With the continuing EU ban on importing mangos and other fresh fruit from India, Pakistan is trying to fill the new gap in the market.
Obesity is a growing problem in the UK and one which is quite often put on the shoulders of bad diet, but a new briefing paper published by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) says it is the lack of exercise not bad diet that is to blame.
Ask a few people what they think about genetic modification (GM) and it won’t take long for you to get a negative answer such as it is unnatural, or we don’t know what eating these foods might do to us.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but will a beer made of something else taste as good? Well, a young brewer from Mexico believes so and has made a type of pale ale with Bamboo.
News this week that Coca-cola will be removing the Stevia as the sweetener from Galceau Vitamin water in the US and returning to the old recipe.
Not good news for those on the Atkins or low carb diets. It seems that eating spuds with your steak or other red meat offers some protection from the negative effects associated with eating red meat.
Scientific opinion of saturated fat is changing, for years we have been told to reduce our intake and told of all the problems associated with eating too much saturated fat including increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Cinnamon is a well known spice, used in a lot of Asian cooking and an essential ingredient of many a winter drink here in Europe but did you know that it can also be used to inhibit the growth of E.coil?
We are living in a supplemented world, in the UK at least, our water contains fluoride to reduce our incidence of tooth decay and our flour contains folic acid or Vitamin B9 that has dramatically reduced the incidence of birth defects such as neural tube defects. But are we using…
For many it’s an almost necessary start to the day in the form of coffee, for others it’s pill form keeps them going during study times, for others, it’s something in that winged drink they mix with their vodka. Whichever way you like to take it, chances are you consume…


