Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that have been reported as having health effects against cancer, inflammation and infections to name a few. The problem is large quantities are needed to elicit these responses when tested in the lab and it is thought most of them are broken down before getting into…
This week in the Journal of the American Healthcare Association (JAMA), David Ludwig, MD, PhD of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston has written his viewpoint about fructose vs. glucose. So why all the fuss? Because the obesity epidemic is continuing…
“Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend” frozen berry and pomegranate mix sold by Costco could be responsible for the multistate Hepatitis A outbreak in the USA that has so far infected 61 people.
That is the reason behind a research project at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in the Bavarian town of Freising, Germany.
That is the opinion of The Salt Reduction Seminar hosted by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). For the last 10 years, the FSAI has been working in conjunction with the food industry to voluntarily reduce salt in processed food items.
Those genetic tinkerers have been at it again. This time they have produced a purple tomato that has superior taste and longer shelf life.
We’ve all heard the Mediterranean diet is good for us, but what do we do when its difficult to get some of the food items in the diet? Try the Nordic diet!
Cup of tea that is, for those non-English readers among you. That’s right, scientists have shown that drinking black tea can significantly control variation in blood pressure, which has been associated with cardiovascular disease.
Consuming a glass of beetroot juice a day can lower blood pressure in people with hypertension.
If you want to reach a plump old age with good “functionality” then eating a classic western diet made up of foods that are fried and sweet, processed and red meat, refined grains, and high-fat dairy products is not the way to do it.
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