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.
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Heavy smokers could actually increase their chance of developing lung cancer if they are taking over 20 mg per day of β-carotene supplements.
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…
Food supplements are dietary additions intended to supplement the food we eat. The European Commission has established rules for the whole of the EU relating to supplements containing vitamins and minerals. Maximum and minimum amounts are being set for every vitamin and mineral approved for use.
Cholesterol is essential in small concentrations but can lead to heart disease and artery hardening when eaten excessively. The Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) and the International Dairy Federation (IDF) both have official analytical methods for measuring how much cholesterol is in general foods or milk respectively, but apparently…
..and especially for those of diabetics. With cardiovascular disease being an increased risk for diabetics, controlling blood sugar levels by following a low glycemic index (GI) diet is already recommended, and as beans have one of the lowest GI values it makes sense to include them in the diet. But…
We’ve all heard about how we should get our 5 a day to stay healthy, and that eating fruits high in antioxidants are good for us, but have you heard the news about tomatoes?
Eating low fat yogurt decreases your chance of developing high blood pressure. That was the message from a presentation at the American Heart Association’s High Blood Pressure Research 2012 Scientific Sessions.
Two interesting papers involving milk fermentation are published this week in the Journal of Food Science. The first paper investigates the various microflora found in 4 samples of Kefir from across China to use as starter cultures. Kefir is a fermented milk drink involving yeasts and lactic acid producing bacteria….
Is high fructose corn syrup worse for you than sugar? Not according to a new research paper published last week in the Open access Nutrition Journal. They found that people on a calorie controlled diet lost weight regardless of whether sucrose or high fructose corn syrup was the main source…