Another reason to make sure you’re getting a good dose of fresh fruit and veg.
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Despite the horse meat scandal and the increase in food testing that consumers assumed would be taking place it would appear food fraud in the UK is still rife.
Stevia, anyone who’s seen the new Tropicana adverts will know what I am talking about, a natural sweetener from plant extract that is making a splash in a world of artificial sweeteners.
Yes, those clever crop scientists have been hard at work and produced a treatment for broccoli that first of all increases the amount of glucosinolates while the vegetable is ripening and then a second treatment that slows down the ripening process and hence increases the shelf life.
An interesting paper from a Spanish group published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry demonstrates that when rats are given grape extract it can counteract the detrimental effects normally associated with a “cafeteria” diet.
To cut a long story short, yes. But why the question?
Cannabis, in some people it might invoke an image of someone at Woodstock, to others a misspent youth and to yet others a good source of fibre for textiles. But in most it would probably not invoke the image of a food source.
According to a paper published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry eating a high fat diet can (apparently) cause impairment in physical and mental functioning, similar to age related decline. But before you start to panic it seems american blueberries can go some way to countering this effect.
Interesting news from the January edition of the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Research Briefs, giving french fries a dose of infra red before frying reduces the amount of oil the fries absorb by one third.
Yes and no, it is in England, Wales and Northern Ireland but not Scotland. Raw milk can pose health risks as it can contain bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria hence why it is generally sold pasteurised.