Cannabis, in some people it might invoke an image of someone at Woodstock, to others a misspent youth and to yet others a good source of fibre for textiles. But in most it would probably not invoke the image of a food source.
According to a paper published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry eating a high fat diet can (apparently) cause impairment in physical and mental functioning, similar to age related decline. But before you start to panic it seems american blueberries can go some way to countering this effect.
Interesting news from the January edition of the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Research Briefs, giving french fries a dose of infra red before frying reduces the amount of oil the fries absorb by one third.
Yes and no, it is in England, Wales and Northern Ireland but not Scotland. Raw milk can pose health risks as it can contain bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria hence why it is generally sold pasteurised.
A diet rich in soft fruit such as lingonberries, bilberries and blackcurrants could offset some of the detrimental metabolic effects induced by a high-fat diet.
Yes, believe it or not, some German craft brewers have started to experiment with fruity flavours in their beers. But before I have you all up in arms about the Reinheitsgebot (Purity law), they are adding nothing more to the beer than the normal water, malt, hops and yeast.
What is the most successful way to reward your children with a snack now and again without them turning into a snack junkie? That was the question (more or less) that a paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) tries to address.
..for women at least. So says a paper to be published in the February edition of the Journal of Nutrition.
In rats at least it seem to be true. That was the cautionary news from a piece of research published in the Spanish journal Nutricion Hospitalaria.
Fraudsters beware! The Food Standards Agency (FSA) of the UK along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are putting food declared as grown in the UK to the test.


