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.
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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.
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.
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.
Apparently drinking a daily juice made from broccoli sprouts can detox your body of airborne pollutants. So says a paper published earlier this month in the journal Cancer Prevention Research and brought to our attention by the article in the Huffington Post.
Lutein is a carotene found in a number of food sources such as green leafy vegetables, egg yolk and dandelion flowers (yes they are edible).
An interesting bit of research published in the Nutrition Journal claims that, calorie for calorie, oats or porridge will fill you up more than a leading brand oat based cereal.