Some baby foods on sale in the UK aimed at children as young as 4 months (current recommendation is to start weaning at 6 months) do not meet infant weaning needs. That was the take home message in a paper published in the journal „Archives of Disease in Childhood“ last…
Too much salt (sodium chloride) is bad for us, it can cause high blood pressure, strokes, and cardiovascular disease. That is the advice we generally receive, and we are recommended to try to lower our salt intake. In a paper published last month in the Journal Hypertension researchers found that…
A paper published in the Journal Science last week demonstrates the importance of gut bacteria as well as diet in the fight against obesity.
When you hear about the damage that palm tree growing is doing in terms of farmers burning down the rainforests to plant large plantations you probably think, it’s ok, I don’t use palm oil. Well unfortunately you probably do, it is in many processed foods and you won’t see it…
Just one for the adults unfortunately, scientists from Spain have come up with a novel way of getting one of the 5 a day but with less sugar which has been highlighted recently by the Obesity expert Prof. Robert Lustig as being „toxic“.
Imagine the scene, you have just finished a hard day’s work, in the garden, labouring or redecorating the house. You know you should probably drink something sensible to rehydrate you but then you see that nice ice cold beer sitting in the fridge…
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has outlined its strategy for fighting Camplobacter to be discussed by the board in its meeting on the 11th September.
Scientists from the University of Illinois have demonstrated that consuming soy products protect against colon cancer, in an animal model anyway.
I kid you not, a company has come up with an ingenious concentrated beer for backpackers to take with them that weighs alot less than conventional beer meaning space for more things in your backpack (or more beer depending on your preference).
Eating black rice (Oryza sativa L.) can reduce the amount of cholesterol your body absorbs. That was the main finding of a paper published ahead of print on the website of the Food and Function journal.
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