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Dangers of drinking raw milk
• Food & Nutrition • Sep 26 06
Four children in California have found out that drinking milk may not always be such a healthy option.
The children from San Diego, Riverside…
Coffee Drinkers: Fruit Flies Have Something to Tell You About Caffeine
• Food & Nutrition • Sep 18 06
In their hunt for genes and proteins that explain how animals discern bitter from sweet, a team of John Hopkins researchers began by…
Honey more effective than antibiotics
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 27 06
A household remedy millennia old is being reinstated: honey helps the treatment of some wounds better than the most modern antibiotics.
For several years…
Cadbury kept quiet about contaminated chocolate
• Food & Nutrition • Jun 26 06
Chocolate manufacturer Cadbury Schweppes has been forced to recall thousands of chocolate bars because of claims they are contaminated by salmonella.
The recall applies…
Conflicting Food Messages May Put Consumers At Risk
• Food & Nutrition • Jun 26 06
International travel and the global food trade are driving the spread of pathogens resistant to control according to food safety experts assembled here this…
Chocolate set to conquer the heath-food market
• Food & Nutrition • Jun 19 06
The ancient Mayan and Aztec people believed that chocolate increased wisdom, energy, vitality, and sexual power, but in the intervening centuries it has been…
Coffee may lower alcohol-related liver disease
• Food & Nutrition • Jun 12 06
Coffee may help protect against the development of cirrhosis of the liver as a result of heavy drinking, new research suggests. Even so, say…
China issues new warning over milk powder
• Food & Nutrition • Jun 08 06
China’s top food safety office has issued a warning about unsafe milk powder, two years after fake milk formula led to the deaths of…
What is it about grapefruit juice that affects some drugs?
• Food & Nutrition • May 16 06
Researchers in the United States say they have identified the compound in grapefruit juice that affects how some drugs are absorbed in the body…
Raspberries - a better source of antioxidants
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 31 06
Antioxidants are believed to have substantial health benefits and raspberries in particular are a good source. In fact, raspberries may have 10 times more…
Warning on caffeine loaded sodas and sports drinks
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 16 06
According to researchers at the University of Florida (UF) some carbonated sodas and energy drinks are so loaded with caffeine they can give an…
Chocolate milk could be key to longer life
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 07 06
The popular saying goes that 70 is the new 60 and 60 is the new 50, unfortunately for much of New Zealand’s ageing population…
Sushi may be bad for health
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 07 06
Sushi is more popular than ever, but eating sushi “has become the new Russian roulette” in terms of safety, a group campaigning against mercury…
Anti-inflammatory effect of beer
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 06 06
Scientists at Innsbruck Medical University have succeeded in demonstrating the anti-inflammatory effect of beer extracts.
In vitro experiments conducted at the Division of Biological…
Eating and drinking Cocoa helps you live longer
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 28 06
According to Dutch researchers, men by eating or drinking cocoa lowered their risk of dying from heart disease by 50 percent compared to those…
Eating seafood still beneficial in many ways
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 27 06
Though some species of fish around the world’s are likely to be contaminated with mercury, PCBs and other toxins, the benefits of eating seafood…
Women from Venus love chocolate from Mars
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 22 06
CocoaVia the long-awaited chocolate from confectionery giant Mars is about to hit the market.
It is the first in a list of products which…
Japanese women bitter at Valentine chocolate duty
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 14 06
Japanese women are fed up with a longstanding Valentine’s Day custom requiring them to give chocolates to men without getting any in return.
According…
Coffee May Protect Against Disease
• Food & Nutrition • Jan 24 06
It’s surprising when something that was once considered questionable for your health turns out to have health benefits, usually with the proviso to use…
Cutting calories, portion sizes may really work
• Food & Nutrition • Jan 13 06
Though countless fad diets promise a trimmer physique, the old-fashioned route of portion control and calorie consciousness may be the way to go after…
Meats differ in effect on colon cancer risk
• Food & Nutrition • Dec 28 05
People who eat a lot of processed meats may have a higher risk of developing pre-cancerous growths - polyps - in the colon, while…
New Labels Help You Have Your Fish and Eat It, Too
• Food & Nutrition • Dec 24 05
To help consumers make informed choices about fish - which is protein rich and heart healthy but may harbor chemical contaminants - Cornell Professor…
How temperature influences our taste
• Food & Nutrition • Dec 16 05
Why does a beer taste better if it comes from the fridge and does a warm beer taste bitter? Why is red Bordeaux wine…
Researchers Cast About for Answers on Fish Benefits and Risks
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 21 05
This is a tale of fish, its demonstrable health benefits, and its less demonstrable health risks.
The issue is not so much whether there…
Coffee Is Number One Source of Antioxidants
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 06 05
Coffee provides more than just a morning jolt; java is also the number one source of antioxidants in the diet.
Coffee provides more than…