Lactose intolerance should not stop you from enjoying the apparent health benefits of yogurt. Soy based yogurts are available in most health shops and even supermarkets. But now researchers from the Institute of Food Engineering for Development at the Polytechnic University of Valencia are coming up with yogurts based on…
A nice piece of research for those caffeine junkies among us, researchers have found that taking caffeine after studying some pictures allowed participants to correctly tell them apart from new but similar pictures more often than participants on a placebo or a lesser dose of caffeine.
A moderate sun tan makes you appear healthy and this effect can also be seen by eating food containing carotenes. This is the idea behind a piece of research by Dr Ian Stephen of the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.
Fish oil, I’ve blogged about it on numerous occasions (omega 3 to slow aging, omega 3 good but what about omega 6?, eat greens with your omega 3) and it is generally acknowledged that we should be getting more omega 3 (and some say less omega 6) in our diet.
We should all be familiar with the practice of adding extra water to meat to increase the weight and therefore the profit, but as annoying as it is, at least the water is clean.
Broccoli, we have reported on its beneficial properties a number of times in this blog (Super broc, Broccoli’s Kryptonite). Basically, it contains a substance known as glucoraphanin which is converted by the enzyme myrosinase into sulforaphane, which has been shown to have beneficial effects on a range of problems, including oxidative…
That is according to a study published online ahead of print on the website of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) earlier this week.
Yes, those lovely little bundles of health promoting substances found in fruit have another feather to add to their cap, they can reduce your chances of developing cataracts. So say a group of Swedish researchers whose paper was published in the journal JAMA Ophthalmol (study of the eye) on boxing…
The Victorians were right, an apple a day really could keep the doctor away. That is according to research published in the journal BMJ earlier this month.
Smirnoff vodka drinkers beware! Well, those in Ireland at least. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) posted a press release on their website on Wednesday that a small quantity of fake Smirnoff vodka had been found in the market.
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