Where lifestyle meets science
In June 2018 researchers from the USA and Singapore published the results of their study to assess whether coffee or tea was associated with the risk of hypertension in an … Read more
In June 2018 researchers from Republic of Korea published the results of their study to assess the association between coffee consumption and the risk of chronic kidney disease in 8,717 … Read more
In January 2013 researchers from Australia published the results of their research to assess the association between dietary salt, fluid intake, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and weight status in 4,283 Australian … Read more
In June 2018 researchers from the USA published the results of their study to assess the association between three diets and microalbuminuria in 416 individuals with youth-onset type 1 diabetes. … Read more
In January 2018 researchers from Israel published the results of their study to assess the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of medical cannabis in children with complex motor disorders. Two cannabis … Read more
In June 2018 researchers from Norway published the results of their study to assess the effect of a modified Atkins diet in 56 adults with drug-resistant focal epilepsy. All individuals … Read more
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
In February 2018 researchers from the USA issued a warning to women with a family history of breast cancer to avoid using their smartphones, tablets and laptops at night. They … Read more
In May 2018 researchers from the USA published the results of their study to assess whether the effect of air pollution would be magnified following bariatric surgery. Current evidence suggests … Read more
In April 2018 researchers from South Korea published the results of their study to investigate whether air pollution had any effect on obesity. Data was analysed from 2,608 users living … Read more