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Jose Luis Sanz. Author of 13 books about dinosaurs and lecturer in Spain, Argentina, USA, Portugal, France, China and Tunisia, Jose Luis Sanz presents these giants that both fascinate and form part of popular culture. And it does between references to the Simpson’s and the movies.
- When they began to lure the dinosaurs?
“In the late 50s with the film Beautiful ancient times, which is a monster who arrives in New York and starts eating people, like the dinosaurs that were fledged. I started looking around my bones home Scoria. I found, although a good collection of fossils. He was 10.
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A team of pharmacists at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) has found that vitamin C levels of many juices and soft drinks are much higher than indicated by the manufacturers on the labels. The discovery was possible thanks to a new technique developed by researchers to determine the vitamin C content in these drinks.
Ascorbic acid or vitamin C is a natural antioxidant fruit and vegetables, but the European Commission allows use as an additive in juices, jams, dairy and other foods. The implication of this substance in the immune response and other biochemical processes, such as collagen formation or absorption of iron, is well known. However, high levels of ascorbic acid may cause diarrhea and gastrointestinal upset, as scientists try to identify with increasing accuracy in vitamin C content of foods.
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| Category: Food Science | Tags: absorption of iron, ascorbic acid, biochemical processes, chromatographic technique, chromatography, collagen formation, dairy, diarrhea, gastrointestinal upset, immune response, jams, juices, natural antioxidant, sports drinks, vitamin C |
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Natural antioxidants most abundant in food, mainly in fruits and vegetables, the polyphenols are involved in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer. According to some estimates, we consume the equivalent of one gram per day, ten times more than vitamin C and 100 times more than the carotenoids and vitamin E.
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