Cholesterol is essential in small concentrations but can lead to heart disease and artery hardening when eaten excessively. The Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) and the International Dairy Federation (IDF) both have official analytical methods for measuring how much cholesterol is in general foods or milk respectively, but apparently…
..and especially for those of diabetics. With cardiovascular disease being an increased risk for diabetics, controlling blood sugar levels by following a low glycemic index (GI) diet is already recommended, and as beans have one of the lowest GI values it makes sense to include them in the diet. But…
We’ve all heard about how we should get our 5 a day to stay healthy, and that eating fruits high in antioxidants are good for us, but have you heard the news about tomatoes?
Eating low fat yogurt decreases your chance of developing high blood pressure. That was the message from a presentation at the American Heart Association’s High Blood Pressure Research 2012 Scientific Sessions.
Is high fructose corn syrup worse for you than sugar? Not according to a new research paper published last week in the Open access Nutrition Journal. They found that people on a calorie controlled diet lost weight regardless of whether sucrose or high fructose corn syrup was the main source…
Some chemicals in food might have a harmful effect on our health and safety depending on our level of exposure to them. Scientists generally assume that such effects are proportional to the amount, or ‘dose’: the more you are exposed to them, the more likely the possibility of an effect….
In a world where people want less artificial preservatives in their food finding natural alternatives is of health and financial interest. Researchers from the Republic of Korea tested a number of leafy green vegetables commonly eaten in Asian cuisine for antioxidant activity and antimicrobial properties.
Leaves from the tree llex paraguariensis are steeped in hot (but not boiled water) and the resulting infusion is drunk as a hot beverage called Maté (or Chimarrão) in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. Currently the branches, including the bark, are discarded, generating large amounts of solid waste. Now Brazilian…
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is an organic compound found in low levels (approximately 15mg/kg) in honey. It is caused by the dehydration of some sugars and levels can increase dramatically following heat treatment of honey to destroy contaminants or to reverse crystallisation. Unfortunately, TMF has been shown to exhibit cytotoxic, genotoxic, mutagenic,…
It is a dilemma when on a diet, nuts have some health benefits but they are also highly calorific. So should you scoff, moderate or avoid? There have been studies looking at consumption of nuts in weight loss diets, and although the effect was either positive (i.e. increased weight loss)…
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