A feast for OnFARM listeners’ ears
The project began following a previous year’s Royal Highland Show, where SEFARI colleagues such as the Rowett Institute, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and Moredun have presences at the event.
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Foodborne toxoplasmosis: a study of retail meat
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that impacts human and animal health worldwide. Infection in humans is usually very mild, however, there can be severe or life-threatening disease in immune compromised people or pregnant women. Toxoplasma also impacts the livestock sector where it can cause abortion in sheep and goats. Foodborne transmission of T. gondii is thought to be a major source of infection in people, particularly the consumption of raw or undercooked meat.
Understanding Food Practices in Scotland - Blog Update
The Scottish Government and local authorities have a number of policies and strategies aimed at improving the healthfulness of eating habits. However, results from the Scottish Health Survey indicate that further work still needs to be done if the desired changes in food practices are to be realised.
Inspiring change one step at a time
Supporting Rural Women
Low-intensity cereal rotation and organic production can reduce the risk of mycotoxin contamination in oats
Mycotoxins are naturally occurring toxins produced by fungal infection of agricultural crops. Several hundred mycotoxins have been characterized in a wide range of food crops around the world, and new mycotoxins and mycotoxin metabolites are continuously discovered. Mycotoxins can cause adverse health effects in humans including cancer, gastrointestinal disturbances or suppression of the immune system.
Michelle McWilliams
Michelle is the Head of Knowledge Exchange, Impact and Communications at the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen. She is also the SEFARI Gateway knowledge exchange broker for the food and drink research delivered by SEFARI.
Michelle McWilliams
The Rowett Institute
Foresterhill House
Ashgrove Rd W
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD
Low consumer fibre intake may be due to confusion over which foods contain fibre
Background
Dietary fibre is only found in plant derived foods like wheat, beans, fruit and vegetables but not meat, fish eggs or dairy produce. In Scotland the average intake of wholegrains and plant-based foods, including peas, beans and pulses, is low. For example, the recommend daily intake of dietary fibre is 30g/day for good health but the population, on average, consumes just over half of this amount.
Fishing for Health – Do our seafood supplies add up for dietary recommendations?
We all know that eating fish is good for health. Fish represents a great source of lean protein, unique omega- 3 fatty acids and bioavailable micronutrients which are often lacking in plant-based diets.
Could a Circular Food System contribute to Nutrition Security and Sufficiency? The Bean Hull Case
Food production and agro-industrial processing generate high levels of waste and by-products (such as peels, hulls and leaves), causing a negative environmental impact and significant expenses. Our global food system is highly inefficient with losses or wastage of food amounting to between 30 and 50% of all food produced. Around 220 million tons of food is estimated to be wasted every year, the equivalent of the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (Food and Agriculture Organisation).
Diet inequalities and food patterns in Scotland
Dietary patterns in Scotland remain unhealthy and this has an impact on health. In particular, the health harms associated with carrying excess body weight are well documented, with obesity now the second-biggest preventable cause of cancer, behind smoking. Furthermore, people who live in more deprived areas tend to be most impacted and significant inequalities in the levels of obesity persist between people living in the least and most deprived groups in Scotland.