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Bran
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
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Bran. The word bran appears in all the living Celtic languages with the same spelling and near-uniformity in meaning: Ir. raven; W carrion crow; Bret. raven or crow. In Scottish Gaelic it acquires a suffix to mean raven: bran-fhitheach. In Scottish Gaelic and in Irish it is the name of
Fionn mac Cumhaill's dog (see
Bran (2)). Not surprisingly, then, there are dozens of characters named Bran in Celtic narrative and history, including kings, poets, warriors, and at least one saint, St Bran Clane in Co. Kildare, whose feast-day is 18 May. There are two heroes named Bran in the
Fenian Cycle. The best-known Brans are probably the Irish Bran son of Febal (see
BRAN MAC FEBAIL) and the Welsh Brân, known in the
Mabinogi/Mabinogion as
Bendigeidfran.
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Oat bran: new reports have not changed dietary advice.
Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition; 3/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; Oat Bran: New Reports Have Not Changed Dietary Advice Don't purge the cupboards of oat bran products in response to the news that the...lowering of blood cholesterol from eating oat bran. Other studies involving larger numbers...
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Rice bran oil: An untapped health food
Magazine article from: International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...in bran as well as yielding good quality bran with least contamination with endosperm. Rice bran is rich in lipids, proteins, fiber, minerals...phosphatides, and wax. Compared to other cereal brans, rice bran is a rich source of oil, phosphatides...
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Bran-new ideas. (adding high-fiber to the diet)(includes recipes)
Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post; 3/1/1992; 700+ words
; ...a recipe box shake-up. Here are some bran-new recipe ideas we guarantee your family...make-over. Substitute Applesauce Prune Bran Muffins for your usual fruit-filled favorite...fiber and a unique flavor to these wheat-bran rich morsels. Or try Carrot Oat Muffins...
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A BRAN-NEW FOOD FAD
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/10/1988; ; 700+ words
; Oat bran. Everyone's eating it. Everyone's talking...people are asking: "Am I getting enough oat bran in my diet?" "How can I get more...certain death is massive quantities of oat bran consumed on a daily basis. In the pursuit...
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Oat bran. (part 2; includes related information)
Newspaper article from: Nutrition Action Healthletter; 7/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; Oat Bran: Part II The way things are going, it would have taken...article about the few remaining foods that don't contain oat bran. "I've never seen a phenomenon like oat bran in my 24 years [of covering new products]," Martin Friedman...
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Rice bran oil shows cholesterol reducing properties.
PR Newswire; 3/19/1990; 700+ words
; RICE BRAN OIL SHOWS CHOLESTEROL REDUCING PROPERTIES...recently revealed that substances within rice bran oil have cholesterol-reducing properties. The oil, which occurs naturally in rice bran, has a component which researchers think...
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Getting the best of the breakfast bran bunch.
Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; You've narrowed your cereal choices to those with bran. Now the choosing should be easy, right? Better take a second look. There are traditional grains like oat bran and wheat bran, or new cereals with flaxseed or psyllium thrown in...
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RICE BRAN OIL CITED AS HEART AID.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/15/1991; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Paul Raeburn Associated Press Rice bran oil has the unique ability to lower harmful...Monday. Tests with animals show that rice bran oil can even raise good cholesterol at...of Lowell in Massachusetts. "The rice bran oil may be unique in lowering LDL without...
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Stabilized rice bran for personal care products: this extract has applications in lotions, creams, shampoos, sunscreens and many other products.
Magazine article from: Household & Personal Products Industry; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; RICE BRAN is a natural product typically removed from rice (Oryza sativa L.) during the milling process. Rice bran oil, which constitutes about 20% of the total bran, is readily oxidized by lipase and lipoxygenase enzymes...
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Oat Bran's Claims Weakened;No Major Role Found in Curbing Cholesterol
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/18/1990; ; 700+ words
; Oat bran, one of the biggest health food fads of...food in recent years-that the fiber in oat bran somehow reduces the level of artery-clogging...England Journal of Medicine, the reason oat bran lowers cholesterol is simply that people...
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Bran
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Bran 1. Also known as Brân the Blessed...Ireland and in Scotland. In the Irish version, Bran and Sceolang are the children of Fionn's...predator. Sceolang can be restrained only with Bran's gold chain; Bran was fastened for a long...
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Bran mac Febail
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Bran mac Febail, Bran mac Feabhail . Hero of the 8th-century adventure-voyage Imram Brain [The Voyage of Bran]. Bran falls asleep one day after listening to sweet music, after...
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bran
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
bran XIII. ME. bran , bren — (O)F. bran , † bren bran, (now) excrement, filth; of unkn. orig.
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Brans–Dicke theory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Brans–Dicke theory An alternative to Einstein's theory of general relativity...should change with time. It was originated by the American physicists Carl Henry Brans (1935– ) and R. H. Dicke .
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Bran Plus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
Bran Plus Trade name; untreated wheat bran with germ.
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