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Consumption of raw flour can lead to E.coli, claims study

Its report, ‘Shiga Toxin–Producing E. coli​ (STEC) Infections Associated with Flour’, published last month​, claims in 2016, a team investigated an outbreak of STEC serogroup O121 and O26 infections linked to contaminated flour from a large domestic producer and implicated raw flour was the source. Raw cookie dough Between December 2015 and September 2016, there were 63 cases […]

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Pasteurized bacterium may reduce effects of obesity and diabetes

Researchers have found an intestinal bacterium, known as Akkermansia, that offers proven enduring benefits for the intestines of overweight mice and diabetic animals. The research also shows that the strengthening effects of this bacterium on the intestinal barrier remain even after pasteurization. Researchers of the Louvain Drug Research Institute of the University of Leuven in […]