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Bread is a broad group of foods prepared by combining cereals or other starchy raw materials with water to make a dough or batter and then cooking it. Wheat loaves, rye bread,…
Halil İbrahim AkgülAssistant Professor · PhD
There have been three major turning points in humanity’s understanding of food and nutrition. The first was the discovery of fire, which enabled people to cook their food and represented an important…
Halil İbrahim AkgülAssistant Professor · PhD
It would not be an exaggeration to describe genetically modified organisms as products of one of the most important capabilities humans have gained through nearly 150 years of genetic research. With the…
Halil İbrahim AkgülAssistant Professor · PhD
Nutritional yeast, which has become increasingly popular, is a commercial product made by cultivating and harvesting Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a yeast species also used in bread and beer production, then washing, heat-inactivating, drying…
Halil İbrahim AkgülAssistant Professor · PhD
Anxiety can be briefly defined as a disorder of excessive worry. While worry is a natural and necessary emotion, excessive worry may have negative consequences. In developed countries, the prevalence of anxiety…
Halil İbrahim AkgülAssistant Professor · PhD
What cholesterol is, what it does, its importance for health, and common misconceptions: ten questions and answers. 1. What is cholesterol? It is a molecule of the lipid class (For detailed information…
Halil İbrahim AkgülAssistant Professor · PhD
Lycopene is a pigment found in some plant foods that gives tomatoes, watermelon and pink grapefruit their characteristic red or pink color. Lycopene is an extremely beneficial molecule for health. Tomatoes are…
Halil İbrahim AkgülAssistant Professor · PhD
Collagen is an important protein found in the body and can be produced by the body. It is the most common protein found in humans and other mammals, accounting for 25-35% of…
Halil İbrahim AkgülAssistant Professor · PhD
Consumers have three options for drinking milk: raw milk, pasteurized milk and UHT milk. Comparing the alternatives and choosing the best one is natural, but accurate information is essential. Comparisons between raw…
Halil İbrahim AkgülAssistant Professor · PhD