Where lifestyle meets science
In October 2015 researchers from the UK published the results of their study to assess whether salt intake was associated with obesity independent of energy intake. Energy intake was calculated … Read more
In June 2018 researchers from Poland and Italy published a review of the scientific literature relating to both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption and the risk of melanoma. A total … Read more
In August 2017, researchers from Italy, Poland and the UK published a review of the scientific literature relating to coffee consumption and risk of liver cancer and biliary tract cancer. … Read more
In May 2018 researchers from the UK published the results of their study to assess whether adding an active source of myrinase to cooked brassica vegetables increased the amount of … Read more
In February 2018 researchers from Australia published the results of their study to assess whether eating apples improved endothelial function, blood pressure and arterial stiffness in individuals at risk for … Read more
In April 2015 researchers from The Netherlands published the results of their study to assess the effect of two grape extracts (grape-red wine and grape alone) on blood pressure and … Read more
It is estimated that only about 25% of adults and 7% of children consume the currently recommended amounts of vegetables each day and it is thought this could be due … Read more
In May 2018 researchers from the UK published the results of their study to assess whether picture books on a specific food increased a toddler’s liking and consumption of that … Read more
In April 2018 researchers from the UK and Saudi Arabia published the results of their study which assessed the association between sleep duration and fruit/vegetable consumption. They analysed self-reported data … Read more
In June 2017 researchers from China published their review of the scientific literature to assess the association between red and processed meat consmption and risk of renal cell carcinoma. Twenty-three … Read more
In May 2015 researchers from Spain published their review of the scientific literaturerelating to the effect of consuming fermented beverages, in particular beer. Results showed that beer appears to have … Read more