Sentences with phrase «influence of food production»

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To cut costs and increase production, many modern farmers put their cows on feed - lots — a small, industrialized space where they are given grain - based food that is specifically designed to influence the health of the animal.

Manufacturing advantage exhibited by dry nutraceutical excipients such as preservative powders and sugars has a governing influence on their use in the production of medical foods and functional foods.

While Pollard's research focuses on understanding the microbiome through bioinformatics and modeling, other projects study human disorders such as diabetes and asthma, the impact of the ocean and soil on climate change, and the influence of plants, animals, and water on food production.

The impacts of land use and land management for food production and forestry have been shown to have considerable influence on local and regional climate, particularly for climate extremes.

It's particularly rich in B - vitamins, amino acids — which are the building blocks of protein and heavily influence neurotransmitter production and mood — and Vitamin D3, which is notoriously difficult to get from food, the only other sources being egg yolks and fish, in addition to the sun.

The negative effects seem to lie in the capacity of some foods / nutrients to stimulate proliferative pathways that in turn stimulate development of acne — suspect foods include those with a high glycaemic load and milk.11, 43, 44 Other evidence comes from several studies reporting that the prevalence of acne varies significantly between different populations and is substantially lower in non-Westernized populations that follow traditional diets, 45 a common factor among these traditional diets being a low glycaemic load.46 Various studies have provided evidence that high - glycaemic - load diets are implicated in the aetiology of acne through their capacity to stimulate insulin, androgen bioavailability and insulin - like growth factor - 1 (IGF - 1) activity, whereas the beneficial effects of low - glycaemic - load diets, apart from weight and blood glucose levels, also include improved skin quality.44 The clinical and experimental evidence does in fact suggest ways in which insulin can increase androgen production and affect via induction of steroidogenic enzymes, 47 the secretion by the pituitary gland of gonadotropin - releasing hormone and the production of sex hormone - binding globulin.48 Insulin is also able to reduce serum levels of IGF - binding protein - 1 increasing the effect of IGF - 1.49 These insulin - mediated actions can therefore influence diverse factors that underlie the development of acne such as:

For instance, extreme weather events in one region may impact production of commodities that are traded internationally, contributing to shortages of supply and hence increased prices to consumers, influencing financial markets and disrupting food security worldwide, with social unrest a possible outcome of food shortages.

The impacts of land use and land management for food production and forestry have been shown to have considerable influence on local and regional climate, particularly for climate extremes.

«Last week at Cancún, in an attempt to influence richer countries to agree to give # 20bn immediately to poorer ones to offset the results of warming, the US - based International Food Policy Research Institute warned that global temperatures would be 6.5 C higher by 2100, leading to rocketing food prices and a decline in production.&raFood Policy Research Institute warned that global temperatures would be 6.5 C higher by 2100, leading to rocketing food prices and a decline in production.&rafood prices and a decline in production.»

Facing criticism, biofuels industry forms new lobby group to influence lawmakers (7/25/2008) Under attack by politicians, aid groups, and environmentalists for driving up food prices and fueling destruction of ecologically sensitive habitats, some of the world's largest agroindustrial firms have formed a lobby group to influence consumers and lawmakers to support continued subsidies for biofuel production, reports Reuters.