Red wine to burn that fat

By | Blog, Health

Yep, that lovely glass of red that goes so well with your steak or plate of cheese now has another bonus. It could protect you from accumulating too much fat in your liver, as least, that what’s happened in mice.

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We say Cadbury’s, you say Hershey’s….

By | Blog, Taste

….please call the whole ban off. Sad news for the 1.3 million or so British expats living in the US, the American chocolate brand Hershey’s has brought a lawsuit against importers of British chocolate, which basically has stopped the import of UK made Cadbury’s products.

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You are what they eat

By | Blog, Health, Nutrition

If you are watching what you eat and keeping an eye on the amount of saturated fat you are consuming, it might be worth noting that the levels in meat can vary widely too depending on what the animals have eaten.

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Drink, it’s good for your heart

By | Blog, Health, Risk Management

Yep, it’s the stuff of pub legends, a paper has been published in the European Heart Journal that says it is good for you to have tipple. But before we get too excited what is it really saying? The authors followed over 14,500 people who were in their mid 50’s…

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Sulforaphane to fight prostate cancer cells

By | Blog, Health, Nutrition

Yes, our old friend Sulforaphane is back in the news again, this time in a paper trying to understand how it kills prostate cancer cells. According to the paper published in the journal Oncogensis, it has already been shown that sulforaphane can kill prostate cancer cells while leaving normal cells…

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