Health and Diet

Feeling the Love from Tate & Lyle, and Your Killer Carrier Bags

October 11, 2017February 5, 2018 MariaC 0 Comments

This week, we learned: That Tuesday 10th October was World Mental Health Day. Appropriately enough, AYCE has just published an

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Instagram Stars Promoting Pies-in-the-Sky, Mice with Love Handles and doing Unspeakable Things with Cheese.

September 23, 2017February 5, 2018 MariaC 0 Comments Advertising Standards Association, cheese tea, Flat Tummy Tea, JP Sears, Pizza Hut, Sophie Kasaei, vegan cheese, vegan pizza, weight loss fat patch

This week’s news includes the ASA crackdown on social media stars and their paid promotions, weight loss research involving mice with love handles, the new cheese tea fad and vegan pizzas.

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On chewing yourself slim, and why Theresa May’s carb fest has doomed us all

September 15, 2017February 8, 2018 MariaC 0 Comments Body Clock Diet, CCK, chewing, Daily Express, Daily Mail, fish oil, ghrelin, Guardian, National Obesity Forum, schizophrenia, The Mayr

This week’s nutrition headlines: chewing yourself slim, the Daily Express gets it right and why we’re all doomed, thanks to Theresa May’s menu.

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The Secret Diet Ingredient That Protects Your Skin From Sun Damage: Carotenoids

August 2, 2017September 1, 2022 MariaC 0 Comments alpha-carotene, antioxidants, basal cell carcinoma, carotenoids, cutaneous melanoma, fruit and vegetables, lycopene, non-melanoma skin cancer, Public Health England, squamous cell carcinoma, sunscreen, ultraviolet rays, UVA, UVB, vitamin D, zeaxanthin

Plants contain carotenoids, antioxidants that protect them from sun damage. When we eat these plants, they pass on this protection. Eating lots of carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables protects skin from the harmful effects of the sun.

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Solving The Population Crisis with Falling Life Expectancy and Male Fertility

July 28, 2017September 1, 2022 MariaC 0 Comments Homo erectus, junk food, Life expectancy, obesity, Okinawan, population crisis, sperm count, World Population Day

There could be a link between the recently announced fall in life expectancy and the fall in male sperm count. At least the combination of both factors may help solve the global population problem, and the pensions crisis.

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Killer Coconuts, Eternity Through Coffee and Saying No to Fake Food

July 24, 2017February 8, 2018 MariaC 0 Comments American Heart Association, Cholesterol, coconut, coffee, heart disease, Nina Teicholz, refined vegetable cooking oils, saturated fat, soya, vegetable oils

In the news this week: coconuts are killers, coffee helps you live forever and the soya substitutes that are just not the real thing.

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Snorting Chocolate, Trimming Obesity and Dissing the Bake-Off

July 17, 2017January 24, 2019 MariaC 0 Comments Bake-Off, Coco Loko, epicatechin, obesity, smoking, World Chocolate Day

The week in nutrition news – World Chocolate Day and snorting cocoa, Theresa May’s unique way of tackling obesity and comparing smoking to the Bake-Off.

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Food, In A Nutshell #2: Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar’s Evil Twin

June 23, 2017March 21, 2019 MariaC 0 Comments Appetite, ectopic fat, fructose, glucose-fructose syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, leptin, obesity, pickled onions, Sainsbury's, soft drinks, sugar

Ordinary sugar is bad, but glucose-fructose syrup is even worse. Used as a sweetener by the food industry because it is cheaper than sugar, it promotes obesity and is a health hazard.

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Why You Should Eat More Butter – And Bin that Spread

May 31, 2017February 23, 2021 MariaC 1 Comment B. bifidum, Butter, butyric acid, CLA, colon tumour cells, conjugated linoleic acid, L. acidophilus, margarine, National Academy of Sciences, omega-6 vegetable oil, saturated fat, short chain fatty acid, spreadable butter, spreads, trans fats

Butter is not only entirely natural, it contains health-giving fatty acids, such as butyric acid. It also contains CLA, which has been shown to help block colon tumour cells. Margarines and spreads, on the other hand, are made from refined vegetable oils, and not only have an inferior taste, but also contain trans fats.

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Quinoa: Is it the superfood it’s cracked up to be?

May 25, 2017February 23, 2021 MariaC 0 Comments calcium, carbohydrate, complete protein, gluten-free, iron, magnesium, protein, Quinoa, vegans, vegetarians, zinc

Quinoa is considered something of a superfood, because of its protein and mineral content. But is it truly deserving of its reputation, and culinary status?