Some questions intrigue scientists and the public. Other questions do not. This stud addresses one such question: “Can Bulgarian Yogurt Enhance Astronauts’ Performance During the Mars Missions?” Izabela Shopova, Diana Bogueva, Maria Yotova, and Svetla Danova, Journal of Ethnic Foods, vol. 10, no. 46, 2023. This image, figure 6 in the study, may help some […]
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has four segments. Here are bits of each of them: Bulgarian yogurt in space — “Can Bulgarian yogurt enhance astronauts’ performance during the Mars missions?” ask Izabela Shopova, Diana Bogueva, Maria Yotova and Svetla Danova in their study of that name published in the Journal of Ethnic Foods.The […]
Probiotic starter cultures come in many different flavors. Here are two that qualify as Not-off-the-shelf. 1. “Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Infant Faeces as Potential Probiotic Starter Cultures for Fermented Sausages.” This study was honored with the 2014 Ig Nobel Prize for nutrition. 2. Vaginal bacteria as probiotic starter culture for yogurt. Janet Jay, […]
Today’s Headline of the Day is from Scientific American, atop an article by Elie Dolgin: Mice That Eat Yogurt Have Larger Testicles The article itself begins: Last summer a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology set out to better understand the effects of yogurt on obesity. They were following up on the results […]