Not according to a new paper published ahead of print on the website of the British Journal of Nutrition.
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Worryingly yes, with a bit of piglet in there too. That was the grim news in a statement published by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) on the 15th January.
Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary of the UK has suggested banning high sugar cereals aimed at children, such as Kellogg’s Frosties, to help fight the increasing obesity levels in the UK. In an interview with the English newspaper The Telegraph, he pointed out that a recent report by the…
Last year we reported on the ruling by the EU court of Justice that honey containing GM pollen would need to be authorised before it could be sold as food in the EU. This had the potential to cause big headaches for the EU as much of the honey coming…
Being slightly overweight could help you live longer. A surprising conclusion from a paper published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The researchers compiled data from 97 studies which contained the body mass index (BMI) of over 2.88 million individuals and recorded more than 270,000…
Gazpacho soup – it’s delicious, nutritious and now it has been shown to reduce blood pressure. Gazpacho soup is a cold soup containing tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, breadcrumb, olive oil, garlic and a little salt. Looking at the list of ingredients, it probably should come as no surprise that the mix…
Are you worried about the environmental cost of eating meat but can’t quite bring yourself to go vegetarian? Well, you could significantly reduce the impact by eating mealworms…yummy.
Heavy smokers could actually increase their chance of developing lung cancer if they are taking over 20 mg per day of β-carotene supplements.
Strong words from the UK Food Minister Owen Paterson who is in charge of food and farming. He has described opposition to genetic modification (GM) as “Humbug” and said concerns about human health are misplaced.
According to The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) up to 25% of children in the UK are not getting enough vitamin D leading to an increase in rickets. So why do we need vitamin D? It helps our bodies to absorb calcium and phosphate and is found…