Rice is a staple food of most of Asia and is also present in many of our baby foods here in Europe.
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According to a study published ahead of print of the British Journal of Nutrition website, eating soluble corn fibre could increase the amount of calcium that your body absorbs.
News in this week that eating avocado with food rich in pro Vitamin A (beta carotene being the most important) significantly increases your absorption of the vitamin.
That depends who you ask. Ask the main author of the FSA commissioned report in 2009 or the authors of the 2012 study and they will tell you no. But ask Prof. Leifert and the other authors of a new paper published in the British Journal of Nutrition this month…
Protein is back in the news this week with the launch of a new product, Cellper, a pre-digested protein product aimed at the malnourished.
Erm, yes, this is the news that Häagen-Dazs, those makers of devilishly delicious ice cream have turned their attention to the problem of increasing waist lines and have produced ice cream containing vegetables.
Have you ever wondered while sipping on your donkey milk if maybe someone has adulterated it cow milk? Surprising, me neither, but this could be a serious problem for people with allergies to cow milk who have opted for donkey milk instead. Using Isoelectric Focusing and ELISA two Italian scientists…
If you suffer from peripheral artery disease (PAD), then dark chocolate is the Duracell of chocolates that will keep you going for longer, according to a paper published in the Journal of American Heart Association.
Coffee has many good properties: it helps a lot of us to start the day, to continue staring at that computer screen for another few hours, or as a nice drink following a big meal. But what you probably did not know was that coffee also helps to prevent tooth…
An interesting publication for you published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition earlier this month talks about the lack of animal protein for feeding the world’s growing population.