Yes, that carotene that gives flamingos their signature colour is set to be the new antioxidant addition to drinks. Astaxanthin is a carotene, unlike beta or alpha carotene it does not have pro vitamin A properties, but it is a powerful antioxidant. It is synthesized by algae and travels up…
Today, we are talking about alginate, non digestible polysaccharides that are extracted from brown algae. It would seem that alginate is able to reduce the amount of fat our bodies can absorb and so by adding it to bread it could help in the fight against obesity or help those…
We’ve all heard of pro-biotics, these bacteria that are thought to have health benefits when we consume them. But surprising it seems rather than directly affecting our health some members of this group induce a change in our resident microbes that could give us health benefits.
It would seem that hot cereals on the breakfast table are on the increase in Germany. Reported on the Mintel website, the consumption of hot breakfast cereal has increased from 40,000 tonnes to 52,000 between 2011 and 2014.
Yes, our old friend, the suped up broccoli with 2-3 times the level of the phytonutrient glucoraphanin compared to normal broccoli is back in the news again.
Yes, good news to all you fellow cross fitters, gym goers or runners who also like to indulge in fast food. It seems that eating fast food after exercise has the same effect on your glycogen levels as isoenergetic sport supplements.
Staying on the subject of type II diabetes, (if you don’t know what I am talking about check out the last blog) it would seem that milk consumption and especially fermented milk (predominantly cheese and yogurt), can reduce your chances of type II diabetes.
Yep, strange as it sounds, it seems that when rice is boiled in water with a bit of coconut oil added and then cooled in the fridge for half a day it makes the starch less digestible and therefore delivers fewer calories.
Interesting news published in the Journal BMC Medicine this week. We have
If you want to get the most carotenes out of your eggs then scrambled certainly seems not the way to do it. And why would you care? Well, the carotenes in eggs help protect against age related eye sight deterioration.
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