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Since the discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, and have rightly been described as wonder drugs. Yet since the late 1990s we have become increasingly aware that bacterial resistance to antibiotics is threatening their very use. We can no longer be…
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,…
Mycotoxins are unavoidable, natural food contaminants which are produced by fungi growing on agricultural crops. More than 300 different mycotoxins have been identified, some of which can be toxic to animals and humans.
When crops become infected with mycotoxin-produced fungi, they produce compounds known as masked mycotoxins. Rowett research from…
