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.
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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.
Goji (or wolf) berries are back in the news this week after a paper was published in the Journal of Nutrition that claims that Goji berries can improve immunisation to the flu.
“Growing-up” formula does not provide any additional nutritional benefits to young children who consume a normal diet in Europe. That was the conclusion of a report for the EFSA published last month. The report was looking into “Growing up milk”, a form of fortified milk marketed for young children which,…
An interesting paper published last month in the Journal of Nutrition has found that eating dark green leafy vegetables led to an increased response to omega 3 fatty acid supplementation in Americans of African ancestry.
We all know by now that omega oils are meant to be good for us. These are found in fish and in plants. But whereas omega 3 have been shown to have health benefits the same should not be said for omega 6. That is according to a publication in…
Together with Koppert Cress, QFOOD presented the new LUMOS test for Carotene and Lycopene at the “Voedingsdebat 2013“. Fruit and vegetable cultivators as well as producers and traders were the first to get an impression of this quick, simple and reliable test for in-house analysis. A press statement can be…