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How The Color, Shape, Weight And Size Of Cutlery Affects Taste
Cutlery’s appearance can influence our perception of the taste of food, researchers from the University of Oxford reported in the journal Flavour. Read more: medicalnewstoday.com- How The Color, Shape, Weight And Size Of Cutlery Affects Taste more
Read moreTop 25 healthy muscle building foods
So many of us are concerned with staying trim and fit by eating right and doing cardiovascular workouts that we overlook the importance of building and maintaining muscle mass through diet and exercise. Having a lean and muscular physique provides many benefits. One of the most important is that muscle... more
Read moreSalt link to multiple sclerosis unproven
News that high-salt diets have been linked to autoimmune conditions has hit the headlines today, with BBC News reporting that “The amount of salt in our diet could be…leading to diseases such as multiple sclerosis.” However, the BBC’s story is not based on trials of how much salt people eat and... more
Read moreIs high-fat food addictive?
The Daily Telegraph tells us today “dieting makes people feel depressed because cutting out fatty foods alters their brain”. The headline is based on Canadian research investigating why and how stopping eating high fat food might lead to cravings for it, and whether this might relate to the effect of... more
Read moreDoes a veggie diet lead to a healthier heart?
A “vegetarian diet reduces heart disease risk by up to a third”, Channel 4 News reports. The news, which has been reliably covered by much of the media, is based on an impressive and wide-ranging UK study on nutrition. Researchers recruited nearly 45,000 people in England and Scotland. They followed... more
Read moreThe top 10 breakfast cereals most likely to contain Monsanto’s GMO corn
By now, nearly everyone interested in healthy living is aware of the recent research linking Monsanto’s GMO corn to cancer tumors and an increase risk of premature death in both men and women. News of the research is spreading like wildfire across the ‘net, and support for Proposition 37 — which seeks to label... more
Read moreEating white rice daily increases diabetes risk
White rice is a dietary staple for more than half the world’s population – not just for people living in China, India, and Japan, but for many Americans as well. A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health shows people who eat lots of white rice may significantly... more
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