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”.
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Scientists from the University of Illinois have demonstrated that consuming soy products protect against colon cancer, in an animal model anyway.
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.
It seems hard to believe, but one of our five-a-day could be worse for us than drinking sodas. Pure orange juice, that glass of goodness that so many of us look forward in the morning has been described by an Obesity expert, Prof Robert Lustig, as basically sugar and therefore…
Researchers from Japan have come up with a novel sea food paste that is fermented using the same fungus as Miso. The paper, published in the Journal of Food Science assesses the oxidative stability of the lipids rich in eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in scallop ovary.
Two interesting publications for you about the consumption of coffee. One, available ahead of print on the journal Hepatology’s website, makes the case that drinking coffee is good for you and can lower your risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), an obesity related condition. The other was published ahead…
Mice whose diet was supplemented with a small amount of glucose and fructose (to mimic high fructose corn syrup) lived shorter lives, had reduced fertility and were less fit than a control group.
According to an upcoming paper published on the British Journal of Nutrition website, consuming papaya will give you a higher level of β-carotene and lycopene in your blood than carrots or tomatoes respectively.
At lunch time today, Dr Mark Post from Maastricht University will cook and eat a burger. Ok, nothing special so far, except that the meat in this burger did not come direct from a cow. It has been grown in his lab from cow muscle stem cells and cost €250,000…
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is asking scientists their opinion on adequate dietary levels of manganese for adults and children.