If you need to reduce your salt intake then don’t go it alone, start experimenting with herbs and spices in your food. That was the findings of research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology & Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity & Metabolism Scientific Sessions 2014.
With the traditional fasting period of Lent upon us before the big Easter egg gorge we decided to take a look at some various forms of fasting and what the scientists say are the consequences.
A high protein diet is good in old age, but detrimental to health in middle age, at least according to a paper published in the journal Cell Metabolism this month.
Vegetarians in Austria are more likely to be in a poorer state of health and have a lower quality of life compared to meat eaters. That was one of the surprise findings in a paper published in the journal PLOS last month.
If you want kids to eat healthier snacks promote them in a manga magazine (a type of comic book), that was the message from a paper published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior in January.
Not quite as catchy as the yogurt makers slogan but this is the news that consuming the amino acid tyrosine could give you faster reflexes.
Sensible if you think about it, but still surprising, breast milk will differ in its contents depending on whether the child is a boy or a girl.
If you want to estimate how much methylmercury is present in marine animals look to the water, not the sediment to do it. That was the findings of a paper published earlier this week in the journal PLOS one.
Another reason to make sure you’re getting a good dose of fresh fruit and veg.
Yes, those clever crop scientists have been hard at work and produced a treatment for broccoli that first of all increases the amount of glucosinolates while the vegetable is ripening and then a second treatment that slows down the ripening process and hence increases the shelf life.
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