All is not well in Lower Saxony, Germany. US energy group ExxonMobil carried out a fracking test back in 2011 and now locals are convinced that the company has earmarked the area for the first fracking site in Germany.
Read More
Lutein is a carotene found in a number of food sources such as green leafy vegetables, egg yolk and dandelion flowers (yes they are edible).
An interesting bit of research published in the Nutrition Journal claims that, calorie for calorie, oats or porridge will fill you up more than a leading brand oat based cereal.
Yes, it’s every dieters dream, a way to burn fat without the hard work. Researchers have found a way to activate “beige” fat cells that produce heat and therefore expend energy without the need to stimulate them by making them cold.
Another protein blog for you, this time, according to a new meta-analysis we should be eating more protein to reduce our risk of stroke.
Just because the same equipment was used for mincing one type of meat and then another, for example, beef and then lamb, does not mean there should be any detectable beef in the lamb.
After the success of the war on salt in ready meals the offence continues against excess sugar. Which? magazine has tested the levels of sugar in ready meals, both big brands and shop own brands and have found some have double the recommended daily amount of sugar in them, as…
Volunteers in China have been eating mealworms for over a 100 days in a sealed lab in Beijing to test the possibility of using the protein rich insects as food for astronauts.
…and now available as a supplement. Yes, this is the news that a probiotic originally isolated from human breast milk will shortly be available as a supplement in 8 European countries to help combat mastitis.
Start them early apparently. That was the findings of a UK study published in the online journal PLOS last week.