(n.) What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for nourishment.
(n.) Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes.
(v. t.) To supply with food.
Example Sentences:
(1) An automated continuous flow sample cleanup system intended for rapid screening of foods for pesticide residues in fresh and processed vegetables has been developed.
(2) After 55 days of unrestricted food availability the body weight of the neonatally deprived rats was approximately 15% lower than that of the controls.
(3) First, it has diverted grain away from food for fuel, with over a third of US corn now used to produce ethanol and about half of vegetable oils in the EU going towards the production of biodiesel.
(4) Issues such as healthcare and the NHS, food banks, energy and the general cost of living were conspicuous by their absence.
(5) In the clinical trials in which there was complete substitution of fat-modified ruminant foods for conventional ruminant products the fall in serum cholesterol was approximately 10%.
(6) Pint from £2.90 The Duke Of York With its smart greige interior, flagstone floor and extensive food menu (not tried), this newcomer feels like a gastropub.
(7) Size of household was the most important predictor of both the total level of household food expenditures and the per person level.
(8) It is not that the concept of food miles is wrong; it is just too simplistic, say experts.
(9) This suggests that hypothalamic NPY might be involved in food choice and that PVNp is important in the regulation of feeding behaviour by NPY.
(10) They urged the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to make air quality a higher priority and release the latest figures on premature deaths.
(11) A relative net reduction of 47% in lactose malabsorption was produced by adding food, and the peak-rise in breath H2 was delayed by 2 hours.
(12) A sensitive, specific procedure was developed for detecting Escherichia coli O157:H7 in food in less than 20 h. The procedure involves enrichment of 25 g of food in 225 ml of a selective enrichment medium for 16 to 18 h at 37 degrees C with agitation (150 rpm).
(13) It was concluded that B. pertussis infection-induced hypoglycaemia was secondary to hyperinsulinaemia, possibly caused by an exaggerated insulin secretory response to food intake.
(14) ); and 3) those that multiply and produce large numbers of vegetative cells in the food, then release an active enterotoxin when they sporulate in the gut.
(15) (2) The treated animals ingested less liquid and solid food than controls.
(16) Resistance to antibiotics have been detected in food poisoning bacteria, namely Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium perfringens.
(17) Learning ability was assessed using a radial arm maze task, in which the rats had to visit each of eight arms for a food reward.
(18) The UNTR rats were subjected to a continuous food restriction to maintain body weights equal to those of the TR rats.
(19) Male Sprague Dawley rats either trained (T, N = 9) for 11 wk on a rodent treadmill, remained sedentary, and were fed ad libitum (S, N = 8) or remained sedentary and were food restricted (pair fed, PF, N = 8) so that final body weights were similar to T. After training, T had significantly higher red gastrocnemius muscle citrate synthase activity compared with S and PF.
(20) The alpha 2 agonist, clonidine, produced a larger dose-related increase in food intake in lean rats than in the fatty rats.
Parboil
Definition:
(v. t.) To boil or cook thoroughly.
(v. t.) To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, the addition of 10 ppm calcium hypochlorite (bleach) to soaking water appreciably reduced A. flavus contamination and subsequent aflatoxin content in parboiled rice.
(2) The method was used to survey 296 samples that included 10 cultivars of dried beans, 8 types of corn products, 3 types of cassava flour, and both polished and parboiled rice between May 1985 and June 1986 in Campinas, Brazil.
(3) Residues of malathion in cooked rice averaged about 0.016 ppm in nonparboiled and 0.013 ppm in parboiled rice.
(4) Phosphine residues were determined in 2 types of rice samples, raw polished and parboiled.
(5) Parboiling reduced residues on rough rice and hulls but tended to increase residues in the other fractions.
(6) Preferential infection of parboiled rice by Aspergillus flavus was observed.
(7) We measured plasma glucose and thiocyanate levels before and up to 4 h after feeding 11 overnight fasted healthy non-diabetic volunteers randomly on three occasions each with three locally consumed cassava meals: (i) gari as eba 50 g; (ii) lafun 50 g and (iii) parboiled cassava flakes 76 g. Each of these meals contained 175 kcal (0.7 MJ) and was consumed with a sauce to a total caloric value of 300 kcal (1.26 MJ).
(8) The glycaemic indices to parboiled white rice corresponding to 25 and 50 g carbohydrate were similar, being 55 (SE 10) and 60 (SE 8) respectively.
(9) The first traitor to have the pleasure was William “Braveheart” Wallace in 1305 and by the time the tradition petered out in the late 17th century, the likes of Wat Tyler, Thomas Cromwell and Guy Fawkes had all been similarly transformed into gruesome human lollipops – their heads all parboiled, sautéed in pitch, and cared for by the keeper of the heads, one of the weirdest jobs in old London.
(10) Serves 6 (makes 12 parcels) 2 tbsp rapeseed oil 1 large onion, finely diced 1 carrot, grated 1 tsp caster sugar 1 tbsp tomato paste 1 fresh bay leaf 1 tin chopped tomatoes 1 head Savoy cabbage, 12 leaves separated 500g beef mince 500g pork mince 160g rice, parboiled and drained 40g barberries (optional) To serve 100ml sour cream ½ small bunch dill, finely chopped 1 Make the sauce first.
(11) In almost all the samples of parboiled rice examined, the AFB1 and AFG1 contents were significantly higher than in raw milled rice.
(12) In Sri Lanka, rice is the main staple which is mostly processed into parboiled rice.
(13) Potentially clinically useful starchy foods producing relatively flat glycemic responses have been identified, including legumes, pasta, barley, bulgur, parboiled rice and whole grain breads such as pumpernickel.
(14) The levels of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and aflatoxin G1 (AFG1) in parboiled and raw milled rice collected from major rice producing areas and rice consuming townships were estimated.
(15) Rachel Kelly via Guardian Witnes s; marmadukescarlet.blogspot.co.uk Serves 2 4 medium potatoes 2 eggs Vegetable oil, to cook 2 onions, chopped 3-4 garlic cloves, very finely chopped 2cm root ginger, grated 1 tsp coriander seeds (or 2 tsp ground) 1 tsp cumin seeds (or 2 tsp ground) 1 tbsp garam masala, plus 1 tsp to serve ½ tsp cayenne pepper ½ tsp chilli powder (or to taste) 400g tin plum tomatoes, roughly chopped 2-3 tsp tomato puree 1 tbsp lemon or lime juice 250ml vegetable stock 2-3 tbsp creamed coconut 100g frozen peas, or to taste Fresh coriander, to serve (optional) 1 tomato, finely chopped, to serve (optional) Steamed rice, to serve 1 Chop the potatoes into large chunks and parboil.
(16) Most of the outbreaks (59%) were caused by raw, parboiled or "fermented" meats from marine mammals; fermented salmon eggs or fish accounted for 23% of the outbreaks.
(17) From the stilted architecture to the re-appropriation of found objects (such as the emptied parboiled-rice bags that double as roof shelters) to canoes equipped with stereo-systems serving as mobile music-boxes, the inhabitants of Makoko have adapted their lives completely to surviving on water.
(18) Lower levels of protection were achieved with vaccine given on uncooked parboiled rice.
(19) Similar insulin response areas to 25 g carbohydrate given as parboiled white rice and white bread were found, whereas 50 g carbohydrate as white bread caused a significantly higher insulin response area than parboiled white rice (P less than 0.05).
(20) When applied to rough rice at 6 ppm, residues of Reldan in cooked rice averaged 0.05 ppm in nonparboiled rice and 0l.065 ppm in parboiled rice.