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09 Nov

Posted at 09:41h in Uncategorized

Girls are starting puberty at younger ages – a full year earlier than previously reported in some cases – and the main factor associated with early breast development is obesity, according to a new long-term study released Monday. Researchers in the Bay Area, New York and Cincinnati...

09 Nov

Posted at 09:40h in Uncategorized

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning artificial trans fats in processed food ranging from cookies to frozen pizza, citing the risk of heart disease. Partially hydrogenated oils, the primary dietary source of the fats, have been shown to raise “bad” cholesterol. Reducing the...

04 Nov

Posted at 09:39h in Uncategorized

Blueberries are called a “superfood” for their high polyphenol content, but when served as warm, gooey pie filling or when lending bursts of sweet flavor to a muffin, their “super” health benefits change. Scientists studied how cooking and baking affect the increasingly popular fruit’s polyphenols...

04 Nov

Posted at 09:37h in Diet, Gut Health

Some gut bacterial strains are specifically adapted to use sugars in our gut lining to aid colonisation, potentially giving them a major influence over our gut health. We live in a symbiotic relationship with trillions of bacteria in our gut. They help us digest food, prime...

04 Nov

Posted at 09:36h in Uncategorized

Doctors, policymakers and everyday people may make decisions or give advice based on the results of published nutrition studies. But a new analysis shows researchers sometimes overstate the results of those reports. Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham looked at papers published about nutrition...