A moderate sun tan makes you appear healthy and this effect can also be seen by eating food containing carotenes. This is the idea behind a piece of research by Dr Ian Stephen of the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.
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Fish oil, I’ve blogged about it on numerous occasions (omega 3 to slow aging, omega 3 good but what about omega 6?, eat greens with your omega 3) and it is generally acknowledged that we should be getting more omega 3 (and some say less omega 6) in our diet.
Broccoli, we have reported on its beneficial properties a number of times in this blog (Super broc, Broccoli’s Kryptonite). Basically, it contains a substance known as glucoraphanin which is converted by the enzyme myrosinase into sulforaphane, which has been shown to have beneficial effects on a range of problems, including oxidative…
That is according to a study published online ahead of print on the website of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) earlier this week.
Yes, those lovely little bundles of health promoting substances found in fruit have another feather to add to their cap, they can reduce your chances of developing cataracts. So say a group of Swedish researchers whose paper was published in the journal JAMA Ophthalmol (study of the eye) on boxing…
The Victorians were right, an apple a day really could keep the doctor away. That is according to research published in the journal BMJ earlier this month.
Goji (or wolf) berries are back in the news this week after a paper was published in the Journal of Nutrition that claims that Goji berries can improve immunisation to the flu.
That was the findings of a full risk assessment report published by the EFSA yesterday.
An interesting paper published last month in the Journal of Nutrition has found that eating dark green leafy vegetables led to an increased response to omega 3 fatty acid supplementation in Americans of African ancestry.