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Intestinal bacteria. Illustration courtesy of Prof. Eran Elinav, Weizmann Institute

We know what you ate: the method that reveals the secrets of the digestive system

recommended nutritional plate; Based on the weight (in grams per day per person) of each food group out of the total. Source: Mossad Shmuel Neman's processing of Ministry of Health data - Israel's new food spectrum

The Israeli food plate: what will we eat in 2050?

A new report reveals what we should eat in the future, and how much. Spoiler: if you like salad - you're set
Wheat harvest in ancient Egypt. From Wikishare

Podcast: Botany - the wheat crisis and the ways to save it

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The "Moai" statues on Easter Island. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Exposing the Myth of "Environmental Self-Destruction": The True Story of Easter Island

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Recent studies disprove the long-held belief of ecological collapse on Easter Island, and show that the population has remained stable through effective resource management over a long period of time.
A study of medieval warrior monks at the castle of Zorita de los Canes has revealed their lavish diet and violent death, including the unexpected discovery of a female warrior among them, expanding our understanding of gender roles in historical military orders. A skull found at the archaeological site of Zorita de los Canes. Credit: Crema Risk, URV

Were women also knights? Archaeologists have made an unexpected discovery in the burials of warrior monks from the Middle Ages

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Of the 25 skeletons studied, 23 showed signs consistent with a violent death. By studying the proportions of the bones, she realized that among the warriors was a woman.
Ozenfik weight loss shot. Illustrating the knowledge site using DALEE. The image should not be seen as a scientific image

What do the celebs know about weight loss shots that we should also know?

A researcher at the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University investigates whether we will soon be able to eat what we want without guilt?
Smoking and ultraviolet radiation end the effects of aging. Credit: The Science website via DALEE

The cause of aging: cumulative damage from factors such as radiation and smoking causes low expression of long genes

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Dutch researchers found that this process happens all the time and damages all genes, but the longer the genes, the more likely they are to be damaged because they have more sites. Especially the big damage is
The famous prehistoric rock paintings of Tsili N'Air, Algeria. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The evolutionary changes following the extinction of the large animals

The need to hunt small animals caused prehistoric man to improve his mental abilities in order to perfect his hunting tools
food waste Illustration: depositphotos.com

Save food, save the world

The cooperative economy tries to provide an answer to the loss of food
The thinness of the cancer. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Why do cancer patients lose weight?

The institute's scientists reveal how cancer leads to fatal emaciation and point the way to treatment
What is the connection between orchardists and forest fires? Orchard in Kfar Saba Park. Photo: Bonnie Sheinman, KKL-Junk Archives

Wood against the fire

Did you know that trees can be very effective in preventing fires? Yes yes, this is not a contradiction: in a new Israeli article it is suggested to use orchards as a tool against the spreading fire. How is this move possible and will we soon see
A bowl of rice. Image: depositphotos.com

Rice-23: The rice that saves half of the work for farmers

Scientists have developed a method to double the annual crop from one to two times, while improving properties in rice that can make it at least partially a perennial plant
Prof. Carmit Levy. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Man, don't you have an appetite? go out in the sun

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A study found that men who are in the sun eat more
hunger. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The Hunger Games

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The ability to survive without food is one of the great achievements of our biology - but how does it work?
Hunting of large animals, man's specialization in prehistoric times. Image: depositphotos.com

What did our ancestors eat in the stone age? Mostly meat

This figure began to change in the Stone Age * Evidence of genetic changes and the appearance of unique stone tools for processing plants led the researchers to the conclusion that it began about 85 thousand years ago in Africa, and began about 40 thousand years ago
Holstein cows Illustration: Illustration: depositphotos.com

Things that donors know: why milk?

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Capsules with intestinal bacteria to maintain weight loss. Photo: Danny Machlis, Ben Gurion University

Research in the field of intestinal bacteria: the pills that will help you maintain weight loss

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eating. From Jumpstory

Things that Yoram knows: why should you eat? On the strange connection between evolution and thermodynamics

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feed the world From jumpstory

to feed the world in a time of crisis

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A diet that includes a little animal protein. Photo: Image by RitaE from Pixabay

An EAT-Lancet report has been published that determines what the best diet is for both health and fitness

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A field of organic strawberries and kohlrabi and a sign in the German language "organic farming". Photo: shutterstock

Is organic farming really better for health and the environment than conventional farming?

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A prehistoric family scene showing a baby being fed with a baby bottle is similar to the ones we have examined. Christian Bissig / Archäologie der Schweiz, courtesy of the author

Discovery of Prehistoric Baby Bottles Shows Babies Were Fed Cow's Milk 5,000 Years Ago

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luxurious breakfast. Photo: Image by engin akyurt from Pixabay

Which diet harms the environment less: vegetarian, vegan or carnivore?

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Mankai plant. Photo: Ben Gurion University Spokesperson

New Israeli research reveals the nutritional benefits of the Mankai plant

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Gourmet food - omelette with shiitake mushrooms and coriander. Photo: shutterstock

A craving for delicious foods will not necessarily cause obesity

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agriculture. Illustration: shutterstock

Will Israel be able to feed itself?

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Alglafel - the winning product in the competition. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion spokespersons

Technion students developed spirulina-based falafel - and won an international competition

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In the photo: a representative of the Flying Spark company with a participant in the conference. Photo: Ralph Elsweg.

Israeli companies presented to the heads of the world economy unique Israeli solutions to the global hunger crisis

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Intestinal bacteria. Illustration: shutterstock

The effect of probiotic preparations varies from person to person, and may even be undesirable

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wheat From Wikipedia

Decoding and sequencing the wheat genome

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A farmer works land using a tractor. Image: from pixabay.com

Increasing crop production by accelerating the process of light breathing

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The weight maintenance system in the body is more complex than you thought. Illustration: pixabay.

The complex truth about weight loss and exercise

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Genetically modified vegetables and fruits Image: from PIXABAY.COM

The US Department of Agriculture has removed restrictions on the development of genetically modified plants

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Illustration: pixabay.

Warming agriculture

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Illustration: US Food and Drug Administration

People with fatty liver have an "older" brain

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: A complete candle from the Abbasid period found in the garbage pit and decorated with vine clusters and birds. Eliyahu Yanai, courtesy of the City of David.

A 1,000-year-old eggplant was discovered in excavations in Jerusalem

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agricultural. We must diversify the sources of our agricultural crops. Photo: Nicolas Barbier Garreau on Unsplash.

The first international seed bank

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Illustration: pixabay.

Can bacteria help us improve crops?

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The pecan orchard of Kibbutz Tsara, with cover crops. Reduction in spraying of about 99 percent. Photo: Gil Eshel.

The surprising way to reduce pesticides

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Genetically modified tomatoes produce betalains in the fruit, but not in the rest of the plant. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Tomato in beet skin: healthier, more durable, more purple

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Bone marrow cells of a blood cancer patient. Source: VashiDonsk / Wikimedia.

Can a certain diet replace chemotherapy?

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In the last twenty years there has been a sharp increase in the percentage of children suffering from obesity worldwide. Photo: US Department of Agriculture.

What is fattening around?

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According to a new study by researchers from the Weizmann Institute, health breads are not necessarily healthier than white bread for everyone. Source: pixabay.com.

Whole wheat sourdough bread is not necessarily healthier than industrial white bread

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The plant Arabidopsis, after genetic engineering (right) during which 11 genes involved in the production of cholesterol were inserted into it, produces cholesterol in a quantity 15 times greater than a normal white Arabidopsis (left). Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

green cholesterol

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The blue-gray layer (left) gives wheat resistance to pathogens. When the scientists silenced the genes responsible for producing this layer, the wheat grew a brilliant green color (right)

The scientist in the wheat field

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Unlimited food

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The efficiency of producing energy from food in the body depends not only on the type of food, but also on the time of eating

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Honey bees balance their diet. Photo: The Hebrew University

The secrets of the honey bee's diet

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Fish farming in a rice field

Save and grow

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. The earliest known domesticated pea seeds in the world found in Echihud. Photo: Kobi Vardi, courtesy of the Antiquities Authority

Early man 10,000 years ago preferred legumes and grew them in organized agriculture

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