If you like dark chocolate and want to lower your blood pressure, then this might be for you. Scientists from the University of Pisa have found that when olive oil is added to dark chocolate it can improve your cardiovascular risk profile.
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Today we are talking about fortified food, chicken sausages to be precise.
So says a study published ahead of print on the website of the journal Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases.
Entrepreneurs from Italy have resurrected an old variety of garlic that doesn’t cause people to pull back every time you breath in their direction that day after eating it.
Yes, we are back on the subject of insect protein. But this time we are talking about a product that has come to market, cricket pasta.
In a time when so much emphasis is put on carbohydrate, protein and fat levels in the different fad diets, it is easy to forget about that somewhat unsung hero of your regularity, fibre.
“Camphor what?” Is what I guess some of you are thinking right now. Those among you that use a vapour rub in the winter to help with decongestion or a vapour nasal stick might think it sounds familiar. That is because that is generally what the oil is used for…
Starting the day with a glass of orange juice and a bowl of cereal. It has gone out of fashion with many people these days as they make their own smoothies, but for those out there that do, is it part of a healthy diet? Or is it just another…
Today, we are talking functional foods, i.e. food that has added functions such as disease prevention or health promoting benefits.
Yes, that is the news from a paper that has been accepted for publication in the journal Food and Function.