…that is indeed the question, and one that I was discussing recently with one of my Crossfit trainers. So Sebastian and all other interested parties here is a short review of some of the publications that we have covered regarding the matter.
Chilli peppers, to some an indispensable part of a good meal, to others the cause of a mouth burn you can’t wash away with mere water. But did you know it could help you to lose weight? And better than that, there is a less “painful” version that seems to…
The company Kraft foods has issued a recall in the US of approx. 96,000 pounds (that’s over 43,500 kg) of wieners as they could contain undeclared milk.
News this week from the Food Standards Agency, UK, that further tests are being ordered on takeaways across the UK after widespread lamb substitution for cheaper meats such as beef and chicken were uncovered.
We’ve all heard that beans are good for the heart, (and if you haven’t then I suggest you google it to learn a great playground rhyme) but did you know beans along with chickpeas, lentils and peas are able to reduce your LDL (bad) cholesterol?
No, unfortunately for all you crisp lovers out there that does not mean eating Pringles all the time, this is referring to the paper that says eating 24 Pringles a day (fried in a special oil) can help to lower levels of olychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the blood.
Coffee drinkers raise your cups in delight, if you drink more than two cups a day then your chances of (non viral) cirrhosis are reduced. So says a paper that has been accepted for publication in the journal Hepatogy.
A dire warning from UK food inspectors that unfit meat may enter the food chain if changes to abattoir inspections proposed by Brussels go through.
An interesting publication from the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics suggests that we are not very good at judging portion sizes of our cereal.
5-a-day, any person from the UK should know straight away what we are talking about, we have been told for many years that we should be eating at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables everyday (a glass of orange is allowed as one of them but only one). Now…


