A paper published this week in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) has delved into older studies and reanalyzed the data to look for an association between diabetes and consuming dairy products.
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A study published in the Journal of Nutritional Science suggests that kiwi fruit can enhance the mood of moody men who are not eating enough fruit and vegetables.
As of Friday last week, 57 people (21 in Wales and 36 in England) have been confirmed as having contracted an unusual strain of Samonella (Salmonella Typhimurium), 9 of which have needed hospitalisation . The outbreak was first detected in northern Wales in August with additional clusters being investigated in…
Back in April we reported on a couple of papers that had found drinking a glass of beetroot juice a day can lower your blood pressure and that it was the nitrates in the beetroot that were responsible for the effect.
Some baby foods on sale in the UK aimed at children as young as 4 months (current recommendation is to start weaning at 6 months) do not meet infant weaning needs. That was the take home message in a paper published in the journal “Archives of Disease in Childhood” last…
Too much salt (sodium chloride) is bad for us, it can cause high blood pressure, strokes, and cardiovascular disease. That is the advice we generally receive, and we are recommended to try to lower our salt intake. In a paper published last month in the Journal Hypertension researchers found that…
A paper published in the Journal Science last week demonstrates the importance of gut bacteria as well as diet in the fight against obesity.
Just one for the adults unfortunately, scientists from Spain have come up with a novel way of getting one of the 5 a day but with less sugar which has been highlighted recently by the Obesity expert Prof. Robert Lustig as being “toxic”.
Scientists from the University of Illinois have demonstrated that consuming soy products protect against colon cancer, in an animal model anyway.
Eating black rice (Oryza sativa L.) can reduce the amount of cholesterol your body absorbs. That was the main finding of a paper published ahead of print on the website of the Food and Function journal.