our health, but also has a huge effect on the world around us. We need to make more effort to choose correctly.
Sometimes it…
Crabmeat is an excellent source of protein and provides good levels of important minerals, vitamins and beneficial omega-3 fatty acids. However, the meat from the brown crab can also contain the heavy metal cadmium, accumulation of which can be toxic to humans.
The crab industry is commercially very important for…
In the face of the climate emergency, the Scottish Government is aiming to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 and to reduce emissions by 75% by 2030 and 90% by 2040. It has been estimated that the food supply chain is responsible for 20% of global carbon emissions. Changing our diet is now…
Diets high in protein and red meat might be problematic in terms of gut health, especially when carbohydrate intake is low
Dietary protein is efficiently digested in the human small intestine. The consumption of high-protein diets leads to more protein escaping digestion and additional protein will be transported…
On Wednesday 6th March 2019 Karen Scott visited the Barony Mill to assist in dehulling and flaking and flouring some barley that has been grown to use in a human intervention study run from the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen.
This particular barley variety was grown at the James…
At Food Matters Live the latest research, development and innovation for health and weight wellness will be discussed. Ageing well and the role of diet & lifestyle medicine is a hot topic amongst healthcare professionals, the food sector and academia. There is growing evidence that dietary protein has an important…
Since we have realized that we carry around more microbial than human cells and that these microbial inhabitants are important to maintain our health, searching for the bacterial species that are implicated in causing disease has become the holy grail of microbiology. However, to understand which bacteria are unnaturally present…
For many, maintaining a healthy weight is extremely difficult as most diets fail in the long run. Investigations aimed at enhancing satiety and weight loss have found protein to be effective in humans, but the effects of fibre remain unclear.
To investigate the role fibre plays in the diet,…
