In a world where people want less artificial preservatives in their food finding natural alternatives is of health and financial interest. Researchers from the Republic of Korea tested a number of leafy green vegetables commonly eaten in Asian cuisine for antioxidant activity and antimicrobial properties.
Leaves from the tree llex paraguariensis are steeped in hot (but not boiled water) and the resulting infusion is drunk as a hot beverage called Maté (or Chimarrão) in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. Currently the branches, including the bark, are discarded, generating large amounts of solid waste. Now Brazilian…
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is an organic compound found in low levels (approximately 15mg/kg) in honey. It is caused by the dehydration of some sugars and levels can increase dramatically following heat treatment of honey to destroy contaminants or to reverse crystallisation. Unfortunately, TMF has been shown to exhibit cytotoxic, genotoxic, mutagenic,…
It is a dilemma when on a diet, nuts have some health benefits but they are also highly calorific. So should you scoff, moderate or avoid? There have been studies looking at consumption of nuts in weight loss diets, and although the effect was either positive (i.e. increased weight loss)…
Grapefruit grown organically have higher levels of vitamin C compared to conventionally grown grapefruit but lower levels of carotenoids. So say researchers from the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Centre, Texas, and the Texas AgriLife Research Center.
Not only can it make lobster blush, seaweed is also a highly nutritious food that literally surrounds the UK. So why do we not eat more of these sea vegetables in the same way as the Japanese enjoy their Nori?
Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to review the scientific comments received on the Scientific Opinion of the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) on the scientific substantiation of health claims related to isolated soy protein and reduction of blood LDL-cholesterol concentrations.
It’s a pending problem that has been spoken about often. How do we feed the increasing world population especially with the increase in demand for meat? Entomophagy, the eating of insects. Despite the yuck factor that you are probably feeling insects are already eaten in some cultures around the world…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the drug Belviq (lorcaserin hydrochloride) in the fight against obesity. It is the first new drug to be approved in 13 years.
If you’ve been keeping up-to-date with healthy food stories then no doubt you have heard about phenolics in fruits and teas and how their antioxidant activity can protect you against free radicals. But did you know that cereals also contain phenolics sometimes at levels higher than those in fruit and…
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