The Rowett Institute

Are you interested in finding out whether eating berries can improve your heart health? If so then you can #Volunteer for our Berry Healthy Heart study.
For more information click here >> http://bit.ly/RowettBerryHealthy

We are now recruiting #volunteers for our Bean Good study.
During milling the outer skin of the broad bean is removed (the hull), and this is an underutilised secondary product which is similar to wheat bran and rich in fibre and nutrients.
In this study we want to see if broad bean hull can be used as a novel functional food for improving blood glucose control and gut health.
... For more information see our study website: http://bit.ly/Rowett_BeanGood
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Food, STEM and Sustainability: From farm to fork. Our partnership training equips practitioners with skills, knowledge and confidence of Scotland’s food & drink sector.
@TheRHET, @FDFScotland, @qmscotland, @NtlMuseumsScot, @rowett_abdn
For our STEM day The Rowett Institute this Saturday, sign up here: http://bit.ly/Rowett_STEM_CLPL

Food habits are influenced by childhood experience - but changing circumstance also key.
There is a widespread perception that the eating habits we acquire during childhood remain with us through adulthood and are resistant to change. However, studies reveal that they can change.
Dr John McKenzie and Dr David Watts, researchers from the University of Aberdeen’s Rowett Institute, explored this contradiction and why these changes might occur in a qualitative study which was rec...ently published in Food, Culture & Society.
"Our findings, based on one to one interviews with volunteers, provide further insight into the contradictory views we explore and help to explain why changes in eating patterns occur".
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/13629/
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Men, do you have time to cook and eat healthily?
We are looking for volunteers to fill out an online questionnaire which looks at the relationship between time pressure, food preparation/cooking, and healthy eating.
We are looking for UK based men who work 15+ hours per week in paid employment (excluding seasonal or offshore workers).
... If you are interested, the online survey can be found here: www.abdn.ac.uk/surveys/time-to-cook
The questionnaire will take 10-20 minutes to complete. The online survey is compatible with any device, but best viewed on a PC or tablet. www.abdn.ac.uk/surveys/time-to-cook
If you would like a paper copy of the questionnaire, these are available on request. Please email: lucy.sam@abdn.ac.uk
Paper copies of questionnaires include a Freepost envelope for you to post it back to us free of charge.
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Are you interested in finding out whether eating berries can improve your heart health? #Volunteer for our Berry Healthy Heart study. bit.ly/RowettBerryHea… abdn.ac.uk/news/13026/

Are you pregnant (30+ weeks) and have 10 minutes to spare?
The Rowett Institute are conducting a survey about fruit and vegetable consumption during pregnancy. We know that some pregnant women make changes to their diet, whilst others do not, and we would like to learn about the reasons for this so we can identify ways to encourage women to improve their fruit and veg intake during pregnancy.
This online survey is compatible with any device, but it is best viewed on a PC or t...ablet.
http://bit.ly/Rowett_FAVveg
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Where does our food come from and why should be care? This Rowett blog post is from Karen Scott http://bit.ly/RowettBlog_FoodChoices

Improving nutritional balance on the high street. University of Aberdeen have recently created many engaging stories, one of which features Alex Johnstone and her collaboration with M&S which led to a new health food range (Balanced For You), based on her research on high-protein and moderate-carbohydrate diets.
Read through the story here: https://buff.ly/2q7APCW

Do you have time to cook and eat healthily?
We are looking for volunteers to fill out an online questionnaire which looks at the relationship between time pressure, food preparation/cooking, and healthy eating.
We are looking for UK based adults who work 15+ hours per week in paid employment (excluding seasonal or offshore workers).
... If you are interested, the online survey can be found here: www.abdn.ac.uk/surveys/time-to-cook
The questionnaire will take 10-20 minutes to complete. The online survey is compatible with any device, but best viewed on a PC or tablet.
If you would like a paper copy of the questionnaire, these are available on request. Please email: lucy.sam@abdn.ac.uk
Paper copies of questionnaires include a Freepost envelope for you to post it back to us free of charge.
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Join us for a special showing of this Sci-Fi mystery starring Charlton Heston.
Our researchers, Alex Johnstone and Jennie Macdiarmid, will talk about how the themes touched on by this classic dystopian film - food production, industry and environmental collapse - are more relevant today than they ever have been. Learn about the latest research into food production, its relationship to the environment and how we might feed our population today and in the future.
This event is ...FREE / Booking is required
More information: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/events/15392/
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Yesterday Dr Viren Ranawana was featured in the @SundayPostUK discussing his work identifying foods that could control diabetes.
Viren compared four varieties of cinnamon and their diabetic properties & found they are not all equal.
Viren said all four varieties investigated, in particular the Chinese and Indonesian cinnamon, had active antioxidants, which defend cells from damage caused by molecules known as free radicals.
... But the Ceylonese variety was particularly effective in slowing the breakdown of starches – which can send blood sugar levels soaring.
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The The Rowett Institute 2019 Newsletter is out. Read all about of our research and other activities here at the Institute. http://bit.ly/RowettNews2019

Today is World Food Day, which is occurs annually around 16th October to celebrate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1945. John Boyd Orr (founding director of The Rowett Institute) was the first director-general of the FAO.
He had very ambitious plans, and having alleviated the post-war food shortage, he set his sights on comprehensively reduced world food shortage by proposing a World Food Board to help improve food product...ion and distribute this food equitably.
To learn more about World Food Day: http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/theme/e n/
To learn more about John Boyd Orr: http://bit.ly/JohnBoydOrr
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The final work day for #scotclimateweek and it has been great seeing our staff, students and collaborators engage with our pledge tree. There have been many personal pledges as well as stories describing how our amazing #research has benefits for #climatechange

Yesterday, Dr Viren Ranawana was featured on the front page of The Times highlighting his #research into adding functional ingredients into foods that we all eat.
Talking about his "Disco breads" Viren describes how adding some vegetables worked in loaves of bread, but not others.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/…/disco-brea d-infused-with-veg-t…
... For more information about the research click here: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/rowett/research/pr ofiles/vranawana
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Today is World Porridge day.
Celebrate it with a bowl from our recipe book Go with the Grain. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/rowett/content-ima ges/Porridge.pdf
Did you know: 3 g of a soluble fibre called beta-glucan has been found to reduce cholesterol?
... This is the equivalent of eating 100g of oats and barley.
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Which Carbohydrates do you eat?
Our interview-based research study explores personal and societal attitudes towards consumption of starchy carbohydrates (e.g. bread, potatoes, rice, etc.).
Interviews will last 45-60 mins. All participants will be reimbursed for their time and effort with £10, and we will reimburse any reasonable public transport costs.
... For more info and contacts see our study page: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/row…/volunteer/c arbs_in_your_life.php
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