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Histological section of male mouse liver exposed to pesticides for a year. © Inra

Press release

27 Jun 2018

The effect of a cocktail of low-dose pesticides via the diet: initial findings in animals have demonstrated metabolic disturbances

INRA scientists, working with their colleagues from INSERM, have studied in mice the effects of chronic oral exposure to a low-dose pesticide cocktail. Their results have demonstrated metabolic disturbances in vivo that differ as a function of sex. Indeed, males exposed to the pesticides gained weight and became diabetic, while females were protected from these effects but displayed other disturbances. These results have just been published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

Child eating a yogurt. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

Press release

18 Jun 2018

When young children learn to eat a wide variety of textures

How do young children aged 6 to 18 months learn to eat food with a variety of textures? Which textures do they accept as a function of their age? For the first time in France, INRA researchers, in collaboration with Blédina, have studied these questions. They showed that children accept (in small amounts) most textures at an earlier age than when their parents usually offer them at home.

Wine and cheese. © fotolia

Press release

23 Oct 2017

Sensory analysis—an innovative tool for pairing wine and cheese

To study sensory associations between different types of wine and cheese, INRA researchers came up with a customized version of the temporal dominance of sensations (TDS) method, a form of sensory analysis. Using their novel approach, they discovered that cheese consumption changed and improved the taste of wine. In contrast, wine consumption only slightly modified the taste of cheese but did not enhance the pleasure of eating cheese.

Lactobacillus helveticus ATCC 12046 stained with fluorochrome. © INRA, BOYAVAL Patrick

News

19 Oct 2017

Intestinal lactobacilli: allies in cases of undernutrition

In cases of chronic undernutrition, certain kinds of intestinal lactobacillus bacteria help maintain host growth by stimulating digestive enzyme expression and activity.

Cover of the book

Just published

12 Oct 2017

Poultry Quality Evaluation

Poultry Quality Evaluation: Quality Attributes and Consumer Values provides a new reference source that covers these aspects with the same scientific authority as texts on traditional poultry meat quality values.