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.
Yes, this is the findings from a study presented at the Association For Psychological Science 26th Annual Convention earlier this week.
A story from the archives for you inspired by its recent re-appearance on the IFL science Facebook page…back in October 2012 French bee keepers were shocked to find honey of a range of unpalatable (and unsellable) colours including blue and green appearing in their beehives.
Garlic, adds great flavour to many foods, it’s good for you, but let’s face it, it makes you stink. Anyone who has been within breathing distance of someone the day after they have eaten garlic bread, Aioli, Kimchee or Bärlauch (wild garlic) soup and you have not consumed any will…
Yes, confusing as that sounds, a Japanese company has made a request to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK to market a synthetic version of dihydrocapsiate, a non spicy component found in chilli peppers, as a food supplement.
Nitro what? I expect most of you are thinking, basically we are talking about an effect of eating a „Mediterranean diet“.
How does your daily intake of protein look? Most people’s diet, in the US at least, consists of a small amount for breakfast, a small amount for lunch and a big hit for dinner. But should we be distributing it more evenly over the day? According to a paper published…


