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Too much vitamin A may increase risk of bone fractures
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Consuming too much vitamin A may decrease bone thickness, leading to weak and fracture prone bones, according to a study published in the Journal of Endocrinology. The study, undertaken in mice, found that sustained intake of vitamin A, at levels equivalent to 4.5-13 times the human recommended daily allowance (RDA), caused significant weakening of the bones, and suggests that people should be cautious of over-supplementing vitamin A in their diets.
Vitamin A is an essential vitamin that is important for numerous biological processes including growth, vision, immunity and organ function. Our bodies are unable to make vitamin A but a healthy diet including meat, dairy products and vegetables should be sufficient to maintain the body's nutritional needs. Some evidence has suggested that people who take vitamin A supplements may be increasing their risk of bone damage. Previous studies in mice have shown that short-term overdosing of vitamin A, at the equivalent of 13-142 times the recommended daily allowance in people, results in decreased bone thickness and an increased fracture risk after just 1-2 weeks. This study is the first to examine the effects of lower vitamin A doses that are more equivalent to those consumed by people taking supplements, over longer time-periods.
In this study, Dr Ulf Lerner and colleagues from Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, report that mice given lower doses of vitamin A, equivalent to 4.5-13 times the RDA in humans, over a longer time period, also showed thinning of their bones after just 8 days, which progressed over the ten week study period.
Dr Ulf Lerner commented, "Previous studies in rodents have shown that vitamin A decreases bone thickness but these studies were performed with very high doses of vitamin A, over a short period of time. In our study we have shown that much lower concentrations of vitamin A, a range more relevant for humans, still decreases rodent bone thickness and strength."
Next, Dr Ulf Lerner intends to investigate if human-relevant doses of vitamin A affect bone growth induced by exercise, which was not addressed in this study. Additionally, his team will study the effects of vitamin A supplementation in older mice, where growth of the skeleton has ceased, as is seen in the elderly.
Dr Ulf Lerner cautions: "Overconsumption of vitamin A may be an increasing problem as many more people now take vitamin supplements. Overdose of vitamin A could be increasing the risk of bone weakening disorders in humans but more studies are needed to investigate this. In the majority of cases, a balanced diet is perfectly sufficient to maintain the body's nutritional needs for vitamin A."
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Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181009102538.htm
Syn Free Stuffed Eggplant with Beef and Ricotta
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Delicious Syn Free Stuffed Eggplant with ground beef in a delicious tomatoey sauce topped with ricotta and mozzarella – heavenly.
Are you one of those people that often struggle with getting enough vegetables on your plate? One of the great ways to serve up delicious healthy vegetables is to stuff them with some delicious protein and top with cheese and these Syn Free Stuffed Eggplant with Ground Beef are absolutely amazing.
I’ve been adding ricotta to my shopping carts most weeks nowadays, it’s an amazing cheese to use as one of your Healthy Extra A choices, especially in recipes like:
So when I decided to bake and stuff an eggplant (aubergine), that I had to use up, I knew ricotta on top would be the perfect way to complete the dish.
Really this would be amazing stuffed with all kinds of different fillings from vegetarian based to chilli, chicken, whatever you feel like. But I choose to make an amazing spicy ground beef. Then once the eggplant was part baked, I scooped out some of the flesh to make a hollow boat, chopped up that flesh and adding that into the beef mixture too. Yummy!!
If you love eggplant (aubergine), there are heaps of other recipes on the blog featuring this delicious speed vegetable
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This Stuffed Eggplant with Beef and Ricotta would be perfect served just as it is with mixed green salad or for a more filling meal I went for some sauteed garlic spinach and this amazing Syn Free Mashed Potatoes.
How can I add a 1/3 speed foods to this Stuffed Eggplant with Beef and Ricotta?
As eggplant is the true star of this dish, the speed foods are totally covered, so if you want those syn free chips with this, go ahead. But you can never have enough speed foods, so feel free to add even more to your plate if you like.
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Syn Free Stuffed Eggplant with Beef and Ricotta
Prep 15 mins
Cook 1 hour
Total 1 hour, 15 mins
Yield 2 Servings
Delicious Syn Free Stuffed Eggplant with ground beef in a delicious tomatoey sauce topped with ricotta and mozzarella - heavenly
Ingredients
- 1 large eggplant/aubergine, stem removed and halved
- 250g of extra lean ground beef
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 small carrot, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 2 tsp of paprika
- 1 tsp of oregano
- 1/2 tsp of coriander
- pinch of cayenne
- 2 tbs of tomato paste (puree)
- 1/2 cup/120ml of beef stock
- 90g of ricotta - 1 HEa
- 50g of mozzarella, grated - 1 HEa
- cooking oil spray
- salt and black pepper
- fresh chopped parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200c/400f
- Season eggplant (aubergine) with some salt and black pepper. Spray the flesh side with cooking oil spray.
- Place flesh side down on a baking sheet line with parchment paper and bake in the oven for approx 30-35 mins until the eggplant is softened.
- While the Eggplant is baking in the oven, Spray a frying pan over a medium high heat with some cooking oil spray. Add the onion and fry until softened.
- Add in the ground beef, carrot and garlic and fry until the beef is browned.
- Add in the spices/seasoning, tomato paste and stock and simmer for 10 mins.
- Once the eggplant is ready, scoop out some of the flesh to create hollow boats. Chop up the remove flesh and stir this into the beef mixture. Season as needed with some salt and black pepper.
- Spoon the mixture into the eggplant halves. Top evenly with the ricotta and mozzarella.
- Add to an oven proof dish and cover with foil, baked for 20 mins, then remove the foil, sprinkle with chopped parsley and bake for uncovered for 10 more mins.
- Serve and enjoy!!
Notes
This recipe is gluten free, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly
- Extra Easy - 1 HEa per serving
- Original/SP - 1 HEa per serving
- WW Smart Points - 8 per serving
*suitable for freezing
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Courses Main
Cuisine Mediterranean
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 serving
Amount Per Serving | ||
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Calories 420 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 17.1 g | 26% | |
Saturated Fat 8.9 g | 45% | |
Cholesterol 116 mg | 39% | |
Sodium 524 mg | 22% | |
Total Carbohydrates 28.8 g | 10% | |
Dietary Fiber 9.6 g | 38% | |
Sugars 14.8 g | ||
Protein 42.7 g | 85% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Women gain weight when job demands are high
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Heavy pressures at work seem to predispose women to weight gain, irrespective of whether they have received an academic education. This is shown in a study of more than 3,800 people in Sweden.
"We were able to see that high job demands played a part in women's weight gain, while for men there was no association between high demands and weight gain," says Sofia Klingberg, a researcher in community medicine and public health at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, and the study's lead author.
The basis for the article, published in the journal International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, was the Västerbotten Intervention Program, a Swedish population-based study. Klingberg's study included 3,872 participants in this program.
The women and men in the study were investigated on three occasions over a 20-year period with respect to such variables as body weight and demands and control at work. They were followed either from age 30 to 50 or from 40 to 60.
To estimate the level of job demands, the respondents were asked about their work pace, psychological pressures, whether there was enough time for their duties and how often the demands made were contradictory.
The questions about control at work covered such matters as how often they learned something new; whether the job called for imagination or advanced skills; and whether the respondent was personally able to choose what to do and how to do it.
The results show that the respondents with a low degree of control in their work more frequently gained considerable weight, defined as a weight gain of 10 percent or more, in the course of the study. This applied to women and men alike.
On the other hand, long-term exposure to high job demands played a part only for women. In just over half of the women who had been subjected to high demands, a major increase in weight took place over the 20 years. This gain in weight was some 20 percent higher than in women subject to low job demands.
"When it came to the level of demands at work, only the women were affected. We haven't investigated the underlying causes, but it may conceivably be about a combination of job demands and the greater responsibility for the home that women often assume. This may make it difficult to find time to exercise and live a healthy life," Klingberg says.
Having had or not had an academic education does not explain the associations in the study. Neither do quality of diet or other lifestyle factors. However, the information about dietary intake comes from the respondents themselves, with a certain risk of incorrect reporting.
At the same time, given the problems associated with work-related stress, the study is relevant in terms of public health. The researchers think identification of groups who are susceptible to stress and efforts to reduce work-related stress would likely achieve a decrease not only in weight gain but also in the incidence of ill health, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
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Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190125172950.htm
La alimentación, clave en tu éxito deportivo
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Si en tu última carrera sufriste para llegar a meta o una pájara en mitad del recorrido hizo que tu objetivo se tambaleara, tienes que grabarte a fuego que la alimentación es un pilar fundamental para tu rendimiento deportivo.
¿Quieres que tu próxima competición no se convierta en tu peor pesadilla? Si seguimos los consejos de Mireia Quijada, dietista y nutricionista de CHEF S, rendiremos a tope:
- Nuestros músculos tienen que rebosar energía para realizar el ejercicio. Así que uno de los objetivos es mantener los depósitos de glucógeno llenos
- Covierte al agua y los zumos en tus aliados. Llevar una correcta hidratación antes, durante y después de la carrera es clave para nuestro organismo
- Borrar de un plumazo las hipoglucemias, las populares y temidas pájaras, que pueden arruinarnos la competición de nuestra vida Prevenir las molestias gastrointestinales durante la prueba
¿Qué comer antes de una prueba o entrenamiento? Esa es la pregunta más frecuente entre los deportistas. La ingesta previa a un entrenamiento o competición tiene que contener entre 1-4 gramos de hidratos de carbono por cada quilo de peso según la duración e intensidad de la carrera. A modo de ejemplo: una mujer de 60 quilos necesita consumir entre 60 y 240 gramos de hidratos de carbono previos a una competición. Y no te olvides de un buen aporte de agua, fundamental también para la puesta a punto.
Quijada explica que “la finalidad de esta ingesta previa al ejercicio es aportar la energía necesaria para mantener las reservas al máximo. Tiene que ser un aporte bajo en fibra para que sea fácil de digerir y que evite molestias gastrointestinales.”
Y si combinar alimentos y encontrar nuestra dieta ideal se nos hace cuesta arriba, la tienda de alimentación ecológica CHEF S y el horno ecológico Can Busquets se han propuesto facilitarnos nuestra vida deportiva y acompañarnos en nuestros retos. Sus packs alimentarios nos ayudarán a mantener el buen funcionamiento del organismo antes, durante y después del ejercicio y nos darán el empujón final hacia la línea de meta
¡Tomad nota!
- CUENTA ATRÁS: Para una semana antes de la prueba, está compuesta por productos con ingredientes altos en carbohidratos. Ideal para la puesta a punto.
- RECUPÉRATE: Ayuda al cuerpo a recuperarse del desgaste físico. Está compuesto por productos muy proteicos.
- SIEMPRE A TOPE: Pack formado por alimentos energéticos y antioxidantes. Recomendado para deportistas de alta intensidad.
- EN FORMA: Ideal para quienes practican deporte de manera constante y moderada.
Source: https://www.tualdia.com/fitness/la-alimentacion-clave-en-tu-exito-deportivo.html
We just launched our first app: Diet Doctor Eat!
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It’s been a long time coming and we know you’ve been patiently waiting… so finally it’s time to let the cat out of the bag! Diet Doctor’s first app for iPhone just landed in the App Store — and it’s for FREE! We could not be happier to share it with you.
What is Diet Doctor Eat?
Our first app contains the full arsenal of our 600+ delicious low-carb and keto recipes and this part of it is free for everyone.
If you want to take your planning to the next level with a Diet Doctor membership, you get access to our customizable keto and low-carb meal plans with recipes, shopping lists and nutritional information you can trust. We do the planning so you can focus on cooking, eating and enjoying delicious and nutritious food.
Recipes
Whether you’re looking for strict keto, moderate or liberal low-carb recipes, we got them all. Quick breakfasts, luxurious brunches, hearty dishes, simple snacks and gorgeous desserts – low in carbs! Search for an ingredient or dish type, browse vegetarian or dairy-free recipes or dig into our curated and seasonal collections to find new favorites. Make grocery shopping a breeze by simply adding all recipe ingredients to your shopping list.
Meal plans
With a Diet Doctor membership you have full access to our collection of 100+ keto and low-carb meal plans. You can easily remove one or more meals if you are doing intermittent fasting, or add another dish if you’re in the mood for something else. You can switch any meal to another of our 600+ recipes, or use them to build you own meal plan from scratch. Not a member yet? We offer a 1-month free trial, give it a try!
What about iPad and Android?
The Diet Doctor Eat app is only available on iOS and it’s optimized for iPhone. iPad and Android phone owners, don’t worry — you’re next!
The app is free to download on the App Store. However, to use all the premium features, a Diet Doctor membership is necessary.
Download Diet Doctor Eat to start your health journey today with our delicious low-carb and keto recipes and meal plans — a must-have for all low carbers.
Questions or suggestions?
Email us at [email protected], feedback is more than welcome!
Source: https://www.dietdoctor.com/we-just-launched-our-first-app-diet-doctor-eat
100-year-olds reveal what they REALLY eat to live longer
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You might be surprised-and delighted, and at times, a little creeped out-by what made the cut:
Yogurt
Hot Dogs
Alcohol
And then there's New Jersey local Agnes Fenton, 110, who explained to ABC World News that she drinks three bottles of Miller High Life and a slug of Jonnie Walker everyday for 70 years.
And let's not forget about Mario "Pops" Rotelli, who told the Newnan Times-HeraldNewnan Times-Herald that he adds a shot of whiskey to his coffee. Every. Single. Morning. Seriously, this 107-year-old is a champ.
Bacon
Dr. Pepper
Garlic, Honey, Cinnamon, Olive Oil and Chocolate
Raw Eggs
Porridge
Sushi
Head Cheese
Video: Study: Happy Older People Live Longer
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Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/100-year-olds-reveal-what-they-really-eat-to-live-longer/ar-BBO06Nc?srcref=rss
Infants exposed to corticosteroids in utero are smaller at birth
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Infants exposed to antenatal corticosteroid therapy (ACT) to accelerate lung maturation have a clinically significant reduction in birth size, according to a new of study of 278,508 births published this week in PLOS Medicine by Alina Rodriguez of the University of Lincoln and Imperial College London, UK, and colleagues.
Guidelines currently recommend one dose, repeated over 24 hours, of ACT to accelerate lung maturation in cases of threatened preterm birth. However, many exposed infants end up born at term and are therefore exposed unnecessarily to any potential harms of ACT. In the new study, researchers studied all live-born singleton births in Finland from 2006 through 2010. De-identified data were available on ACT exposure, birth weight, birth length, head circumference, Apgar scores, and medical care of infants.
4,887 women (1.75%) were treated with ACT and, of those exposed, more than 44% (2173) of infants were born at term. Adjusted analyses showed significant differences in birth weight between exposed and unexposed infants, with an apparent reduction in birth weight of 61.54 grams for very preterm babies exposed to ACT (±SE 28.62, P<.03), 222.78 grams for preterm babies (±SE 19.64, P<.001), 159.25 grams for near term babies (±SE 19.14, P<.001), and 91.62 grams for term babies (±SE 11.86, P<.03). Associations were also seen for birth length and head circumference. There were no significant differences in Apgar scores, but ACT-exposed infants generally required greater medical care during the first seven days of life and beyond.
"These findings provide strong evidence indicating that ACT is associated with reduced fetal growth in humans and provide an agenda for further studies," the authors say. "Early care decisions need to identify high-risk patients and weigh benefits of ACT against potential harm of unnecessary exposure."
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Things you didn't know about gray hair
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1. Normal aging is the biggest culprit.
Okay, no surprise here. Dermatologists call this the 50-50-50 rule. "Fifty percent of the population has about 50% gray hair at age 50," says Dr. Anthony Oro, professor of dermatology at Stanford University. And like skin, hair changes its texture with age, says Dr. Heather Woolery Lloyd, director of ethnic skin care at the University of Miami School of Medicine.
2. Your ethnicity makes a difference.
Caucasians tend to go gray earlier - and redheads earliest of all. Then Asians. Then African-Americans. Scientists haven't figured out why yet.
3. Stress seems to play a role.
"Stress won't cause you to go gray directly," says Dr. Roopal Kundu, associate professor in dermatology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. "But stress is implicated in a lot of skin and hair issues." During an illness, for example, people can shed hair rapidly. And hair you lose after a stressful event - like getting chemotherapy - may grow back a different color.
4. Your lifestyle makes a difference.
Smoking, for example, stresses your skin and hair. "Low vitamin B12 levels are notorious for causing loss of hair pigment," says Dr. Karthik Krishnamurthy, director of the Dermatology Center's Cosmetic Clinic at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. Try eating foods such as liver and carrots, recommends Dr. Wilma Bergfeld, a senior dermatologist at the Cleveland Clinic. Foods packed with certain vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants may help protect cells against toxins and help prevent heart disease, cancer, and other ailments (and perhaps gray hair!).
5. Hair and its color are separate things.
Hair stem cells make hair, and pigment-forming stem cells make pigment. Typically they work together, but either can wear out, sometimes prematurely. Researchers are trying to figure out if a medicine, or something you could put in your scalp, could slow the graying process. (Hair dye simply coats your hair in color but doesn't alter its structure.)
6. Your hair basically bleaches itself.
You may be familiar with hydrogen peroxide as a way to go blonde, but it's also the way we go gray. According to a 2009 study published by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, hydrogen peroxide naturally occurs in our hair follicles, and as we get older, it builds up. This build-up blocks the production of melanin, a.k.a. our hair's pigment.
7. Your hair doesn't turn gray - it grows that way.
A single hair grows for one to three years, then you shed it - and grow a new one. As you age, your new hairs are more likely to be white. "Every time the hair regenerates, you have to re-form these pigment-forming cells, and they wear out," says Oro.
8. Gray hair isn't more coarse than colored hair.
Gray hair is actually finer than colored hair, but it may seem drier because our scalps produce less oil as we get older. Another reason it could seem more rough? "Your hair may also 'feel' coarser if you pull out your first few grey hairs," says Philip Kingsley trichologist Glenn Lyons. "This is because constant pulling-out of hair can distort your follicles, resulting in more crinkly hair."
9. Gray hair can be resistant to color.
If you opt to color your hair, your may find that it's more stubborn about taking color than before you started going gray. "Some gray can be resistant to hair color," say the experts at Madison Reed. "If this is true for you, consider dropping down a color level or using something darker on your roots to deliver even more coverage."
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Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-gray-hair/ar-BBL8UQ8?srcref=rss
All you need to know about herbal abortion
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Nothing scares a couple more than an unwanted pregnancy. Even among all the cautions, there can be a chance of missing it, eventually leading to an unwanted pregnancy. Both a couple or even an individual woman can be unprepared for it. Or it can be some medical conditions that would want you not to shoulder the responsibilities of life.
In all such scenarios, the last resort is abortion. Abortion is both painful and emotional. A woman has to undergo medications to hospitalization in some instances for an abortion. It’s scary and confusing, for some women fear it a lot.
Abortion scenarios explained
Early abortion
Well, it’s kind of good if you get to know that you are pregnant and you don’t want it. The early it is better and easy. If it’s just a matter of few weeks taking pills for abortion is an easy way out. A gynecologist will write you medicines for aborting your pregnancy, and things will get back to normal in some time.
Late abortion
Some women get to know about their pregnancy late like maybe 4-5 weeks, or they couldn’t decide early enough to have the pregnancy or not. This uncertainty leads to growing complication in aborting the pregnancy. When it’s late in your pregnancy, your gynecologist may ask you to spend a couple of hours under supervision or may even take you in for a day to two. Late abortions are painful and take time to recover.
What is herbal abortion?
The usual abortion methods include drugs that have long side effects son your hormones and may lead to later complications. Herbal abortion, on the contrary, is a natural way of getting safely out of an unwanted pregnancy.
A herbal abortion procedure requires you to take naturally made herbal medicines that have almost negligible side effects and is made from 100% natural herbs.
Benefits of herbal abortion
Unlike regular medical procedure that has complications, side effects and takes times to recover, herbal abortion process is simple and easy with following benefits
- Made of natural herbs, so it has least side effects
- No medical procedure to doctors visits, scans or surgeries required
- Oral pills for consumption makes it convenient to take.
- Readily available on a herbal store, no need for a prescription.
Herbal abortion method is seemingly more accepted since early medical days. It was a way to get over with an unwanted pregnancy in ancient times when medical science was not available. Although using herbs for a miscarriage may not give a sure guarantee of results unlike medical procedures that are for sure, still have a significant percentage.
But most medical professionals even those belonging go herbal science stream still believe that a woman must consult a gynecologist before taking any herbal products to abort the pregnancy. A psychological study of women mind during pregnancy reveals the compassionate side of being ‘not sure,’ ‘pregnancy scare’ and ‘panics,’ and probably this is the reason that a woman must consult and discuss and be firm on her decision to abort before anything else.
Source: http://www.dietoflife.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-herbal-abortion/
Invest Nebraska announces investment in White Dog Labs - Feedstuffs
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Invest Nebraska recently announced that it has added to its growing portfolio of high-growth companies with an investment in White Dog Labs (WDL), a business focused on producing feed for the aquaculture industry.
"We conducted due diligence on WDL’s technology, products and plans and are extremely optimistic about the company’s potential,” Invest Nebraska chief executive officer Dan Hoffman said. “WDL’s entrepreneurship, technology, products, markets and emphasis on sustainability fit nicely with our profile of high-potential companies, and we are excited that they have selected Nebraska for their first plant.”
Invest Nebraska, the state’s public/private venture development organization, was joined by existing WDL investors in this investment.
WDL has developed and scaled up ProTyton, a single cell protein ingredient that exhibits upwards of 85% crude protein and more than 40% essential amino acids. ProTyton fermentation, similar to that of ethanol, is a simple anaerobic process, thus allowing co-location with ethanol plants, Invest Nebraska said. The first ProTyton production plant is to be co-located with the Midwest Renewable Energy (MRE) ethanol plant in Sutherland, Neb.
WDL CEO Dr. Bryan Tracy said his company is "certainly pleased with the investment," noting that the start-up of the Sutherland plant is planned for the fourth quarter of 2019.
WDL had signed a collaboration agreement with MRE in October to locate the ProTyton plant within MRE’s ethanol plant in Sutherland. The plant will initially produce 3,000 metric tons of ProTyton per year and can expand to 30,000 mt per year as early as 2021.
According to WDL, the product is highly digestible, performs well in multiple aquaculture diets and demonstrated health benefits beyond nutrition. Independent testing demonstrated that the product can counter early mortality syndrome in shrimp, and its inclusion in Atlantic salmon feed reduces the overall diet cost while maintaining performance.
"Having demonstrated ProTyton benefits, we are now responding to customer requests and accelerating our time to market via the collaboration with MRE,” Tracy said.
MRG general manager Tom Wilson added, “This agreement helps us maximize the utilization of our ethanol processing assets and offers us a diversification option.”
“We are designing the plant in collaboration with the engineering firms AdvanceBio and FQPT and working closely with equipment suppliers,” Tracy said. “Our goal is to facilitate easy duplication of ProTyton production at other ethanol plants that might be interested in diversification.”
WDL, with headquarters in New Castle, Del., was established in 2012 on the foundation of synthetic biology, bio-process development and product development to address global challenges including food sustainability and climate change. The company has invented a proprietary process, Protocol B, for the isolation, selection and cultivation of microbiome-derived clostridia, which has resulted in large, diverse and novel strain libraries.
WDL has also invented a novel class of fermentation technology called MixoFerm that can improve the efficiency of fermentation processes by 50-100%, which can improve production economics for bio-products ranging from fuels and chemicals to protein rich feeds.
MixoFerm employs Clostridia microorganisms to simultaneously convert carbohydrates (e.g., sugar) and gas (e.g., carbon dioxide, hydrogen and carbon monoxide) into many desirable biochemical and protein-rich animal feeds, WDL said.
Source: https://www.feedstuffs.com/news/invest-nebraska-announces-investment-white-dog-labs
